Aragosta wins last season’s Grade 1 WSB SA Derby (Picture credit: Candiese Lenferna).

R4.3 million WSB Derby Day Set To Thrill And Entertain

4Racing

The World Sports Betting Championships ups the ante this Saturday as the WSB Triple Crown and Wilgerbosdrift Triple Tiara Series concludes with a high-quality R4.33 million WSB Derby Day of thrilling Graded racing.

The stakes are high in every respect, with the race day headlined by the R1.5 million WSB SA Derby (Grade 1) for three-year-olds over 2450m, the prestigious R1 million HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes (Grade 1) over 1600m and the very special R750 000 Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer Oaks (Grade 2) for three-year-old fillies over 2450m.

A fun, family day is lined up at Turffontein this weekend, with fantastic racing for punters and plenty to entertain the whole family on-course.

Jumping castles, face painting, teacup carousels, miniature trains and swings will all add to the family carnival atmosphere.

While entrance is absolutely free, there is plenty of hospitality on offer at Turffontein on the day.

World Sports Betting Derby Day, however, will belong to the punters, who will have their pick of fantastic thoroughbreds on offer on this big day at the Big T.

Fresh from catching the Soweto Derby in the stands between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, top jockey S’manga Khumalo is looking forward “to truly entertain a Derby crowd” and he will be riding African Torrent for Mike and Adam Azzie in the WSB SA Derby on horseracing’s own Derby Day.

Rachel Venniker again gets the ride on first leg WSB Gauteng Guineas winner, Eye Of The Prophet, for Paul Matchett, while the likes of Billy Bowlegs, Electric Gold, Good Council and Rule By Force are fancying their chances at WSB SA Derby glory.

Second leg WSB SA Classic winner Anfields Rocket is not in the final field for the WSB SA Derby this weekend, but will instead compete in the HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes, along with fantastic runners in Puerto Manzano, Thunderstruck, Bingwa and Red Saxon in a high-quality field.

In the Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer Oaks being held in honour of SA horseracing’s First Lady, Mrs O, Khumalo will again gun for glory on Wilgerbosdrift SA Classic winner Bless My Stars for Sean Tarry, with Richard Fourie riding None Other for Lucky Houdalakis and Piere Strydom continuing his swansong by riding Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas winner, Lady Of Power, for the Azzies.

“The World Sports Betting Championships season keeps delivering exceptional and exhilarating race days and we expect no less from Derby Day! World Sports Betting have come on board in a big way and we look forward to their sponsorship adding to the energy and excitement on the track as we build up to WSB Champions Day on Saturday 29 April. But until then Derby Day is going to be sizzling and we urge racegoers to come out in their numbers for what is sure to be a fantastic day of horseracing,” said 4Racing CEO, Fundi Sithebe.

Catch the action live on Racing 240 on DStv Channel 240. To take part on the day and have a stab at the big pools on offer, take a bet with TAB in-store or online at www.tab4racing.com.

FINAL FIELDS FOR THE FEATURE RACES FOR WSB SA DERBY DAY THIS SATURDAY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

HF OPPENHEIMER HORSE CHESTNUT STAKES (Grade 1) over 1600m

1 1 Bingwa 60 123 BA Gavin Lerena J A Janse van Vuuren

2 7 Puerto Manzano (ARG) 60 123 BA Keagan de Melo J A Janse van Vuuren

3 8 Golden Ducat 60 120 BA Richard Fourie Mike de Kock

4 6 Mk’s Pride 60 120 BA Ryan Munger Robbie Sage

5 9 Trip Of Fortune 60 119 TBA Aldo Domeyer Candice Bass-Robinson

6 10 Red Saxon 60 116 BA S’manga Khumalo Joe Soma

7 2 Anfields Rocket 57.5 118 A Raymond Danielson Grant Maroun

8 3 Thunderstruck 57.5 115 TBA Craig Zackey Sean Tarry

9 5 Under Your Spell 57.5 114 THA Luyolo Mxothwa Sean Tarry

10 11 Melech 57.5 97 A Muzi Yeni Roy Magner

11 4 Gimme A Shot 55 112 A Juan Paul v’d Merwe M G Azzie/A A Azzie

WORLD SPORTS BETTING SA DERBY (Grade 1) over 2450m

1 9 Billy Bowlegs 60 114 A Gavin Lerena Alec Laird

2 8 Eye Of The Prophet 60 113 BA #Rachel Venniker Paul Matchett

3 2 Rule By Force 60 108 T A Piere Strydom Joe Soma

4 5 Electric Gold 60 106 A Muzi Yeni Sean Tarry

5 10 Good Council 60 105 A Ryan Munger Ashley Fortune

6 4 Paris Pike 60 86 A Marco V’Rensburg Robbie Hill

7 6 Top Sail 60 86 A *Philasande Mxoli Paul Matchett

8 7 African Torrent 60 85 A S’manga Khumalo M G Azzie/A A Azzie

9 1 Future Pearl 60 81 TBA Richard Fourie Sean Tarry

10 11 Son Of Raj 60 81 BA Keagan de Melo Weiho Marwing

11 3 River Romeo 60 78 A Randall Simons Paul Matchett

WILGERBOSDRIFT BRIDGET OPPENHEIMER OAKS (Grade 2) over 2450m

1 10 Bless My Stars 60 109 A S’manga Khumalo Sean Tarry

2 2 Lady Of Power 60 109 T A Piere Strydom M G Azzie/A A Azzie

3 1 Reny 60 106 A Kabelo Matsunyane Brett Crawford

4 11 Emirate Gina 60 105 A Raymond Danielson Roy Magner

5 7 None Other 60 104 A Richard Fourie Lucky Houdalakis

6 6 Silver Hills 60 100 A Gavin Lerena Sean Tarry

7 9 Littlemarysunshine 60 93 BA Juan Paul v’d Merwe Mike de Kock

8 3 Raratonga Rose 60 90 A Keagan de Melo Lucky Houdalakis

9 4 Ipso Facto 60 89 A Ryan Munger Ashley Fortune

10 8 Namaqua Blossom 60 85 A Craig Zackey Lucky Houdalakis

11 5 Light Of Day 60 80 BA #Rachel Venniker Paul Matchett

Full race schedule for World Sports Betting Derby Day:

11h50 Race 1: 4RACING WELCOMES YOU MAIDEN PLATE over 1160m

12h20 Race 2: WORLD SPORTS BETTING SPINA WINA MR 93 DIVIDED HANDICAP over 2000m

12h55 Race 3: THE CITIZEN PINNACLE STAKES over 1000m

13h30 Race 4: WORLD SPORTS BETTING BET WITH THE BEST MIDDLE STAKES over 1400m

14h05 Race 5: EUROPA POINT MAN O’ WAR SPRINT (Grade 3) over 1100m

14h40 Race 6: WELWITSCHIA HF OPPENHEIMER HORSE CHESTNUT STAKES (Grade 1) over 1600m

15h15 Race 7: WORLD SPORTS BETTING SA DERBY (Grade 1) over 2450m

15h50 Race 8: ILHA BELA WILGERBOSDRIFT BRIDGET OPPENHEIMER OAKS (Grade 2) over 2450m

16h25 Race 9: WORLD SPORTS BETTING CARADOC GOLD CUP (Grade 3) over 2850m

17h00 Race 10: BERRY BLAZE MR 76 HANDICAP over 1160m

Wysiwyg is proving to be a useful foundation mare for Bloomhill Stud (Candiese Lenferna).

Bloomhill Stud – Started By Chance And Already Award Winners

Sandra and Lance Tretheway’s Bloomhill Stud was founded by chance and they are now thoroughly enjoying the fascinating game of thoroughbred breeding under the guidance of many-times champion breeder Mick Goss of Summerhill Stud fame.

Sandra has always loved horses and the family farm just outside of Wartburg in KZN has always had a riding horse or two for their use.

Hence she travelled to the Summerhill dispersal sale a few years ago intending to buy one or two riding horses.

Instead she returned with a number of broodmares.

Currently the Tretheways have eight broodmares of their own and keep another four for Mick Goss.

Furthermore, they stand the Summerhill Stud-owned stallion Rabada, whose progeny have been catching the eye lately.

Rabada, trained by Mike Azzie, was an impressive winner of the Grade 1 Daily News 2000 back in 2016 and his feelings about the horse are stated in a separate article in this newsletter.

Sandra describes him as a big, tall horse with “a beautiful temperament.”

Her young son is even able to groom him.

Rabada moved to their farm in July last year, but received only ten mares in his first season.

Sandra is hoping for an improvement next season.

Two of the mares she bought at the Summerhill dispersal sale were in foal at the time to Rabada.

The colt born is now with Fanie Bronkhorst and he is “very happy” with him.

The filly born is with Lola Crawford, who is “blown away” by her.

Rabada has had seven individual winners from 18 runners this season and they have won eight races between them.

He had two winners last week and both were eyecatching.

Last Tuesday at Turffontein Inside the Weiho Marwing-trained Soldier’s Eye produced an impressive late surge from a handy position to get up by half-a-length under Wesley Marwing in a maiden over the probably too sharp 1450m. It was only her second start and she should go on to win more races because Wesley confirmed she was still immature and had been looking around a lot. Weiho had in fact not expected her to win as he felt she would still need one more run, so that augurs well too.

On Sunday over 1600m on the Hollywoodbets Greyville turf, the MJ Odendaal-trained Rabada gelding Addabar was a tad slowly away from a wide draw under Marco van Rensburg and then circled the field to get to the front, which would normally be an energy sapping manoeuvre. However, that did not stop him galloping away from the field to win in highly impressive fashion by five lengths. Van Rensburg said afterwards he had just been on top as the guide and the horse had done it all. Odendaal has apparently never hidden his high regard for the horse. It was just a maiden but was only his third start and his first start over the ground he needed.

Addabar could become the one to spark breeders’ interest in Rabada as he looks to have a bright future and is definitely one for the notebook.

Gavin Smith has a promising Rabada gelding called Zatara’s Magic, who ran third in the Listed Ibhayi Stakes over 1400m.

Paul Matchett also has a fair sort in the twice-winning Rabada gelding Arbitrator.

Meanwhile, Sandra was lucky to have picked Mullins bay mare Wysiwyg at the aforementioned dispersal sale.

Subsequent to the sale in 2020 her Mike and Adam Azzie-trained son Bohica won the Grade 1 Pongracz Cape Flying Championship and another Azzie-trained son, Bartholdi, finished a narrow second in the Grade 1 Golden Horse Sprint.

She was consequently named KZN Breeders broodmare of the year last season.

The five-time winner Aisling (Visionaire) from the Kumaran Naidoo yard is another progeny of Wysiwyg who is doing well at present.

Sandra said Wysiwyg’s current foal at foot was a most magnificently big filly by Rathmor’s new stallion Declarationofpeace (War Front).

Bloomhill Stud is ambitious and sent four of the 12 mares on the farm down to top Cape stallions last season, Trippi, Futura, Querari and Master Of My Fate.

The Tretheways are still learning the ropes and have a long way to go in a game where even the most experienced can never stop learning.

However, they are thoroughly enjoying it and their enthusiasm coupled with the vast knowledge of Mick Goss should see it turn into a successful venture.

Their farm’s main usage has been for cattle and flowers but this new venture has added an exciting new angle and the farm is also soon to be a wedding venue.

Rabada wins the Grade 1 Daily News 2000 (Gold Circle).

“Rabada Would Have Won The July, Abashiri Should Not Have Run” – Azzman

Mike Azzie looked back today on one of the most pressured months of his long career, the June of 2016.

By the time of the Durban July meeting some journalists had decided it was wise to steer a wide berth of him!

MIke was suffering from two counts of being forced by owners to take routes that he knew were palpably wrong.

That they involved his two best horses made it that much worse.

He was confident his Grade 1 Daily News winner Rabada could win the July and he was adamant his Triple Crown winner Abashiri should be in a paddock enjoying a deserved holiday.

The racing manager of Rabada had outlined the KZN Breeders Million Mile as one of his ultimate targets.

However, Mike had hoped he would change his mind considering the big Brave Tin Soldier colt had been continuously blossoming.

He pointed out that Anton Marcus had dropped the rein when Rabada went down by half-a-length to Black Arthur in the Grade 2 Guineas.

The great jockey dropped the whip next time out and yet Rabada still held on to win the Grade 1 Daily News 2000.

The horse was now in perfect shape for the July.

However, the facing manager refused to budge from the decision to run him in the KZN Breeders Million Mile, which was to be run just six days before the July.

In Mike’s opinion the racing manager had his mind fixed on The Conglomerate for the July and had no intention of ever running Rabada.

In his opinion this was confirmed when the racing manager scratched Rabada from the July two days after he had run second in the Million Mile, siting not enough recovery time.

His suspicions then were given further weight when Rabada was removed from the Azzie yard.

“Had he run in the July, he would have won,” said Mike adamantly.

He still has a high regard for Rabada.

He said, “In my opinion if he was stood by a leading stud farm and given enough chances he would be a top stallion.”

The Azzie have one Rabada in their yard, Ryan’s Dream, who won on debut at 25/1 odds in December over 1600m.

The other pressure point for Azzie back in that torrid June of 2016 came from owner Adriaan van Vuuren.

Abashiri had a particularly tough race in the SA Derby to land the Triple Crown.

Azzie’s own decision would have been to rest him for at least six months, despite his new public hero status.

However, Van Vuuren insisted he run him in the July.

Azzie, obviously torn between loyalty to a leading owner and his reputation as a horseman, attempted to get the message over softly to the press by putting it diplomatically at the end of an article.

The last three paragraphs of the relevant article stated:

Azzie said, “If I owned Abashiri I would not be running him. I am not saying he can’t win the race, we are going to have him fit and well enough, but he has his whole career ahead of him and personally I would have waited for him to strengthen and furnish and bring him back here as a four-year-old.”

However, he added it was owner Adriaan Van Vuuren’s life-long dream to win the Durban July.

Van Vuuren, who dotes on all of his horses, has shown himself to be one of South African racing’s most passionate owners and it is understandable he does not want to miss the opportunity of experiencing Abashiri running in the country’s premier race.

However, a South African-based racing newspaper lifted the article and then made the headline: JULY: AZZIE WOULDN’T BE RUNNING ABASHIRI.

This heaped the pressure on Azzie as it probably strained the relationship between him and Van Vuuren.

Abashiri did run and finished downfield. He was beaten five lengths carrying 59kg as a three-year-old, so it was still a fair effort.

However, nothing at the time would have given even an inkling of the well documented tragedy that ultimately befell the Van Vuuren family.

Sheela powered to an impressive win over 1000m on Saturday at Turffontein Standside (JC Photos).

Lady Of Power In A Better Space Ahead Of Oaks

Sheela On Track For The Computaform Sprint

Mike and Adam Azzie had the unusual bonus of inheriting a classic winner shortly after she had earned the title.

A sale apparently fell through and there were other ructions among the connections of the former Joe Soma-trained Lady Of Power shortly after she had won the Grade 2 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas.

She was consequently moved to the Azzie yard.

However, Mike said it was soon clear from her work she was not herself in her new surrounds and was “as flat as a pancake.”

The owner obviously wished to still take a chance though as she was still an alive candidate to land the Wilgerbosdrift Triple Tiara, which comes with a R1 million bonus.

Under the circumstances she did well to run a 4,75 length fifth.

Mike said she had come on tremendously since then.

She had been putting in very good work and her blood picture was good so he hoped she would give a better account of herself.

There is quite a lot of speed on her female line, but being by Master Of My Fate out of a Fort Wood mare gives hope she can see out the 2450m trip of the Grade 2 Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer Oaks at Turffontein Standside on Saturday.

The Azzies have always had a high regard for Sheela and Mike confirmed that the Grade 1 Computaform Sprint on April 29 was her chief mission.

Sheela won easily on debut in the February of her two-year-old season despite a slow start in the 1000m event.

She then lived up to the high praise the Azzies had given her by winning the Grade 2 SA Nursery over 1160m by a cosy length.

She started hot favourite for the Grade 1 Allan Robertson Championship over 1200m at Hollywoodbets Scottsville and finished a decent 3,85 length third behind two good Sean Tarry-trained fillies, Under Your Spell and Sound Of Warning.

Sheela won her last start as a Juvenile back on the Highveld.

Considering the billing she had been given it was a disappointment that she only ran three times as a three-year-old.

She finished second to subsequent Grade 1 winner Alesian Chief in a Listed race first up.

However, she then finished unplaced in the Grade 3 Magnolia Handicap over 1160m on Summer Cup day 2021. The going was soft and she had a tough low draw, so could be forgiven.

She was next seen on Hollywoodbets Durban July day last year at Hollywoodbets Greyville in the Grade 2 Post Merchants over 1200m and considering she had not run for seven months she ran an excellent 1,60 length third.

Next time out she finished a 0,30 length second in the Listed Topbet Spring Spree Stakes over 1200m on Turffontein Inside in September last year.

She was allowed to start at 9/2 next time out in October in the Listed The Citizen Golden Loom Handicap over 1000m on Turffontein Standside and that was perhaps because she had to carry 60,5kg topweight against the boys and had a draw of six in the 12 horse field which was more towards the perceived disadvantageous inside than the advantageous outside.

However, she lived up to her billing that day. She was up with the pace and fought off the late challenge of Constable, to whom she gave 8,5kg, and won by 0,70 lengths with the rest of the field well beaten.

It was clear she had no problem with the soft going that day.

She looked a good thing at the weights last Saturday over the same course and distance, once again in soft going in a 1000m Conditions event.

She was returning from a layoff of nearly five months.

However, even the most confident of the pundits did not quite expect the performance they received. She has blossomed into a monster of a filly and simply toyed with the field despite jumping from draw one in the six horse field. She gave the Grade 1 Allan Robertson-winning three-year-old Sweet Pepper 2kg plus the 2,5kg claim the latter had and cantered home to beat her by 4,25 lengths easing up under S’Manga Khumalo.

Khumalo commented that there was “definitely more to come.”

Adam Azzie then revealed that her two long layoffs were for a reason and that she had suffered two major setbacks.

However, she looks to be in a great space at present.

Adam said the race should have “boosted her confidence, she should come out of it stronger and it should put her in the right place for the Computaform Sprint, which has always been her aim.”

The big race is to be run over 1000m on Champions Day on April 29.

The Azzies will also have another good filly sprinter in Kiss Me Captain running that day in the Grade 2 Camelia Stakes over 1160m.

This Captain Of All three-year-old filly was unlucky to not make it five wins from seven starts last time out in the Grade 3 Sycamore Sprint over 1160m when carried across the course towards the inside in the closing stages. The Azzies were not able to object because it was not the winner Alula’s Star who had caused the interference but rather the the third-placed Cold Fact.

Mike confirmed she “is a very nice filly” and he is just hoping Princess Calla avoids the Camelia, two weeks after running in the Grade 1 HSH Princess Charlene Empress Club Stakes.

The Azzies also have a promising two-year-old in the Gimmethegreenlight filly Amber Rock, who was caught late by the smart colt Lucky Lad and beaten 0,40 lengths in the Grade 3 Protea Stakes over 1100m at Turffontein Standside on Saturday.

That was her debut and she had an unfavourable low draw, so looks to be one with a future. She was certainly all the rage before the race so must have had the dogs barking at home.

Cape Eagle (Picture: Candiese Lenferna)

Handicapping Ratings Update

Colorado King Stakes (Grade 2)

RAIN IN HOLLAND has had her merit rating raised from 111 to 120 after winning the Grade 2 Colorado King Stakes over 2000m on the standside track at Turffontein on Saturday 25 March. The Handicappers were of the unanimous opinion that runner-up NEBRAAS made for the most suitable line horse, which leaves him unchanged on a mark of 116.

Apart from the winner there were no other ratings increases, but two horses were given a drop. DIVINE ODYSSEY is down from 111 to 109, while SECOND BASE drops to 104 from 106.

Kings Cup (Listed)

CAPE EAGLE has seen his rating increased from 95 to 99 after capturing the Kings Cup over 1600m on the turf course at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday. Both runner-up CAPTAIN FONTANE and 3^rd placed LORD WILLIAM were used as line horses when assessing this race, leaving them unchanged on marks of 106 and 104, respectively.

No horse other than the winner received a rating’s increase, but there were drops for three runners. BACK TO BLACK is down from 95 to 94, PRICELESS RULER was trimmed from 103 to 102, and lastly SHAMPOMPO SHAMPIZI is down from 91 to 89.

East Cape Guineas (Listed)

PERFECTION has had his rating raised from 91 to 103 after easily winning the Listed East Cape Guineas for three-year-olds over 1600m on the Fairview Polytrack on Friday 24 March. The race was originally scheduled for the turf course, but the meeting was moved to the Polytrack because of weather-related reasons.

The Handicappers took the view that 4^th placed HEATHCLIFF made for the most suitable line horse here, which leaves him unchanged on a mark of 86. There were no other ratings increases from this event, and no horses were given a drop.

East Cape Sprint Cup (Listed)

COUNTDOWN remains unchanged on a mark of 109 after he landed the Listed East Cape Sprint Cup over 1200m on the Polytrack at Fairview on Friday. The Handicappers were of the view that COUNTDOWN himself made for the most suitable line horse here, hence his unaltered rating.

The only ratings increase was for 2^nd placed PHEDRA, who goes up from 99 to 103, but three horses received a drop.

INHERIT THE RAIN is down from 106 to 105, WHATEVER NEXT drops from 100 to 97, and lastly GIACOMO PUCCINI is down to 88 from 91.

Money Heist (Picture: Candiese Lenferna)

The Heist Is On In KZN

Jack Milner (4Racing)

Although only a one-time winner, Money Heist has taken on the best three-year-olds in the land and has travelled around the country to do so.

After winning his maiden at the second time of asking in spectacular style from a wide draw, and then going down narrowly in his next start, the Gareth van Zyl-trained three-year went off to Cape Town where he contested the Grade 2 Cape Cup and Grade 1 Cape Guineas, both over 1600m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.

Unfortunately, he continuously had no luck with draws. In the Cape Cup he jumped from barrier No 14, ended up too far back, but ran on well to finish fifth, 4.05 lengths behind Cousin Casey.

He landed No 10 draw in the Guineas, was way back turning for home, but produced the third fastest finish to end up sixth, 6.90 lengths behind Charles Dickens.

Money Heist then moved up to Joburg to contest the Grade 2 World Sports Betting Gauteng Guineas where he fared even worse with his draw, landing up in barrier No 15. He never got into the race and finished 10 lengths behind Eye Of The Prophet.

Finally, in the Grade 1 WSB SA Classic over 1800m, he landed up in No 4 draw. However, he wore blinkers for the first time and he never settled, fading out to finish 6.75 lengths behind Anfields Rocket.

On Wednesday he takes a mighty drop in class when he lines up in Race 4, a Novice Plate over 1500m, at Hollywoodbets Scottsville, where he looks almost impossible to oppose. He has an advantage of 11kg based on merit ratings and rates a banker in all bets.

This is the course where he won his maiden and despite the widest draw, No 8 this time, this should prove a real confidence booster for Money Heist.

Jack Milner’s selections

Race 1: 6 Sign Of Fate, 4 Hot Pearl, 2 Bomber Girl, 12 Sweet Julia

Race 2: 6 Jet Legacy, 1 One Irish Rover, 2 Kumemori, 5 Benni In The Area

Race 3: 7 Lady Serena, 1 Devils And Dust, 2 Quanabi, 6 Shell Seeker

Race 4: 8 Money Heist, 1 Fine Admiral, 7 Porfirio, 6 Aurora Storm

Race 5: 6 Hawker Typhoon, 1 Bella Siccome, 7 Top Me Up Holly, 8 Meet At The George

Race 6: 3 Kabon Kapi, 8 Danse Milord, 6 Escapologist, 1 Feeling Groovy

Race 7: 4 Trade War, 5 Quest For The Best, 1 Winter Waves, 2 Gimme A Rainbow

BEST BET

Race 4 No 8 Money Heist

VALUE BET

Race 5 No 6 Hawker Typhoon

BEST SWINGER

Race 1 4×6

BIPOT (R60)

Leg 1: 6

Leg 2: 6

Leg 3: 1, 2, 7

Leg 4: 8

Leg 5: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Leg 6: 1, 3, 6, 8

PLACE ACCUMULATOR (R128)

Leg 1: 6

Leg 2: 6

Leg 3: 1, 7

Leg 4: 8

Leg 5: 1, 6, 7, 8

Leg 6: 3, 6, 8

Leg 7: 1, 2, 4, 5

PICK 6 (R480)

Leg 1: 6

Leg 2: 1, 2, 7

Leg 3: 8

Leg 4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Leg 5: 1, 3, 6, 8

Leg 6: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

JACKPOT 1 (R96)

Leg 1: 1, 2, 7

Leg 2: 8

Leg 3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Leg 4: 1, 3, 6, 8

JACKPOT 2 (R160)

Leg 1: 8

Leg 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Leg 3: 1, 3, 6, 8

Leg 4: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6

Red Sash (The United States) gives Craig Zackey and Brett Crawford a double together at Hollywoodbets Durbanville today (Picture: Chase Liebenberg).

Fourie/Snaith, Zackey/Crawford Doubles

Richard Fourie rode a double for Justin Snaith and Craig Zackey ride a double for Brett Crawford at Hollywoodbets Durbanville today.

Fourie goes to 146 wins for the season at a strike rate of 21.07% and he is 61 wins behind the national log leader Keagan de Melo.

Snaith is on 97 wins at 12.92%.

Zackey is on 14 wins at 7.49% in SA this season, although he also had a successful stint in New Zealand.

Crawford is on 70 wins at 13.23%.

Lady Loxton parading at Hollywoodbets Durbanville today (via youtube)

Daryn Burroughs Talks About The Special Lady Loxton Partnership

Cape Racing

Watch The Interview With Grant Knowles

The horse in question is seen winning the King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Today’s Question

Which top horse of the 1950s was prevented from running in the Epsom Derby by suspected foul play?

Hollywoodbets Scottsville Fields, Wednesday

Alcide (Picture: Alamy)

ANSWER TO TODAY’S QUESTION:

Alcide was one of the best horses of the last century not to win the Derby.

He was found to have a large swelling on his near side back ribs the evening before the Derby.

He had been so well he had been “turning himself inside-out” in his box.

However, there was an opposing view to the one that he had wrenched himself internally and pulled a muscle.

Assistant trained Bruce Hobbs believes he was “got at”.

He told the leading journalist Julian Wilson years later, “He had clearly been given a vicious blow and was in so much pain he could hardly move. He was hot favourite and the nobblers had done him.”

Turf Talk Newsletter – 28 March 2023

R4.3 million WSB Derby Day Set To Thrill And Entertain

Bloomhill Stud – Started By Chance And Already Award Winners

“Rabada Would Have Won The July, Abashiri Should Not Have Run” – Azzman

Lady Of Power In A Better Space Ahead Of Oaks

Sheela On Track For The Computaform Sprint

Handicapping Ratings Update

The Heist Is On In KZN

Fourie/Snaith, Zackey/Crawford Doubles

Daryn Burroughs Talks About The Special Lady Loxton Partnership

Today’s Question

Hollywoodbets Scottsville Fields, Wednesday

ANSWER TO TODAY’S QUESTION: