Lyle Hewitson

Youcanthurrylove to power home

PUBLISHED: January 29, 2021

David Thiselton TURFFONTEIN STANDSIDE hosts the Listed WSB Wolf Power 1600 today, a tricky handicap event on what is a tricky meeting overall. Youcanthurrylove finished third in the Grade 2 Peermont Emperor’s Palace Charity Mile over course and distance and is only two points higher in the merit ratings so looks to be the one to […]

Brett Crawford - Liesl King

Crawford is out to fox ‘em

PUBLISHED: January 27, 2021

David Thiselton BRETT CRAWFORD, whose single Grade 1 win last season ended a sequence of seven multiple Grade 1-winning seasons, has a full card of runners on Cape Town Met day including a trio of runners in both the Grade 1 Cape Flying Championship over 1000m and the Grade 1 Majorca Stakes over 1600m. Crawford said […]

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Is Policy Target worth a plunge?

PUBLISHED: January 26, 2021

Andrew Harrison RACING in KZN is taking flak from some quarters, mainly due of the large number of recent Pick 6 carryovers and other big dividends. Accusations range from race fixing to crooked jockeys and trainers and other unsavoury practices. Anyone familiar with the intricacies of the sport knows that these accusations are mostly hogwash. […]

Muscutt sends out two dark horses on Saturday

PUBLISHED: January 26, 2021

David Thiselton SUMMERVELD trainer Peter Muscutt has taken two horses down for the big Cape Town Met meeting to compete in Grade 1s, Ultra Magnus and Indi Anna, and neither of them should be written off because their last respective races showed them to be potentially better than their form suggests. They have been in […]

Golden Ducat offers a quality run

PUBLISHED: January 25, 2021

David Thiselton SATURDAY’S Grade 1 Cape Town Met over 2000m at Kenilworth has attracted a small field of eleven but it is full of quality.  Golden Ducat should be coming into his own half way through his four-year-old year. This high quality twice Grade 1-winner is distance suited and has a plum draw under the […]