Model Man In Full Cry (Ken Wilkins)
The Model Man Mile run at Hollywoodbets Greyville a couple of weekends ago was the first KZN pointer to the three-year-old features and was in celebration of a great racehorse.
Model Man had one of the best four-year-old campaigns in South African history and was unlucky to not be unbeaten that term.
He won the last race of his three-year-old campaign at the end of July and in those days the KZN Winter Season used to stretch into the first couple of weekends of August, so in a period of just over twelve months he won five prestigious open Gr 1s and was unlucky seconds in two others.
He won his two other races in that unforgettable stretch, including giving the Gr 1-winning sprinting filly Bold West 4,5kg over 1100m at Greyville and using his gigantic stride to mow her down in devastating and memorable fashion.
Model Man was trained by Paddy Lunn and all in all won 14 races in 23 starts.
Equus Award-winning journalist Charl Pretorius wrote about Model Man in one of his recent Off The Record columns.
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