The race day of the East Cape Horse Care Unit will be a huge hit on Friday, March 21, when high quality racing takes place on a public holiday.
On the national racing calendar, Friday afternoons are booked for the Fairview track in Greenbushes, which means many people are at work when the thoroughbreds strut their stuff.
This coming Friday is Human Rights Day and more people will have the right (free entry) to be at Fairview for a fun afternoon.
For the Horse Care Unit this meeting is always an important event to fill the coffers to help them in their quest to look after the well-being and dignity of our equine friends.
Various sponsors will be involved to support the Unit at an action-packed meeting of eight races.
One of the big races to look forward to on Friday is the R250 000 East Cape Guineas (race 7 of 8 on the card) over 1600m.
This is also the second leg of the Sophomore Challenge for three-year-old horses. The first leg was won by the impressive My Best Shot from the Alan Greeff stable.
The other race not to be missed is the R175 000 East Cape Sprint Cup over 1200m. Top sprinters will clash in what should be a very fast and fantastic race.
This past Friday, the East Cape Fillies Nursery, a race for two-year-old fillies over 1200m, was the feature and we saw a sparkling performance.
Anotherdanceforme, trained by Greeff and ridden by Richard Fourie, won easily against very decent opposition.
Fourie predicts a bright future for the filly while Greeff indicated she would run even better over longer distances.
Greeff also has other promising two-year-old fillies – Golden Palm and Direct Hit – in his stable.
Direct Hit was an impressive winner of the Cape of Good Hope Nursery last month and Golden Palm caught the eye when she won a Maiden Juvenile Plate earlier this month.
Golden Palm has been nominated to run in the R350 000 SA Fillies Nursery over 1160m on March 29 at Turffontein.
The top sprinter from the Gavin Smith stable, Cruise Control, might also be in action at the same meeting.
He has been entered to run in the R1 million Computaform Sprint over 1000m.
With those two in action, this Johannesburg meeting, which also features the R2 million Premier’s Champion Challenge, will be an exciting one for the followers of Fairview racing.
