African Memoir (Canford Cliffs) wins the last to give trainer Andre Nel and owner Sabine Plattner a four-timer together and it gives Muzi Yeni a double (Picture: Wayne Marks)
It was a fine day for the Andre Nel yard on Sunday at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth as as they scored a four-timer for owner Sabine Plattner and did it from just four runners.
Mrs Plattner’s Australian-bred four-year-old Churchill homebred filly Berry’s Boogie won a class 3 handicap over 1200m for fillies and mares under Muzi Yeni off an 86 rating to record her fourth career win and she could progress further.
Mrs Plattner’s three-year-old homebred filly Cutie Patootie (Querari) is also a progressiuve type and made it three wins from five career starts when winning a Class 4 handicap for fillies and mares over 1600m off an 88 rating under Chad Little.
The Varsfontein Stud-bred three-year-old Erik The Red filly Blue Lagoon gave Nel and Plattner a treble when winning a Class 5 Handicap over 1200m for fillies and mares off a 78 rating under Aldo Domeyer by 0,30 lengths. She fought back courageously after being headed by the promising two-year-old filly Enticement.
The four-year-old Ridgemont-bred gelding African Memoir completed the four-time for Nel and Plattner when winning the last race over 1000m under Yeni. It was a Class 5 event and African Memoir kept the challengters at bay to win by 0,40 lengths off a 68 rating to record his second career victory.
Keagan de Melo had a double on the day as he not only rode the winner of the feature, scoring on the Glen Kotzen-trained Catwalk King in the Listed Somerset 1200, but he also rode the Greg Ennion-trained She’s Chosen to victory in the first race over 1000m, a Maiden Juvenile Plate. This filly, having her fourth career start, was bred by Klawervlei Stud and is out of Street Cry mare Hollywoodboulevard, who was one of only two horses in SA to ever defeat the great Igugu. She won by a comfortable 1,75 lengths.
The Candice Bass-trained Autumn Rush (Fire Away), bred by Owloon Horses (Dr Christian Elleke), won an Open Maiden over 1200m at the tenth time of asking under 2,5kg claimer Sifisokuhle Bungane, who rode a fine race down the inside rail to get up by 0,75 lengths..
The Shane Humby-trained four-year-old Ridgemont Highlands-bred filly Kisses won a maiden over 1600m by 1,25 lengths under Oswald Noach at the eleventh time of asking.
The Justin Snaith-trained three-year-old What A Winter filly Music Of The Night did well off a merit rating of 86 to win a Class 4 Handicap over 1200m by a neck under 4kg claimer Eduan Muller.
