SEAN TARRY

Celtic Sea’s route undecided

PUBLISHED: January 3, 2021

DAVID THISELTON SEAN TARRY is still undecided whether Celtic Sea will have another tilt at the Grade 1 Majorca Stakes on Cape Town Met day or take on the boys in the Grade 1 Cape Flying Championship. Meanwhile, Cirillo is on track for the Met and Tarry is lining up his troops for the Johannesburg […]

Paul Peter

War Of Athena and Catch Twentytwo have bright futures

PUBLISHED: January 3, 2021

DAVID THISELTON THE Paul Matchett-trained War Of Athena laid claim to being the best three-year-old in the country on Saturday when downing her arch rival, the previously unbeaten Stuart Pettigrew-trained Anything Goes, by 1,75 lengths under Muzi Yeni in the Grade 3 Three Troikas Stakes over 1400m at Turffontein Standside. Later, the Paul Peter-trained Dingaans […]

Sean Tarry (Nkosi Hlophe)

NINE-YEAR_OLD MOMBELA IS TOAST OF THE TARRY YARD

PUBLISHED: December 29, 2020

David Thiselton MOMBELA has for a long time been one of the Sean Tarry yard favourites and this good looking Trippi gelding earned bold black type at the age of nine yesterday when producing his usual devastating finishing burst to win the Grade 3 Lebelo Sprint over 1000m at Turffontein Standside under Lyle Hewitson. Tarry […]

NEW LOCKDOWN LEVEL 3 – RACING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

PUBLISHED: December 29, 2020

The National Horseracing Authority confirms that it has given careful and urgent consideration to the contents of the President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address last night, which effectively placed South Africa under NEW adjusted Level 3 Lockdown effective today, 29 December 2020. In keeping with its mandate to safeguard the wellbeing of its stake holders and interested parties, […]

Defending champ, Elusive Trader repeats in the Southeaster Sprint

PUBLISHED: December 27, 2020

Mark van Deventer TRAINER Greg Ennion was confident that his quirky, but talented speedball, Elusive Trader would retain his Southeaster Sprint crown at Kenilworth over the unusual 1100m distance. The Elusive Fort gelding, who does best when conserved for a late dart, duly blitzed past front runner Constable to score at odds of around 5/1. […]