Elusive Winter impressed when recording the unusual feat of beating older horses on debut in the April of his two-year-old season and he provided the Crawford-Rix yard one leg of their first ever treble. (Chase Liebenberg) 

It was hard to believe the winter months are upon us when watching some of the racing at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth today (Tuesday) as there were some classy performances.

The Candice Bass-Robinson-trained two-year-old Var colt Future Variety is well named as he does resemble the great Variety Club in conformation to some extent. The impressively strong colt got up by a neck to win the first race, a Restricted Maiden Juvenile Plate over 1200m, at the second time of asking against a good field.

In the next race over the same course and distance in a Restricted Maiden Juvenile Plate for fillies the Grade 3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery runner up Distant Winter toyed with the field and did enough to beat the cheeky Quick Trip by half-a-length with the rest of the field beaten 4,75 lengths. She gave Bass-Robinson and Aldo Domeyer a double together.

Captain Of All had two impressive winners on the day, including the Harold Crawford and Michelle Rix-trained first-timer two-year-old colt Elusive Winter, who quickened superbly on debut to beat older horses over 1000m under JP van der Merwe. He provided a treble on the day for the Crawford and Rix yard.