Greg Ennion said after his Ridgemont-bred Canford Cliffs colt Lines Crossed had won the R400,000 Cape Racing Farm Sale race over 1200m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Wednesday, “Grant van Niekerk rode him at Hollywoodbets Durbanville over a week ago. He suggested we put the blinkers on and they wouldn’t catch him. As it turned out, Lines Crossed kept turning around with the blinkers, so this morning I took them off and put the pacifiers on.”

The move proved spot on because the maiden colt led from the off and running within himself had opened up a useful lead by the time they had reached the spur at the 400m mark. Van Niekerk then went for home and The Piet Steyn-trained The United States colt Spirit’s Unite, who started favourite, could only chase in vain. Lines Crossed won by three lengths with the joint favourite Warm Winter Nite (What A Winter) a further 2,25 lengths back in third.

Lines Crossed cost R70,000 at the CTS Farm Sale and is owned by Etienne Braun.

He is out of the Var mare Saltire, who won three times over 1000m.

Saltire is a daughter of the Gr 2 Sceptre Stakes winner Badger’s Cove (Joshua Dancer).

Saltire’s One World colt Lion Rampart sold for R150,000 at the BSA National Yearling Sale this year and was purchased by the Hollywood Syndicate.

The Farm Sale race was the second feature success for the Ennion-Braun partnership in the last two Cape meetings.

On Saturday at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth the Ennion-trained three-year-old Master Of My Fate filly Love Is A Rose won the Gr 3 Final Fling Stakes over 1950m under Richard Fourie, carrying the Braun Royal blue, emerald green, red and white quartered, emerald green sleeves and cap colours.

Braun owns the Willem Engelbrecht-bred Love Is A Rose in partnership with John Lamb and Wayne Mealing.