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Gallop crucial for Legislate

PUBLISHED: January 20, 2015

David Thiselton
Justin Snaith has warned that Legislate’s participation in the Gr 1 R2,5 million J&B Met at Kenilworth on January 31 will hinge on how he performs, as well as comes out of, the J&B Met Gallops on Thursday January 22.

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Tough break for Daniels

PUBLISHED: January 20, 2015

Jockey Deryl Daniels is recovering from injuries sustained in a fall after the start of the fifth race at Greyville on Friday evening and is expected to be out of action for up to eight weeks.
His mount, Between The Sheets, rushed the front gates before the start was effected unseating Daniels. He was taken to hospital with a fractured wrist and a plate in his shoulder broke.
He underwent a CT scan on Monday that also revealed a broken rib.
Daniels, a talented light-weight jockey, was just getting his career back on track after a spell in the doldrums.

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Kingvoldt eyes CTS Stakes

PUBLISHED: January 20, 2015

David Thiselton
The Joey Ramsden-trained Kingvoldt will attempt to bounce back from his disappointing L’Ormarin’s Queen’s Plate run two weekends ago and win the inaugural running of the Cape Thoroughbred Sales Stakes over 1200m this Saturday at Kenilworth.

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Laird duo ready for action

PUBLISHED: January 20, 2015

David Thiselton
The Charles Laird-trained pair Normanz and Beloved Country leave Summerveld for Cape Town this morning ahead of their engagements in the R1 million Gr 1 Betting World Cape Flying Championship over 1000m and the R1 million Cape Thoroughbred Sales Stakes over 1200m respectively at Kenilworth on Saturday and he said that their preparations had both gone perfectly.

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J&B Met 2015 final field announced

PUBLISHED: January 19, 2015

The R2,5 million J&B Met final field was announced live on Tellytrack at 18h30 this evening and due to a few late scratchings, a field of only 15 runners is now due to line up over 2000m on January 31 at Kenilworth Racecourse.