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Tuesday
16Mar2010

NO FIREWORKS; BUT A GOOD SHOW NONETHELESS

DateTuesday, March 16, 2010 at 09:42AM

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Pansula
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SIX WINNERS IN A BANNER WEEK

After the big bangs of the last fortnight, two Guineas winners, Imbongi’s big showing in Dubai, Smanjemanje’s Egoli Mile, Vangelis’ Fairview Mile and Hear The Drums making it 31 wins to date, you might be forgiven for calling the events of this past week somewhat of a damp squib.

However, six winners is a banner week for anyone, headed by R600 000 Emerald Cup (Gr.2) ace, Phunyuka’s big job in the mid-week feature at the Vaal. He’s probably the best example of how different racing surfaces affect the performances of different horses, and for him, his “meat” is the sand, while it’s poison to others. His performance confirms Phunyuka as one of the finest sand runners in the country. All of Phunyuka, Dynamite Mike, Mholi, Pansula, Uyagiya and Mystic contributed to what is the best lead Summerhill has ever had in the Breeders Championship, where the log looks like this :

 

SOUTH AFRICAN BREEDERS LOG

STUD EARNINGS (ZAR)
 AEPR (ZAR)
Summerhill Stud 11,888,187 50,374
Normandy Stud 4,434,500 69,289
Lammerskraal Stud 3,929,700 46,232
Maine Chance 3,885,325 35,321
Highlands 3,677,962 30,907
D Cohen & Sons 3,575,812 29,552
Wilgerbosdrift 3,531,050 42,543
Klawervlei Stud 3,196,125 22,994
The Alchemy 3,116,825 42,696
Gary Player Stud 3,001,650 24,013

 

Courtesy of Sporting Post as at 15 March 2010


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Monday
15Mar2010

RACHEL ALEXANDRA RULED OUT OF APPLE BLOSSOM DUEL

DateMonday, March 15, 2010 at 01:42PM

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Rachel Alexandra
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RACHEL ALEXANDRA VS ZENYATTA

One day after finishing second in her seasonal return in the New Orleans Ladies Stakes at the Fair Grounds, Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia d’Oro) was officially confirmed out of the Gr1 Apple Blossom Handicap, which will be contested on 9 April. Her owner Jess Jackson confirmed yesterday that, although the defending Horse of the Year exited the New Orleans Ladies healthy, the four-year-old would not be shipped to Oaklawn Park for a match-up with champion Zenyatta (Street Cry).

“Saturday’s race, while a disappointment, helped us define Rachel Alexandra’s racing condition,” explained Jess Jackson. “While she is healthy, just as I had anticipated, she is not in top form. Therefore, I decided on Sunday that she will not be going to the Apple Blossom on April 9. Steve Asmussen and I discussed this fully and we now regret we tried to accelerate her training in order to meet the Apple Blossom schedule. We have a whole season before us to help define her greatness. She will tell us when her next race will be.”

Responding to Rachel Alexandra’s defection, Zenyatta’s owner Jerry Moss said, “We’re disappointed that we’re not going to be able to face each other in the Apple Blossom. Hopefully, we can meet down the line. We respect both Steve and Mr. Jackson as horsemen, and they’re going to do what’s right for their horse. That’s all anybody could ask for. We’ll go on to the Apple Blossom as planned.”

Extract from Thoroughbred Daily News

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Monday
15Mar2010

UNBEATEN ZENYATTA SCORES 15TH CAREER VICTORY

DateMonday, March 15, 2010 at 01:04PM

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(left) Zenyatta in the Santa Margarita Handicap
(right) Rachel Alexandra in the New Orleans Ladies Stakes

ZENYATTA VS RACHEL ALEXANDRA

The unbeaten Zenyatta (Street Cry) strode to her 15th career victory in the Santa Margarita Handicap (Gr1) at Santa Anita on Saturday and in doing so added more hype to her intended match race with Rachel Alexandra in the US$5 million Apple Blossom Invitational on 9 April - a race in which Zenyatta is a finalised starter. The headline story was the defeat of Rachel Alexander in the New Orleans Ladies Stakes.

It was a bit more eventful than perhaps it had been scripted: Zenyatta was still last as they headed into the stretch, and jockey Mike Smith opted to take the shorter route to the wire. He had to steady briefly and, for a moment, it seemed that the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner was in a spot of trouble. But she angled inside to pass one rival, eased up on the outside of pacesetter Dance to My Tune (Stravinsky), and was on her way to yet another earspricked victory.

“I cut some corners and gambled a bit, but I was confident at all times that if she needed to make room, she could,” jockey Mike Smith said. “She’s a bit of a bully.”

“Everybody really loves her,” owner Jerry Moss said. “Everybody’s so pleased to have her back and to root for her, and when she wins, she makes everybody happy. She’s perfect. She’s the idol of perfection we all strive for. That’s about as profound as I get.”

Meanwhile, the defeat in New Orleans for the Horse of the Year put in some doubt Rachel Alexandra’s participation in the April 9 Apple Blossom Invitational at Oaklawn Park. Trainer Steve Asmussen said shortly after the Ladies. “If I thought she’d get beat I wouldn’t have run her today”. “We’ll have to be cautious. We want to do what’s right for the mare.”

“She needed the race, that’s all,” said Jockey Calvin Borel. “She needed the race more than anything.” That assessment was echoed by Steve Asmussen, who blamed himself for Rachel Alexandra’s defeat.

“The filly’s lacking fitness,” he said. “It was my job to have her there, and I didn’t do it.”

Extract from ANZ Bloodstock News

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Monday
15Mar2010

NO PLACE TO HIDE

DateMonday, March 15, 2010 at 06:54AM

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Wendy Saint
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WENDY SAINT

There was disbelief at Summerhill when the boss employed a new PA by the surname of “Saint”. Some wags were quick to ask whatever he did to warrant such an appointment, and “saintly” is probably the most apt term in describing Wendy Saint, who came to us from a career as a long-serving stewardess in the front cabins of SAA. This is obviously where she honed her skills with people, and she arrived complete with all the dulcet greetings including a habit of answering the phone “Good day, Wendy Saint”.

Our stallion manager, Greig Muir, whose daily task is closer to manure than it is to mink, enquired when he heard this rather Victorian line of answering, “are you always this posh?”. When she answered that it was just her way, he was quick to say he’d need to take her out and roll her in some horse bog, to get it knocked out of her!

Don’t worry, Ms. Saint has her sleeves rolled up, like the rest of us, and she’s never let her smart upbringing interfere with a good day’s work.

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Sunday
14Mar2010

SO YOU SEE, DREAMS DO COME TRUE...

DateSunday, March 14, 2010 at 06:15AM

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“THE HARDER YOU WORK, THE LUCKIER YOU GET”

Ambition can be a dangerous thing. Most times, we come up short. At Summerhill, we’ve just kept on doing things the best we can, getting up earlier, thinking outside the box, farming a bit differently. And giving our horses the best upbringing known to man.

That way, you can live in hope, and know you’ve taken care of 90% of the things that make a racehorse. The rest is a matter of luck.

In the end, the horses will always reward you. Like a couple of Guineas aces on a single weekend, or a big international hero the next week. And a thirty one-time winner and an Egoli Mile victor tossed in between.

Truth is, “the harder you work, the luckier you get.” So said a famous South African.

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