The smart Kazenoyoni (Danon Platina) is on his way to Hong Kong (Picture: Race Coast)
Duncan Howells’ Summerveld yard is associated with three horses who either are or will be traveling to take on big fish, Asiye Phambili, Hierarchy and Kazenoyoni.
Howells and his partners in the Danon Platina colt Kazenoyoni forewent the chance of having a Hollywoodbets Durban July runner by selling the now three-year-old to a Hong Kong concern.
Duncan said, “I thought he was a very good horse and we never had the chance to run him over his correct distance. I got the impression he would have done 2000m on his coconut. I thought he was a bit unlucky not to have won the Gr 1 World Pool Moment Of The Day Premiers Champion Stakes on Gold Cup day. He did everything we asked of him. However, the money they offered was just far to big to say no.”
Duncan’s trusted life partner Cathy Rymill picked the colt at the BSA National Yearling Sale for R275,000 and he proved to be a bargain buy. He has had five starts for one win and three seconds, with two of those runner up finishes being in a Listed race and a Gr 1 respectively.
He was owned by the SA Punters Forum Syndicate (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr Deva Govender), Messrs G D Bodill, D C Howells, W L Reich, T L Tait, N S Subban & S Gopaul.
For two of the owners he was the first horse thay had ever owned.
Kazenoyoni has been gelded since his last run and the process to get him over to Hong Kong has begun.
He will be an interesting horse to follow out there, although he is likely to undergo a name change before running.
Meanwhile, the Gr 1-winning speedster Asiye Phambili was set to leave for Cape Town last Tuesday (October 6). The What A Winter seven-year-old mare will, like last season, be trained by Lucinda Woodruff in Cape Town and will attempt to add the Gr 1 Cape Flying Championship to her Gr 1 SA Fillies Sprint win.
Howells’ other exciting older sprinter, the four-year-old Erupt filly Hierarchy, who finished fourth in the SA Fillies Sprint and won her last start over that same Hollywoodbets Scottsville 1200m course and distance in impressive style, is being aimed at the Listed Carry On Alice Stakes for fillies and mares over 1160m on Betway Summer Cup day. She is merit rated 114 and will thus be well treated in the Carry On Alice Stakes, because it is a merit rated -band conditions race and the top band states that the topweight of 61,5kg will be carried by horses with a nett merit rating of 110 and more. That condition would see her at least 2kg well in with all of the runners rated 110 and below.
Duncan learnt from one of the best, David Payne, and will get the best out of a horse if given the necessary time.
