Aga Heat a cool runner

Aga Heat took a major step up in class last time out when contesting the Listed Class A Gardenia Stakes over 1000m on the Turffontein Standside track.

Although finishing ninth in a field of 14, she was only 4.5-lengths behind winner Bella Chica.

Also in the field that day was Big Burn, a Group 2 and Group 3 winner.

Today, Aga Heat takes to the Vaal track again in Race 7, a Class B Graduation Plate for fillies and mares over 1200m, where she is bound to record a third career win in nine starts.

Trained by Gavin van Zyl, this four-year-old daughter of What A Winter has been commuting between KwaZulu-Natal and the Highveld – with equal success at both sea level and at an altitude of about 1430m above sea level – where she scored her two respective wins.

Apart from her two victories, she has also placed on four occasions, a testament to her consistency.

The biggest danger seems to be In The Beginning, trained by Joe Soma, who scored an impressive victory on debut over 1160m at Turffontein.

Soma must surely be very confident in this Captain Of All filly after her debut to jump her up to this level second time out.

It is interesting to note that In The Beginning beat hard-knocking Mighty Goddess, who was rated at 92 after running close-up to Feather Boa and Maharanee when still a juvenile.

Feather Boa is now a Non-Black Type winner while Maharanee has tasted success at Grade 2 level.

Johan Janse van Vuuren’s Glittering Girl is another filly with claims.

Also a winner on debut, she then went on to run second in the Grade 1 Allan Robertson Championship for juvenile fillies over 1200m at Scottsville.

Now under the care of Janse van Vuuren after moving from the retired Paul Peter’s outfit, she must be regarded serious contender despite not having seen a track for 82 days.