Khaya Stables have an incredible string of horses in training at present and among them is the James Crawford-trained Coco’s Hero, who stamped himself as a Gr 1 Splashout Cape Derby candidate when winning over 1950m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday (Picture: Wayne Marks)
Cape Breeders
Wilgerbosdrift’s successful stallion Fire Away looks to have another smart sort to his name in the form of Coco’s Hero.
The latter made it three wins in a row when he won at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday.
Trained by James Crawford, three-year-old Coco’s Hero settled just off the pace in the Race Your Dream Syndicate Class 4 (1950m).
Grant Van Niekerk asked Coco’s Hero for his effort 200m from home, and the colt hit the front.
Coco’s Hero kept going gamely in the closing stages to win by a long neck.
Bred and owned by Khaya’s Stables, Coco’s Hero has won three of just five starts.
Saturday’s winner is out of the Galileo mare Miss Coco, and Coco’s Hero is bred on a similar cross to the G1 winners Roly Poly, U S Navy Flag and Full Count Felicia.
His sire Fire Away is also the sire of useful three-year-old Military Command, who has been entered in Saturday’s Listed Sophomore Sprint.
