Uzwano is the second leg of a treble for Hollywood Racing (Candiese Lenferna Photography)
The Dean Kanemeyer-trained Uzwano is enjoying the new rejuvenated Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack and on Wednesday made it two wins in two starts over 1600m since the poly was given treatment.
The Ideal World gelding won a class 4 event under Gavin Lerena on Wednesday by 0,25 lengths, despite having been given a six point raise for his win over the same course and distance under Sean Veale on May 14.
He was the second leg of a treble for leading owners Hollywood Racing.
The previous race was a D Stakes event over the same course and distance and saw Frikkie Greyling keeping up his good recent form as Serino Moodley and the Master Of My Fate gelding Numzaan, running for the burgeoning partnership of Itssa IT and Business Solutions and World Sports Betting, romped home to a 3,20 length win.
Master Of My Fate made it a double in the 8th race over 1200m when the Alyson Wright-trained Fate Of Fortune got up by a short-head under Athandiwe Mgudlwa in a Class 5 event to give Rikesh Sewgoolam another win.
Hollywood Racing scored their 109th win of the season when the Clinton Binda-trained 40/1 shot Kwagga Blitz (Captain Of All) bounced back to form in his first ever start on the poly in the last race. He ran on well under Chase Maujean, who produced a Richard Fourie-like drive on the horse to get up by 0,40 lengths from the favourite Super Fast.
The first five races are described below by Andrew Harrison (Race Coast).
Even at 58 years of age there are few of the current rides that can match his ability and plain ‘racing nous’ when it comes to race-riding. For a jockey to come back after a break of many years and lose in the region of 20kg, it says a lot for the mindset of Andrew Fortune.
He was still puffing some 15 minutes after steering the Yogas Govender-trained Moscow Miss to a narrow victory over Chad Little and Flying South in the first at Hollywoodbets Greyville yesterday with the runner up denied by a nostril.
It is not often that one sees Fortune as animated in the saddle as he was on Moscow Miss but when the chips are down he is seldom on the wrong end of a tight finish having ‘won’ the race a long way out.
Prince Florian made short work of his rivals in the second as Dean Kannemeyer’s charge finished with a flourish and The Golden Goal a long way back in second. Prince Florian had shown his better form over a couple of furlongs further but he out-classed this field. Seemingly under pressure crossing the subway he gradually built up momentum to win going away.
There was drama at the start as Time Will Tell jumped sideways out of the gate into Sun In My Pocket and giving Deryl Daniels a taste of the poly.
Those stalwart punters that stayed faithful to Cherry Oh Baby were finally rewarded in the third. Sporting quarter-cup blinkers for the first time, she was given a confident ride by Callan Murray and came through to edge out rank outsider Canyoudothehula. Lemon Thyme was awkward out of the gate but had every chance.
The name Kitchakal is not one that you will find in any dictionary as it is a combination of names, Anneke Kitching and her mother Anita Akal who have been gracing the finishing line of all the KZN racecourses for decades. Anita is a legend in her own right and Anneke was totting cameras from when she was allowed on course.
Their pride and joy in the Hollywood Racing silks lumbered 61kg to victory in the fourth as Duncan Howells kept faith with his charge and Murray scoring back-to-back wins in the absence of a suspended Sean Veale.
It was an afternoon of mixed fortune for visiting Fanie Bronkhorst after Time Will Tell unseated Daniels but Azaleas For All paid for the trip from Gauteng with a hard-fought win, Gavin Lerena pulling out all the stops to get her home ahead of a late charging Ideal Gift.
