JUDICIAL
Vaal 2400m will hand down judgment on Judicial’s stamina
Jack Milner: Judicial has been is excellent form since the decision was taken to geld him and he has produced some superb runs, including a win in the Grade 2 Victory Moon Stakes and a third place behind Louis The King in the Grade 1 Sansui Summer Cup.
JET EXPLORER
Snaith’s Met go-slow: ‘Let them chase around my six’
Michael Clower: Trainer Justin Snaith is responsible for six of the 15 runners in the J&B Met at Kenilworth on Saturday – and wants a slow-paced race for all of them. This is what he had to say when quizzed about his horses chances.
NOT SULKING
Not Sulking might put a smile on your face at Turffontein
Jack Milner: With Louis The King’s meeting with J&B Met destiny drawing ever closer, the combination of trainer Geoff Woodruff and jockey Piere Strydom will be hoping to find some early form when Not Sulking lines up for Race 5 at Turffontein on Tuesday night, a Conditions Plate for fillies and mares over 1400m.
FORT WOOD
Champion sire Fort Wood dies
Fort Wood, one of the most successful sires to stand in South Africa, has died at the age of 25 of heart failure.
WEICHONG MARWING
Alboran Sea wins on the nod
Nicci Garner: Alboran Sea got the better of Captain Of All in a head-bobbing duel in the R1-million Betting World Cape Flying Championship (Grade 1, weight-for-age) over 1000m at Kenilworth on Saturday.
R5.2-MILLION YEARLING BUY
R5.2m paid for yearling
Cape Town – A new South African record for a yearling was achieved last night, at the first session of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale, when Piet du Toit paid R5.2 million for Lot 48, a Dynasty colt out of the imported mare Shina (GER), consigned by Maine Chance Farms. The aggregate for Session One was R60,2 million, with an average of R620,619 and a median of R350,000.
