At one stage, sickness threatened to completely undermine Eight on Eighteen career aspirations. Brilliant at three, he then got badly ill and struggled to come back. Over an extended period, he has been expertly nursed back to health and racing fitness by Justin Snaith’s team and delivered when it really counted in the season-ending,
Tenango hit one of the biggest numbers in recent years at Scottsville’s Golden Horse Sprint, a G2 over 1200m. After crunching the track variant, he merited a monster figure of 117, which included a flashy come home sectional of 43.5 seconds for the final 800m and 22.66 for the closing 400m. That constitutes a
It’s always gratifying to see a brilliant horse that has lost his way - regain his mojo again. Such is the case with Cosmic Highway, outstanding amongst his generation as a juvenile and at three, before losing the winning thread. Gelding has helped him gradually come back to form, though trainer Dean Kannemeyer would
Rascova stole the G2 Western Cape Fillies Champs over 1400m at Durbanville, being gifted a soft lead then sprinting away from pursuers. Double Grand Slam tried to cut back the deficit but there was no way Rascova would relinquish such a clear advantage on a fast track. Fast improving, Montien (s/s 101 +) continues
Atticus Finch (s/s 106) was all heart when fighting off challengers to win the Victory Moon (G3) at Turffontein on Saturday. Alec Laird’s charge has now won four on the bounce and is your archetypal courageous front runner who hates to relinquish a lead. He was sired by Master of my Fate. Electric Gold