Gareth Wright wins on the Jurgen van Heerden-trained Anchor Man. (Pauline Herman Photography).
Two smaller stables made their mark last week with notable victories, each carrying a backstory. Halfway through the meeting at Fairview last Friday, Jurgen van Heerden halted Alan Greeff and Richard Fourie’s dominant winning streak with a Maiden Plate triumph posted by Anchor Man. At Turffontein on Saturday, Van Heerden’s former neighbour, Brett Warren, saddled Romeo’s Magic to his ninth career success.
Charl Pretorius discovered two fascinating stories behind these wins and wrote about them in his popular Off The Record weekly column. He also writes a secondary article about numerous well known ex-racehorses who have found loving retirement homes.
