Mocha Blend wins the Gr 1 Betway Summer Cup (Candiese Lenferna Photography)
Frank Robinson is readying his Betway Summer Cup winner Mocha Blend for a Johannesburg campaign.
The Summerveld trainer was left with a string of mainly young unraced horses when his chief owner Sid Moodley switched his horses to the Nathan Kotzen yard recently.
However, he still has the Wilgerbosdrift and Mauritzfontein-homebred Mocha Blend and is looking at running her in both the Gr 1 HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes, a weight for age mile at Turffontein Standside on March 7, and the Gr 1 Premier’s Champions Challenge, a Gr 1 wfa race over 2000m on April 4 at Turffontein Standside on April 4.
Among his babies is a Rafeef filly who is the first foal of Mauritzfontein’s homebred champion Summer Pudding.
This filly will be making her debut in about a month’s time and as she has been getting rave reviews from everybody who has clapped eyes on her, the debut is much anticipated.
Mocha Blend is merit rated 117 so will at present come into the R10 million Gr 1 Hollywoodbets Durban July carrying 54,5kg, if going on See It Again being the 62kg topweight off his 130 rating.
However, is she wins either of those races her rating will likely increase substantially.
Mocha Blend is currently a 17/1 shot in the July ante-post market with the sponsor.
Frank said she had been doing very well.
Frank is sure to build up his string again as a much respected horseman, who learnt the ropes from one of the best, Herman Brown Senior.
