One World is now just one short of equalling his father Captain Al’s freshman record of 22 individual winners.
The Vaughan Marshall-trained Maritzburg Memory won the third race today (Tuesday) at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, a Maiden Juvenile Plate over 1200m, and that made it 21 individual winnners for One World so far.
Maritzburg Memory is out of the Gr 1 Allan Robertson Championship winner Mighty High (Pathfork) and that must have prompted this filly’s name.
It would be fitting if Marshall is trainer of the one who gets the record, because he trained both Captain Al and One World.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) on the Hollywoodbets Greyville poly, One World has a chance of equaling the record with the Frank Robinson-trained Move To Prove, although this horse will have to show improvement on his first two runs in the first race over 1000m. He is in fact a 33/1 shot.
On Thursday the Corne Spies-trained One World filly Gloria Mundi is a 6/1 shot in the first over 1500m at Turffontein Inside and after an improved effort last time she is not without a chance in this maiden handicap.
One World has no chances to improve the record from Friday though the weekend.
The weekend is followed by a meeting at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Monday and one at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Tuesday. One World looks sure to have chances in those two meetings.
One World has a winners to runner percentage of just above 40% and he has had two stakes winners of three races.
Both of his stakes winners, One Stripe and Lion Rampart, are trained by Marshall.
It would be fitting if Marshall can send out a new One World winner next Tuesday to either equal Captain Al’s freshman record or break it.
One World is also on track to break Captain Al’s overall record of 30 individual two-year-old winners in a season, considering there are still seven weeks of the season left.
