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Congratulations to George O’Brien

Last week proved to be successful for RA Member George O’Brien who had victories at Turffontein on 9^th and 11^th October.

Angelic (owned in partnership with D Foster-Jones and GT Peter) is a four year old filly who won a FM72 Handicap over 1800 metres under the ride of Carlos Herrera Gomez after starting at 8/1. She was bred at Normandy Stud – Gitano Hernando (GB) – Yours Eternally by Western Winter (USA). Later in the week Corrido (owned in partnership with K and LRA Zackey and GT Peter) won a Maiden Plate over 1600 metres under the ride of Charles Ndlovu. Corrido was bred at Nutfield Stud – Mambo in Seattle (CAN) – Malaguena by Cordoba (USA). Both winners are from the Paul Peter stable.

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Coral Fever tops Cup weights

Details: Published: 06 November 2018

Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile winner Coral Fever has been allotted top weight of 60kg for the R2-million G-BETS Gauteng Summer Cup over 2000m at Turffontein on Saturday 1 December.

Coral Fever came from a long way back to win the 1600m race last Saturday and will be even better over this 2000m on the Standside track. It was a superb ride from Muzi Yeni, who knows this son of Judpot well, getting him up to beat Tilbury Fort by a short head and he only ended up with a 1kg penalty for the victory.

The Robbie Sage-trained runner will have to give loads of weight to the balance of the field as the next runner in the weights is Cascapedia from the Mike de Kock and she will carry 54.5kg.

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Tributes to Chris Gerber

Details: Published: 01 November 2018

The South African racing industry is in mourning after the death on Wednesday of popular thoroughbred owner and breeder Chris Gerber.

Gerber, 53, passed away due to heart failure while recovering from a severe case of malaria.

Mark Currie, a Kenilworth Racing Board Member and lifelong friend and colleague of Gerber who served with him on the Racing Association, described him as a giant in the horse racing industry.

“Chris was intensely passionate about everything that was important to him – his family, his business ventures and of course racing.

“He was particularly passionate about the administration of the racing industry and never wanted anything for himself. He gave much more to racing than he ever took out. He even donated his director’s fees to the Highveld Horse Care Unit, an equine welfare organisation.”

Chris also played an instrumental role in the creation of a sustainable structure for Kenilworth Racing.

“His love and passion for horses was quite remarkable. There are many people in the racing industry who can learn from the great example Chris set. We will miss his passion and his sound judgment.

“Racing will never be the same again.”

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