MONKS HOOD trots in
There’s a new poster boy in South African racing. Monks Hood’s demolition job on a field of highly rated three-year-old colts in the R1-million Gauteng Guineas has pushed him to the top of the pops – with excited talk of a Triple Crown charge and overseas campaigns.
CALLAN MURRAY after the Fillies Guineas
Takingthepeace scored a sensational victory in the Grade 2 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas at Turffontein on Saturday – coming from stone-last to win the 1600m contest going away by 0.25 lengths.
SIMPLY ROYAL beats REDBERRY LANE
Champion trainer Sean Tarry landed a 1-2 with Simply Royal and Redberry Lane in the Grade 3 Acacia Stakes at Turffontein on Guineas Day – emphatically underlining his recent return to top form after a bit of a lean spell.
WILL PAYS wins Hawaii
Will Pays, a tough-as-teak galloper who has got better as he has got older, landed his biggest prize with victory in the Grade 2 Hawaii Stakes at Turffontein on Saturday.
ROYAL CRUSADE
Jack Milner: Draws could well determine the outcome of this year’s R1-million Gauteng Guineas (Grade 2) over 1600m at Turffontein on Saturday.
SIR DAVID BAIRD
Jack Milner: The Grade 2 Hawaii Stakes contains some top horses who are proven over this 1400m on the Standside track and others who are on their way up.
