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current favourite jockeys de Gouveia ,Klink,ferraris,Schwartz i.a.

past jockeys Michael Cave cos he gave my family Christmas hcp winner (ridden by him) but the maestro Piggott head and shoulders above everyone else

not many trainers do it for me in SA

The July has and will always be the race to excite us and there are scores that will only have a bet then
Another race that got me excited were the Bull Brand invitationals
Pity todays racing people lack the charisma,attitude or organisational skills to simulate anything like that

Favourite course to me is where we collect the money so Scottsville and both the Turffontein tracks do it for me

favourite horse well that changes with every season or so and rarely anything that piques anyone elses interest

Had about four good wins and the earliest i can remember was the Scottsville invitation stakes day jackpot i won with Dambuster winning the last race and maybe Phantom Earl the main race

Current Jockey: Jeff Lloyd

Retired: Kieran Fallon

Trainer: John Gosden

Race: The Melbourne Cup

Festival: Royal Ascot

Track Memory: Polished Silver winning a minor 2 year old feature at Clairwood with Robbie Sham riding for D Drier. My first live racing I ever attended. Amazing memory!

Favorite Course: was Newmarket SA and Clairwood, eish, now I battle to watch local racing so it has to be The July Course at Newmarket UK.

Favorite Horse: Roaring Lion, what a tough champ!

Least Favorite Course: Scottsville

Least Favorite Jockey: A few, mostly the ones who let Anton Marcus dictate the pace to them every day!

Worst Race: July Consolation Race

Current Jockey: Richard Johnson
Retired Jockey: Piggott and AP Mccoy
Trainer: Aidan Obrien
Race: ARC
Festival: Cheltenham, Royal Ascot
Track Memory: Leading any horse into winners box ( Breathless and Miss Diana special) but always a massive high for the game.

Current Jockey: William Pike
Retired Jockey: Figgy (Hands and Heels)
Trainer: Lucky Houdalakis
Race: Queens Plate
Festival: Dubai
Track Memory: IGUGU winning the met !how was she!AMAZING

Some great posts .....

Jockey: Although I admire the top guys for all the work / travel they put in, you have to feel for the rest who often gets 'jocked-off' .... so no real favorites - although as a kid in school I always had a soft spot for one C (James) Maree ....

Trainer: As for the jocks ..... got to admire Mike de Kock though for his international campaigns ....

Race / Festival: Consider myself as something of a 'purist', so the top WFA races have to be the ones - the Queens Plate , the Met, the Administrators, the various Classics, I love them all - on the bucket list would be attending the UK standouts like Ascot, Goodwood and Cheltenham - Melbourne Cap on the list as well, but lower down ....

Favorite course: Newmarket and Gosforth Park were great, Turffies now have to do - rubbish dump and all

Least favorite course: Never had any desire to attend a meeting at Flamingo

Best track memory: Asylum's maiden win first time out at 25/1; Asylum's win in the Golden Slippper - those were the days; winning my first P6 being on track at Gosforth and having to shout home my banker (can't remember the horse, but it was trained by Tony Millard) in the last ... those were indeed the days

Worst track memory: Watching Asylum (drawn widest of all) getting cleaned out round the turn in the Clairwood juvenile feature when going for the Juvenile Fillies Triple (can't remember what it was called - maybe Elvis can remember) by an import owned by Jooste (think it was called Bridgit's Academy or something); also going down to Kenilworth to watch her one last time before being exported - she was really something special in our lives - Roy always used to say 'that filly can read and write'

Frodo wrote: Some great posts .....

Jockey: Although I admire the top guys for all the work / travel they put in, you have to feel for the rest who often gets 'jocked-off' .... so no real favorites - although as a kid in school I always had a soft spot for one C (James) Maree ....

Trainer: As for the jocks ..... got to admire Mike de Kock though for his international campaigns ....

Race / Festival: Consider myself as something of a 'purist', so the top WFA races have to be the ones - the Queens Plate , the Met, the Administrators, the various Classics, I love them all - on the bucket list would be attending the UK standouts like Ascot, Goodwood and Cheltenham - Melbourne Cap on the list as well, but lower down ....

Favorite course: Newmarket and Gosforth Park were great, Turffies now have to do - rubbish dump and all

Least favorite course: Never had any desire to attend a meeting at Flamingo

Best track memory: Asylum's maiden win first time out at 25/1; Asylum's win in the Golden Slippper - those were the days; winning my first P6 being on track at Gosforth and having to shout home my banker (can't remember the horse, but it was trained by Tony Millard) in the last ... those were indeed the days

Worst track memory: Watching Asylum (drawn widest of all) getting cleaned out round the turn in the Clairwood juvenile feature when going for the Juvenile Fillies Triple (can't remember what it was called - maybe Elvis can remember) by an import owned by Jooste (think it was called Bridgit's Academy or something); also going down to Kenilworth to watch her one last time before being exported - she was really something special in our lives - Roy always used to say 'that filly can read and write'

The winner of the race at Clairwood was Royal Fantasy. Sun Classique ran second. When it won July Day (was a Grade 1 then) I backed it and the Jackpot paid over a R1000, was amazed at the payout as it was practically all favorites. Followed it at Clairwood as well. Kildonian won the male equivalent that day.

naresh wrote:

Frodo wrote: Some great posts .....

Jockey: Although I admire the top guys for all the work / travel they put in, you have to feel for the rest who often gets 'jocked-off' .... so no real favorites - although as a kid in school I always had a soft spot for one C (James) Maree ....

Trainer: As for the jocks ..... got to admire Mike de Kock though for his international campaigns ....

Race / Festival: Consider myself as something of a 'purist', so the top WFA races have to be the ones - the Queens Plate , the Met, the Administrators, the various Classics, I love them all - on the bucket list would be attending the UK standouts like Ascot, Goodwood and Cheltenham - Melbourne Cap on the list as well, but lower down ....

Favorite course: Newmarket and Gosforth Park were great, Turffies now have to do - rubbish dump and all

Least favorite course: Never had any desire to attend a meeting at Flamingo

Best track memory: Asylum's maiden win first time out at 25/1; Asylum's win in the Golden Slippper - those were the days; winning my first P6 being on track at Gosforth and having to shout home my banker (can't remember the horse, but it was trained by Tony Millard) in the last ... those were indeed the days

Worst track memory: Watching Asylum (drawn widest of all) getting cleaned out round the turn in the Clairwood juvenile feature when going for the Juvenile Fillies Triple (can't remember what it was called - maybe Elvis can remember) by an import owned by Jooste (think it was called Bridgit's Academy or something); also going down to Kenilworth to watch her one last time before being exported - she was really something special in our lives - Roy always used to say 'that filly can read and write'

The winner of the race at Clairwood was Royal Fantasy. Sun Classique ran second. When it won July Day (was a Grade 1 then) I backed it and the Jackpot paid over a R1000, was amazed at the payout as it was practically all favorites. Followed it at Clairwood as well. Kildonian won the male equivalent that day.

Royal fantasy is the dam of Simply royal , Royal crusade and my old boy Royal Master

Muhtiman wrote: ......sorry did a CAP on previous post.....:blush:

Current Jockey : Randal Simmons
Retired Jockey : Raymond Rhodes
Trainer : Candice Dawson
Race Queens Plate
Festivals : Royal Ascot, Glorious Goodwood.
Track Memory : Newmarket Night meetings

Let's spice this up with a few 'hates' :

Worst Track : Greyville since they butchered the grass track.
Worst Race : Durban July - a third rate handicap race desperately in need of modernization and a makeover.
Least Favourite Jockey : Rather not mention

......bump for Dave and Zorro.....I really rate her.....

.....Greyville track slightly improved......but July was still lack lustre.....track looked dead....a pail green.....then again TT picture not really that brilliant either....:dry:

Favourite Horses / Memory - 3 year old Badger's Coast getting up to beat El Picha in the Met - there was a fire on course earlier in the day?
Sea the Stars - won all the races that matter - a purple spell of a few months that is unlikely to be bettered - champion...

Least Favourite Memory - 6 or 7 year old Badger's Coast running on from near last at the top of the Greyville straight to run 2nd to Highland Night in the Gold Cup...could have won but for Highland Night shifting off straight line interfering other horses that impeded Badger's Coast...had more than 10 multiples standing...last time I was able to talk my Dad to the course and treat him...
And not to forget the still illogical upholding of objection in July won by Wylie Hall...guess the right people had money on Legislate...