No. 2094 ISSN 1023 / 6996
MONDAY 10th - THURSDAY 13th NOVEMBER 2014
FAIRVIEW 12:55pm (Monday) p.3
VAAL 12:15pm (Tuesday) p.10
KENILWORTH 12:20pm (Wednesday) p.22
Rake's Chestnut is slung in at the weights and looks set for a winning performance
VAAL SAND 12:20pm (Thursday) p.29
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The presence of Brett Crawford’s Gr1 Gold Cup winner Wavin’ Flag will add plenty of interest at the Vaal on Tuesday. The son of Silvano has the Sansui Summer Cup as his main target and while he will need the run and the 1700m will be on the short side, his trainer suggests that he expects him to be finishing his race well.
t is not often that a Vaal midweek meet hosts the likes of luminaries of the calibre of the Gr1 winning Wavin’ Flag but the presence in the same modest Progress Plate of the luckless Rake’s Chestnut and Mike De Kock’s Trip To Rio is
also bound to evoke plenty of interest.
Genuine
Wavin’ Flag is a genuine stayer who finally put it all together with a terrific run to beat Wild One in the Gr1 Gold Cup on Super Saturday. That was only his third win,
but he is lightly raced for a stayer and looks the sort who will still mature and develop. Brett Crawford told the Sporting Post that the conditions of the J&B Jet Stayers (traditionally known as the Reserve Stayers) on Met Day, a race that would have been a natural target
Tuesday for the accomplished stayer, meant that he would have to give weight all round. “He only runs off a 99 and giving weight away makes no sense. So our hand was basically forced and we thus decided to come North and go for the Summer Cup rather.” Crawford confirmed that Wavin’ Flag had been based in Johannesburg for ‘some time’ and he would need the run after a 15 week rest. “This outing will bring him on and I expect him to be staying on and finishing his race off,” he said. Dancer’s Daughter and her Silvano Colt
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Oratorio Pathfork Silvano Dynasty Oratorio
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Rake It In
Slung in at the weights and a serious runner is Geoff Woodruff ’s Rake’s Chestnut, who created a stir in Saturday’s Gr2 Charity Mile, but for all the wrong reasons. The son of Horse Chestnut behaved like an enthusiastic recent finishing school graduate when crossing his legs just as the gates opened, unseating Anton Marcus. His season debut, a 7,25 length sixth behind No Worries in the Gr2 Joburg Spring Challenge told us nothing and the talented gelding now needs to start
putting these hard luck stories behind him and start winning races. He will have every chance on Tuesday, and with Piere Strydom up from a 1 draw, it is folly to suggest punting against him. Cont. p.2
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