IT'S GAUTENG GUINEAS TIME

Click above to watch Rock Of Arts, Negev and Killua Castle fighting out November’s R2.5 Million Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup
(Image : JC Photos - Footage : Tellytrack)

GAUTENG GUINEAS DAY
Turffontein, 2 March 2013

This weekend is ‘Guineas Weekend’ in Joburg, and most times, it’s the place which separates the wheat from the chaff. Many a champion has been born on ‘Guineas Day’ at Turffontein, and we’ve had our share, particularly in recent years with the likes of Imbongi, Pierre Jourdan and Fisani, not to mention a stream of other cheque earners.

We’re well represented among the final field this year, with no fewer than seven with Summerhill connections.

Here are the two fields :

Betting World Gauteng Guineas (Grade 2)
Turffontein, Turf, 1600m
2 March 2013

#	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	LOVE STRUCK	58.0	99	5	A Marcus	Paul Lafferty
2	WAR HORSE	58.0	98	16	S Chambers	Corne Spies
3	FANTASTIC MR FOX	58.0	96	14	R Simons	Paul Matchett
4	KILLUA CASTLE (AUS)	58.0	96	2	M Mienie	Geoff Woodruff
5	SABADELL	58.0	96	19	B Fayd’Herbe	Geoff Woodruff
6	EMERALD APPROACH	58.0	95	13	G Lerena	Mike de Kock
7	FRANCOIS BERNARDUS	58.0	101	10	P Strydom	Tyrone Zackey
8	GITIANO	58.0	95	8	D David	Alec Laird
9	ZESTFUL	58.0	94	1	M Vand Rensburg	Stuart Pettigrew
10	SWIFT AND STRONG	58.0	93	3	R Danielson	Sean Tarry
11	ALEXANDRA PALACE	58.0	92	6	A Delpech	Mike de Kock
12	ROCK OF ARTS (AUS)	58.0	92	15	K Shea	Weiho Marwing
13	AMERICAN STORM	58.0	91	18	K Zechner	Spike Lerena
14	DONNIE BRASCO	58.0	91	11	G Hatt	Paul Peter
15	NO WORRIES	58.0	90	4	B Lerena	Gavin van Zyl
16	TELLINA	58.0	88	7	R Fradd	Geoff Woodruff
	Reserve Runners
17	CANNON	58.0	83	17	Reserve 1	Mike de Kock
18	THE KING AND I	58.0	82	9	Reserve 2	Sean Tarry
19	COOKIE MONSTER	58.0	78	12	Reserve 3	Roy Magner

Summerhill runners denoted by yellow

Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas (Grade 2)
Turffontein, Turf, 1600m
2 March 2013

#	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	CHERRY ON THE TOP	58.0	101	16	*N Juglall	Ormond Ferraris
2	KING’S TEMPTRESS	58.0	99	11	R Fradd	Kumaran Naidoo
3	FIRE WHEEL	58.0	96	3	A Marcus	Sean Tarry
4	NEGEV	58.0	90	13	P Strydom	Louis Goosen
5	WOOD NYMPH	58.0	89	14	D David	Mike Azzie
6	AL KINDI	58.0	87	19	G Lerena	Mike de Kock
7	SKY PIRATE	58.0	88	1	M Odendaal	Weiho Marwing
8	MARGOT ON STAGE	58.0	87	9	K Zechner	Roy Magner
9	AMBER ORCHID (AUS)	58.0	85	15	K Shea	Sean Tarry
10	TAYBA	58.0	90	7	R Simons	Mike de Kock
11	ANEEFA (AUS)	58.0	84	10	R Danielson	Mike de Kock
12	DO YOU REMEMBER	58.0	83	8	B Fayd’Herbe	Geoff Woodruff
13	SHOW TIME	58.0	83	17	F Herholdt	Steven Janse van Rensburg
14	JET BELLE	58.0	81	18	G Wogemann	Robbie Sage
15	LUALA	58.0	80	12	S Chambers	Stephen Moffatt
16	ESPUMANTI (GB)	56.0	97	2	A Delpech	Mike de Kock
	Reserve Runners
17	SECRET OBSESSION	58.0	80	6	Reserve 1	Geoff Woodruff
18	FORTITUDE	58.0	79	4	Reserve 2	Lucky Houdalakis
19	CAT’S GAME	58.0	80	5	Reserve 3	Stanley Ferreira

Summerhill runners denoted by yellow

HAPPY HUNTING GROUND

Click above to watch Pierre Jourdan winning the 2010 Gauteng Guineas (Grade 2)
(Image : JC Photos - Footage : SuperSport)

EMPERORS PALACE SUMMER READY TO RUN SALE
School Of Excellence, Summerhill Stud, Mooi River
20 February 2013

The precincts of Jo’burg in general and Turffontein racecourse in particular, have been serendipitous venues for Summerhill-breds in recent years, contributing hoards to the lucre that’ve earnt us our championships. As lucrative a source as any of this bounty has been the Colts and Fillies versions of the Gauteng Guineas, where the past few seasons alone have produced victories for Imbongi, Pierre Jourdan and Fisani, and several place-getters. Scour the entries for these events any year you like, and you’ll find a slew of Summerhill-connected runners among them.

This year’s renewals are no different, with eleven (six colts and five fillies) slated to run in the first week in March. With the Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run scheduled for next Wednesday 20^th at the School of Excellence on Summerhill, it’s worth mentioning that seven of the ten are graduates of Ready To Run sales, and two of them were part of the small inaugural catalogue last year. While there are no guarantees in this game, it’s a fair bet there’ll be more than a few of those again in next week’s line-up.

Enquiries :
Tarryn Liebenberg +27 (0) 83 787 1982
or email tarryn@summerhill.co.za
www.summerhill.co.za

"V" IS FOR VICTORY

Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale
(Photo : Leigh Willson)

EMPERORS PALACE SUMMER READY TO RUN SALE
School Of Excellence, Summerhill Stud, Mooi River
20 February 2013

It was Winston Churchill that immortalised the two-fingered sign of triumph, yet those who’ve raised their catalogues at the past two editions of the Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale, would have good cause to do the same. Not only for the victories they have under their belts, but particularly for the value their intuitions have earned them.

Let it be said, this sale is about those that were left behind by reason of their immaturity, the odd injury on their way to the November version of the same sale, or an “unsold” sticker on their backsides at a previous vendue. Others for their flaws in the good Lord’s architecture which might’ve put buyers and customers off at conventional sales, where the benefit of seeing them run is never on the menu.

Horses are fascinating to look at, not only those with the “look of eagles”. More interesting are the ones that triumph despite their engineering or their lack of illustrious parents, like the Group One performers Pierre Jourdan, Hear The Drums, Black Wing and Imbongi, all unwanted urchins of an earlier era.

Often, the great ones do what they shouldn’t. In the age of computers, satellites and DNA, the racehorse is proof that the maths doesn’t always add up. The one thing good horses all have, is character. When they should’ve lost, they didn’t. No horse can be great without grit. The history of Summerhill at the Ready To Run, is littered with stories of racehorses that have made mockeries of their pedigrees and their prices.

The Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run is just two-years-old, the first draft consigned to Michael Holmes Bloodstock’s Horses-in-Training event at Shongweni, the second a popular party at Summerhill last February. Those that follow these columns will know that there are already 21 individual millionaires among Summerhill’s recent Ready To Run graduates, with numerous champions among them. Nonetheless, to satisfy the sceptics, we’ve published a list below of the bargain buys of 2011 and 2012, to illustrate the point. Some of these are just beginning their careers, others have been at it for a short while, none of them have reached the halfway point. Others, like Gida, have already been sold on to international interests for many times their original cost.

These are almost irresistible odds, if you go to the Summer Ready To Run page on our website (click here), you’ll understand why. They say there’s gold again in them “veins”, besides a “feed” by Visa/House & Leisure’s No.1 National restaurant.

P.S. There are seven entries which carry a “ticket” for the R3million Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup in November.

Enquiries :
Tarryn Liebenberg +27 (0) 83 787 1982
or email tarryn@summerhill.co.za
www.summerhill.co.za

IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS

Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale
(Photo : Leigh Willson)

EMPERORS PALACE SUMMER READY TO RUN SALE
School Of Excellence, Summerhill Stud, Mooi River
20 February 2013

The Washington Post is America’s most famous newspaper. When they talk, we listen. Just recently, their man in the food business said “Hartford House is one of the three best country restaurants on the planet” On the planet? Yes, and if he had the means, he’d hire a jet for his twelve best friends and head to Hartford for a long weekend.

Fortunately you don’t need a jet to get here. All you need do is turn up at the Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale on Wednesday 20^th February, and the team at Hartford House will cook your socks off. After that, we’ll show you a few horses, and if you’re in the mood, you may even go home with an Igugu, a Pierre Jourdan, an Imbongi or a Blueridge Mountain. They all came from here, and there are bound to be more of them.

P.S. If you haven’t already replied to the invitation we’ve sent you, please remember, there is only limited seating at our School of Excellence, and there are not even hotdogs for those who don’t have a reservation.

Enquiries :
Tarryn Liebenberg +27 (0) 83 787 1982
or email tarryn@summerhill.co.za
www.summerhill.co.za

THERE'S A HORSE FOR EVERYONE AT THE READY TO RUN

EMPERORS PALACE SUMMER READY TO RUN SALE
School Of Excellence, Summerhill Stud, Mooi River
20 February 2013

THERE’S A HORSE FOR EVERYONE AT THE READY TO RUN.
This is true. And it applies more to the Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run than to any other sale. VALUE is our watchword, and you need only go to www.summerhill.co.za and click on SALES for a reminder.

The Summer Sale is all about those that were left behind, the immature, the injured, and the unsold. Like J&B Met hopeful Black Wing; Imbongi, Bold Ellinore and Emperor Napoleon in the past, and the likes of the Sophomore Sprint aces, Rooi Nooi (R60 000) and Sithela (R40 000); as well as FlyFirstClass (R180 000), I Got You Babe (R7 000), Tomorrow’s Miss (R80 000), Corredor (R60 000), Chili Pepper (R55 000), No Worries, Coming Up Roses (R80 000), Gida R35 000), Golden Dynasty and Maluti (R5 000) among the latest lot.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A MILLIONAIRE:
ALL CAN PLAY, ALL CAN WIN.

Enquiries :
Tarryn Liebenberg +27 (0) 83 787 1982
or email tarryn@summerhill.co.za
www.summerhill.co.za