Cape Times

Sigismund sails to victory

- DEVONNE GOVENDER

THE well-bred Sigismund finally managed to exit the maidens at Greyville yesterday in what looked to be an easy victory under jockey Craig Zackey.

This dashing son of Dynasty has been costly to follow for punters as he was beaten favourite in his last two starts but the Alistair Gordon yard seems to be ticking over nicely as they had a winner last Sunday.

There was a nail-biting finish to kick off the card when the race totally changed complexion in the last 200m.

The Brett Crawford trained odds-on pop Mysterious Omen moved up extremely well coming into the straight but Bells Apostle wouldn’t give in and these two pulled away from the field and looked sure to fight out the finish.

Final Attempt

This until the Glen Kotzentrai­ned Final Attempt flew up on the outside to get up at odds of 20-1.

The opening leg of the Pick 6 got off to a good start for the followers of Anton Marcus when the Michael Miller trained Eeetee looked to just hold of the late challenge Misty Heath.

The fourth saw the stable companions Kazaar and Sir Bernadini in a good tussle when the lesser fancied of the two, Kazaar, pulled away from his stable mate. Run Rhino Run received solid betting support from 66-1 down to 25-1 but unfortunat­ely was scratched at the start as he refused to load.

The winners continued to roll in for the Andre Nel yard as Dark Chocolate powered through the centre of the field to narrowly beat the ever game Pina Colada.

Dark Chocolate travelled comfortabl­y coming into the the straight and responded instantly for jockey Gareth Wright.

Karatage was flying at them late for third under a strong driving ride from Marcus.

The seventh produced a bomb result all round with Rose of Peru and Red Herring fighting out the finish where the judge was needed to separate them.

All the exotics shot up with outsiders filling in the top three positions with the biggest roughie, Palace Mystery running third at odds of 36-1.

Waiting For Change

A shoe replacemen­t caused a slight delay to the closer of the meeting and a further delay occurred when Waiting For Change played up in the stalls and had to be examined by the vet.

Trini’s Greenlight jumped inwards at the start of the race and Jarred Samuel came off however he managed to grab hold of his mount.

The lesser fancied of the stable elect was victorious in the form of Waiting For Change with Serino Moodley aboard at 22-1.

The hot favourite Genereight came under pressure early and could only manage third.

The Pick 6 returned a decent R59 479.70.

 ??  ?? (12.10) - WWW.TABONLINE.CO.ZA MAIDEN PLATE (F & M) of R95000 over 1400m (15.05) - MEET THE CELEBRITIE­S 3 NOVEMBER ASSESSMENT PLATE of R108000 over 1800m
(12.10) - WWW.TABONLINE.CO.ZA MAIDEN PLATE (F & M) of R95000 over 1400m (15.05) - MEET THE CELEBRITIE­S 3 NOVEMBER ASSESSMENT PLATE of R108000 over 1800m
 ?? Picture: ?? SIGISMUND, with Craig Zackey up, wins the Mobile Betting Visit www.trackandba­ll.co.za Maiden Plate for trainer Alistair Gordon at Greyville yesterday. Candiese Marnewick
Picture: SIGISMUND, with Craig Zackey up, wins the Mobile Betting Visit www.trackandba­ll.co.za Maiden Plate for trainer Alistair Gordon at Greyville yesterday. Candiese Marnewick

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