MONDAY 1st - THURSDAY 4th JUNE 2015
No. 2152 ISSN 1023 / 6996
FLAMINGO PARK 12:20pm (Monday) p.4
KENILWORTH 12:55pm (Tuesday) p.12
SCOTTSVILLE 12:00pm (Wednesday) p.23
VAAL SAND 12:30pm (Thursday) p.31
R100 000 KIMBERLEY CLASSIC at Flamingo Park on Monday
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One of Flamingo Park’s first ladies has her maiden feature runner at the track on Monday and oldfashioned sentimentality suggests Stephanie Miller and her Albert Hall gelding Modus Tollendi to win the R100 000 Kimberley Classic. But horseracing fairytales don’t always run entirely true to the script.
he well-known wife, mother and former Dorrie Sham assistant trainer has taken the brave plunge into one of the world’s toughest professions and saddles her first runners on Monday. The day is bound to be an emotional occasion as she follows in the footsteps of her late husband Peter, and son Sean, who both trained in this centre with great success. And the word is that the Sham family have
been allocated more boxes in PE and will be expanding their very successful operation on the coast.
Top Five
Despite the handicap terms, there look to be only five runners capable of winning this race with four of the ten ‘boasting’ merit ratings of 60, or less. Gunter Wrogemann rides the two-time winning Modus Tollendi, who ran an average fourth 4,50 lengths off Dodgy Itie in a 1400m
contest last time. The Steph Miller representative is 2kgs better off with Dodgy Itie, but it is worrying that his worst efforts appear to have been over a mile. Cliffie Miller’s Dodgy Itie hasn’t drawn too well but he will strip fit, having had three runs since his clash with Modus Tollendi. He appeared to enjoy the mile last time when running on well for third behind There Is A Dream, and this may well be his game after a few in-and-out performances so far. He was beaten 4 lengths three runs back by our top-rated Taso The Sailor,
who has won twice since transferring from the Paul Peter yard as a one-time winner earlier this year. Bill Human’s charge was slow away last time before running on late over 1200m for a short head beating by Luxardo. That was a fair effort against older horses, particularly seeing he was reported not striding out. His stablemate La Tourelle (another former Peter charge) carries topweight and will be ridden by S’manga Khumalo. The son of Mullins Bay has won twice in Kimberley and finished fifth and 7,50 lengths behind Black Pepper
in a 1400m Conditions Plate last time out. Black Pepper is surely close to the local Horse Of The Year candidates this season, and this will be a little softer for La Tourelle against his own age. He has also won smartly over the mile. Cont. p.2
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