David and Marta Makins own and bred Wilhelmina who won her maiden plate at Turffontein on 6 December over 1400 metres. (Spanish Harlem (IRE) – Fernandas by Anytime (IRE). The four year old filly has earned many stake cheques during her career but owners of the week David and Marta enjoyed victory this time out. Wilhelmina is trained by Leon Erasmus and was ridden by Sherman Brown.
Dubai – Trainer Mike de Kock has decided to “revise our initial Carnival strategies without delay” after seven of his 11 runners at the first Dubai World Cup Carnival meeting on Thursday last week finished downfield.
He said on his website, mikedekockracing.com, that the results would put his Dubai team on the “right track” going forward.
“I’m not worried at all. After tonight we can be certain that there is a track bias so now we know exactly where we stand. You can draw lines through all the poor sand runs. Unless there are absolutely no other options we won’t have another entry on dirt this season.
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South Africa's S'Manga Khumalo keeps breaking down barriers in his homeland and the emerging talent sees tonight's Longines International Jockeys' Championship at Happy Valley as the first step to emulating his heroes and riding in Hong Kong.
It's fair to say that of the 12 riders lining up in tonight's contest, none boast such an inspirational tale as the 29-year-old's unlikely path to stardom.
Plucked from a Durban school as a 14-year-old by a South African Jockey Academy talent scout, Khumalo rose through the ranks to become the first black jockey to win his country's most prestigious race, the Durban July, and then again made history when crowned the first black champion jockey of South Africa this year.
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Mr A & Mrs F J van Vuuren
