CRACKING DEBUT FOR CELEBRATION

Click above to watch Celebration winning on debut…
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CELEBRATION
2009 SUMMERHILL READY TO RUN GRADUATE

CELEBRATION (Kahal (GB) - Tribute by Desert Team (USA))
3 Year Old Bay Filly

Owners : Mr Jeremy Jonsson and Summerhill Stud Syndicate
Trainer : Glen Kotzen
Jockey : Warren Kennedy
Breeder : Summerhill Stud
Win Time : 97.28
Career Record : 1 Win, 1 Start

CELEBRATION is a graduate from the Summerhill draft of the 2009 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale.

SA HEALTH MAIDEN PLATE (F&M)
Greyville, Turf, 1600m
19 July 2011

#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	CELEBRATION	60.0	0	4	W Kennedy	Glen Kotzen
2	0.25	PISTOL DAWN	60.0	65	3	A Marcus	Glen Kotzen
3	3.25	JODIE	60.0	61	1	B Fayd’Herbe	Neil Bruss
4	4.00	DAILUAINE	60.0	59	9	J Samuel	Corinne Bestel
5	8.75	LILY OF LONDON	56.0	0	2	A Delpech	Paul Lafferty
6	8.85	QUEEN’S COPYRIGHT	60.0	50	6	K Shea	Paul Lafferty
7	10.10	STEP SMARTLY	56.0	0	5	R Fradd	Sean Tarry
8	15.35	FULL STEAM AHEAD	60.0	60	8	S Randolph	Poppet Mockford
9	20.10	HEAL MY HEART	60.0	51	7	*S Duma (4.0)	Poppet Mockford
		Late Scratchings
10	0.00	HEIGHT OF HUMOUR	60.0	56	7	R Danielson	Paul Lafferty
11	0.00	ANT’S GIRL	60.0	42	10	R Fourie	Lowan Denysschen
12	0.00	MIESQUE’S STAR	56.0	0	5	I Sturgeon	Herman Brown

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PRINCESS VICTORIA WINS ALLAN ROBERTSON CHAMPIONSHIP

Click above to watch Princess Victoria winning the Allan Robertson Championship (Gr1)
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ALLAN ROBERTSON CHAMPIONSHIP (Grade 1)
Scottsville, Turf, 1200m
28 May 2011

David Thiselton
Gold CircleThe Allan Robertson was won impressively by the Glen Kotzen-trained Victory Moon filly Princess Victoria.

Jockey Andrew Fortune had Princess Victoria relaxed on the rail behind the pacesetters and angled her out nearing the 400m mark. She stretched away from the field to win unextended by 3,25 lengths. The maiden Up Front ran a fine second with the favourite Hidden Beauty next best ahead of She’s A Stunner and Lady Var.

Fortune said afterwards: “She is comfortably the best two-year-old filly I’ve ever ridden.”

ALLAN ROBERTSON CHAMPIONSHIP (Gr1)
Final Results

#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	PRINCESS VICTORIA	58.0	0	1	A Fortune	Glen Kotzen
2	3.25	UP FRONT	58.0	0	4	G Lerena	Barend Botes
3	3.75	HIDDEN BEAUTY	58.0	0	13	F Coetzee	Paul Matchett
4	4.25	SHE’S A STUNNER	58.0	0	2	C Orffer	Deon Visser
5	5.50	LADY VAR	58.0	0	6	K Neisius	Darryl Hodgson
6	6.25	TRINITY HOUSE	58.0	0	3	G Hatt	Joey Ramsden
7	10.25	EXTRA ZERO	58.0	0	8	S Khumalo	Sean Tarry
8	12.25	INDIGO PRINCESS	58.0	0	11	I Sturgeon	James Goodman
9	13.50	AMANEE (AUS)	58.0	0	12	A Delpech	Mike de Kock
10	14.75	LAVISH GAL	58.0	0	5	S Randolph	Jeff Freedman
11	15.75	ASPEN ANGLE	58.0	0	10	A Marcus	Charles Laird
12	19.50	COMTESSE DUBOIS	58.0	0	7	B Fayd’Herbe	Neil Bruss
13	22.75	SHEZTHECLUBQUEEN	58.0	0	9	* JP v’d Merwer	Terry Lowe
14	25.75	EXTRAORDINAIRE	58.0	0	14	M Mienie	Paul Matchett
		Late Scratchings
15	0.00	MOON SPUN	58.0	0	17		Alyson Wright
16	0.00	SUPALICIOUS	58.0	0	7	K Teetan	Paul Lafferty
17	0.00	HOT GIRL	58.0	0	5	R Simons	Paul Lafferty

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DREAM MAKER : RIGHT UP YOUR STREET

Grafton Street
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GRAFTON STREET

The final Vodacom July field has been announced, and between now and the 31^st July, there’ll be any amount of conjecture about the winner. Mike de Kock has a record seven runners in the field, and the other Mike, Bass, has four. Between them, they make up more than half the field, and that’s probably without precedent. Their runners also dominate the betting boards, but that’s not what today’s column is about. We’ll talk about the likely outcome closer to the race, and probably after the final gallops on Thursday.

Meanwhile though, we’ve got another story which reminds us why we like racing. It involves the eight year old, Grafton Street, who’s overcome just about every challenge in life to earn his place on July Day, and while it’s not in the “big one”, he is in the consolation, having missed the cut by the slimmest of margins. Firstly, we should remember he’s the property of a dyed-in-the-wool horse “nut”, Margaret Filmer, a lady who lives for her horses, and who’s been associated through her breeding operations with a number of top-class animals.

Grafton Street kicked off life as an inmate of the highly successful Glen Kotzen yard, and performed manfully in his first career, stringing together five victories despite the odd issues that threatened to curtail his walk to the top. There came a time, at the end of his five year old career, when both owner and trainer decided to call it a day, and so this gelded son of Jallad was given away to a riding school. He spent a year and a half there, when Margaret gave the enigmatic but affable horseman, Mike Stewart, a call, asking him to take the horse into his wife Ingrid’s trails yard, where he might live out his days in the idyllic surroundings of Noordhoek beach, just about the southernmost livery yard and training facility in Africa.

Always a “victim” for such a ploy, Mike readily agreed, but he tells us that when he saw Grafton Street alight from the float, he looked to be in pretty good shape, and he suggested to Margaret that they give him a three or four month trial back in training.

The rest, as they say, is history. He quickly strung together three victories, and earned himself a place in the card for Africa’s greatest raceday. Whatever happens on the Saturday after next, doesn’t really matter. It’s enough that this old warrior earned himself a place as close to the top table as you could wish for, but if you’re a Mike Stewart believer, (and you’d have good cause, given his track record), you’d have to think, come what may, he’ll be giving them hell at the business end.

THE FIRST SUNDAY IN NOVEMBER

EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN SALE
Sunday, 7 November 2010

The Emperors Palace Ready To Run is now South Africa’s
most popular sale of racehorses.

Customers have voted with their feet.

Nine more Summerhill winners last week.

#	Horse	Trainer
1st	BELLAGIO	Mark Dixon
1st	UBIZO	Glen Kotzen
1st	RIDETHEBREEZE	Joey Ramsden
1st	KRUGER GOLD	Heather Adamson
1st	MANNEQUIN	Paul Matchett
1st	WATCHFUL	Michael Azzie
1st	MYSTIC	Sean Tarry
1st	ETERNAL GLORY	David Niewenhuizen
1st	CHEN YIN HO	Coerie Lensley

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Tarryn Liebenberg
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RIVER JETEZ : GOLD BRACELET VIDEO AND RESULTS

Click above to watch the 2010 Gold Bracelet (Gr2)
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R250,000 GOLD BRACELET (Grade 2)
Greyville, 2000m, Turf
26 June 2010

RACE RESULT :

#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	RIVER JETEZ	60.0	107	5	B Fayd’Herbe	Mike Bass
2	1.25	PRECEDENT	60.0	97	8	M Mienie	Paul Matchett
3	1.50	JET TRAIL	58.0	98	1	A Marcus	Alec Laird
4	2.75	IMPERIOUS STAR	58.0	99	3	D Daniels	Glen Kotzen
5	4.00	GOAT	60.0	101	4	A Delpech	Paul Lafferty
6	4.05	SALTWATER GIRL	60.0	90	2	G Lerena	Gavin van Zyl
7	4.55	LOVE IS IN THE AIR	60.0	106	9	K Neisius	Mike Bass
8	6.55	SUNSATIONAL	60.0	105	10	K Shea	Mike Bass
9	7.80	MARITIME MIST	60.0	92	7	S Randolph	Craig Eudey
10	9.80	QUEEN’S BAY	60.0	103	6	F Coetzee	Mike Azzie