Serino Moodley’s fine season reached a pinnacle when he won the Gr 2 Jackpot City Dingaans on Trust, but just one race later it hit rock bottom when he suffered a terrible fall and fractured a vertebrae in his neck. Fortunately he will not require surgery and will just have to wear a neck brace, but nevertheless it has put a temporary halt to his season (Candiese Lenferna Photography)
The Candice Dawson-trained Heavenly Blue colt Trust wowed onlookers in the preliminaries of the Gr 2 Jackpot City Dingaans over 1600m at Turffontein Standside on Saturday and shortened from 7/1 to 2/1 favourite as last season’s Gr 1 World Pool Moment Of The Day Champion Stakes winner and Equus Champion Two-year-old colt, Jan Van Goyen, drifted out from 9/4 to 28/10.
The Tawny Syndicate-bred full-brother to 2025 G3 4Racing National Currency Sprint winner Truth duly made it two wins from just three starts.
He came into the race as a somewhat unlucky runner up in the Gr 3 Betway Graham Beck Stakes over 1400m to Tin Pan Alley, although he was receiving 2kg from Tin Pan Alley in the latter race.
Tin Pan Alley started 5/2 second favourite with bookmakers for the Dingaans.
Trust broke well from draw four and from a handy position initially kept Jan Van Goyen wide, with the latter having broken well from draw ten.
Serino Moodley allowed Jan Van Goyen to slot in front of him halfway around the turn.
Jan Van Goyen produced an impressive burst in the straight to hit the front at the 200m mark, but Trust was on his quarters and then wore him down in a stirring tussle to get up by 0,70 lengths.
The Dean Smith-trained East Cape raider All Systems Go (Gimmethegreenlight) turned for home inside of Jan Van Goyen but could not match his or Trust’s turn of foot and Shadowfax also overtook All Systems Go.
However, All Systems Go stayed on strongly late to overtake Shadowfax and finish a 5,10 length third with Shadowfax next best and Copper Eagle fifth.
Tin Pan Alley was a bit keen early after not breaking too well and then being dropped out.
He was jostled in the straight a little and found no extra to be beaten 8,65 lengths into ninth.
He remains an entry in the Gr 1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas along with Trust and Jan Van Goyen.
Whispering Death also remains a Cape Guineas entry despite having finished second last in the Dingaans and being well beaten.
Bred by the Tawny Syndicate, the promising Trust races for Messrs L M Nestadt, Gary Player Stud Farm (Pty) Ltd & Ralphs Racing (Pty) Ltd.
Trust is out of the Frankel mare Frankly, who was out of a Fastnet Rock mare. Frankly raced in South Africa for her whole career and only won one race.
Trust’s G1 SA Classic winning sire Heavenly Blue shares his four times Australian champion sire Snitzel with, among many others, dual Australian G1 winner Russian Revolution. The latter is responsible for Saturday’s G1 MCA Polytrack- Winterbottom Stakes winner Libertad.
The late Snitzel himself enjoyed feature race success on Saturday with his son Yorkshire victorious in the G3 Gitani Stone Festival Stakes at Rosehill.
