Vaal racing makes a return

Tomorrow’s race meeting on the Vaal Classic Track will go ahead as scheduled.

After a track inspection yesterday it was unanimously agreed that the track had recovered well enough for racing to go ahead.

The track inspection was done by among others Alfie Little, National Operations Manager of Phumelela Gaming and Leisure (PGL), Craig Mayhew representing trainers, Chief Stipendiary Steward Lyle Anderson, PGL management, the track managers as well as the senior jockey on duty Deon Sampson.

Horses were galloped from the 1600m mark and the track was found to be in racing condition.

For tomorrow’s meeting the false rail will be moved to 1.5m around the turn.

This follows after the race meetings scheduled for the Vaal Classic track on Thursday 20 September and Thursday 27 September were moved to the Turffontein Inside track in order to allow the Vaal Classic track to recover after a late cold spell and accompanying black frost.

The horses in question are Afrostar, which won Race 4 at Turffontein on 8 July; Hungry Heart which was unplaced in Race 9 at Turffontein on 21 July; and Sea Dance which was placed second in Race 1 at the Vaal on 26 July.

After hearing evidence as to an appropriate penalty, the Inquiry Board imposed a fine of R80,000.

Furthermore, the horses are disqualified from the races in which they participated. enticed connections to allow her to take her chance after her impressive victory in that Group One at York in August.

“Yes, I think our plan is to supplement her,” the Newmarket handler said. “The weather forecast looks dry and we’re happy with her, so that’s the idea.”

This daughter of 2009 Arc winner Sea The Stars is secondfavourite at around 4-1 behind Enable, the 11-10 market leader, in the ante-post betting. – Award of Merit, has succeeded at the top level all over the world, winning races such as the July Cup (Agnes World), Prix de l’Abbaye (Agnes World, Imperial Beauty), Hong Kong Cup (A Shin Hikari) and Dubai Duty Free (Admire Moon).

However, it is in his homeland where he has been the dominant force and been associated with champions such as Deep Impact, Vodka and Kitasan Black.