MONKS HOOD WINS GUINEAS
Ken Nicol: After his stunning win in the Gauteng Guineas at the weekend, Monks Hood’s Merit Rating has been adjusted from 104 to 115. But as the entire population has been raised six points in the interim, he has effectively only been given 5 points for his facile victory by five and a half lengths..
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.
