HIGHVELD RACING AWARDS 2011 : RESULTS
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 11:12AM 
Igugu - Horse of the Season
(Photo : JC Photos / Summerhill Stud)
HIGHVELD RACING AWARDS
21 May 2011
The Mike de Kock-trained filly was a worthy winner of the accolade after becoming the first filly in history to win the SA Triple Tiara, which comprises the Gauteng Fillies Guineas over 1600m, the SA Fillies Classic over 1800m and the SA Oaks over 2450m.
The 2009 Summerhill Ready To Run graduate won by a landslide with every member of the panel of judges, comprising Nicci Garner, Jack Milner, Lennon Maharaj, Germaine Maharaj, Shaheen Shaw, Patrick Davis and Darryl Maree, giving her the nod. The equine awards were adjudicated by the panel, while the winners of the champion breeder, apprentice, jockey and trainer awards were calculated on a point system according to graded and listed races won. The champion owner was decided on stakes earned in feature races during the season.
Igugu also won the award as Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, while her trainer Mike de Kock was named Champion Trainer and his stable also collected Ilsanpietro’s Champion Stayer award.
One other horse collected two awards, and that was Horse Chestnut Stakes and Empress Club Stakes winner Dancewiththedevil, who took the awards as Champion Older Horse and Champion Middle Distance Horse. She was bred and is owned and trained by St John Gray.
2011 HIGHVELD SEASON AWARDS
| Champion Two Year Old Filly |
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| HIDDEN BEAUTY Trainer Paul Matchett Owner Fred Crabbia |
| Champion Two Year Old Colt / Gelding |
| DELAGO DELUX Trainer Charles Laird Owners Ingrid and Markus Jooste |
| Champion Three Year Old Filly |
| IGUGU Trainer Mike de Kock Owners Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum and Andre & Joyce Macdonald |
| Champion Three Year Old Colt / Gelding |
| ENGLISH GARDEN Trainer Mike Bass Owner Lady Lilford |
| Champion Older Horse |
| DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL Trainer St John Gray Owner St John Gray |
| Champion Sprinter |
| VAL DE RA Trainer Dennis Drier Owner Avontuur Estate (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mr B A I Taberer) |
| Champion Middle-Distance Horse |
| DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL Trainer St John Gray Owner St John Gray |
| Champion Stayer |
| ILSANPIETRO Trainer Mike de Kock Owner Fazenda Mondesir International (Nom: P C P de Castro) |
| Champion Sand Specialist |
| IRON CURTAIN Trainer Robbie Sage Owner Bridget Oppenheimer |
| Horse Of The Season |
| IGUGU Trainer Mike de Kock Owners Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum and Andre & Joyce Macdonald |
| Champion Apprentice |
| JP VAN DER MERWE |
| Champion Jockey |
| ANTHONY DELPECH |
| Champion Trainer |
| MIKE DE KOCK |
| Champion Breeder |
| SUMMERHILL STUD (PTY) LTD |
| Champion Owner |
| INGRID AND MARKUS JOOSTE |
Extract from Tab Online
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