HURRICANE FORCE and MPUMELELO : The Juvenile Scene... Two of the Best

The ink had hardly dried on our story concerning the three-year-olds, and the 2007 Ready to Run has produced two more exceptional juveniles. Last weekend HURRICANE FORCE made a magnificent debut against a powerful combination of winning juveniles at Randjiesfontein for Charles Laird, and on Thursday MPUMELELO (for Tyrone Zackey), followed up on his last start victory with a facile win against some of the best juveniles on the Rand.

No doubt the Group One Festival of Speed, and specifically the Golden Medallion (Gr1), South Africa’s equivalent of England’s Middle Park Stakes and Australia’s Golden Slipper, beckons for these two speed merchants.