The three-year-old daughter of Trippi, ROYAL TRIP, produced an unbelievable finish when she won the most important race of her career with a win in the listed Nkosazana Stakes at the Vaal this afternoon. Besides the horse, credit must go to both trainer, Stanley Ferreira and jockey M J Byleveld.

She never broke well and was always at the back, except when it mattered most. In fact when she turned into the home straight one may have been forgiven for thinking that she could have been pulled out of the race. Her position looked a hopeless one with  700m to go. It was only with about 400m left to the line that she began mowing them down on the outside one by one.

LADY CASEY broke well with BE MINE TONIGHT, JULIE DOOLITTLE QAWAASEM right up there early on.

At the top of the lane it looked as though BE MINE TONIGHT and QAWAASEM were left to fight it out. While this battle was ensuing ROYAL TRIP was making good progress down the outside and with 200m to go it was race over. LADY CASEY found asecond wind and stayed on well with BANG SUE also ruinning on late. She should be watched in the not too distant future. JULIE DOOLITTLE also stayed on well.

ROYAL TRIP 3 ch F Sire: Trippi (USA) Dam: Royal Aspen DamBy: Fort Wood (USA).

BRED BY: A C Dickerson and D J Fraser.

OWNED BY: Messrs D J Fraser and A C Dickerson.

VR872 - Race 7 - R150K - NKOSAZANA STAKES (Listed) For Fillies and Mares - 1450m
Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Al/Bl	kg	Dr	Fin	Dist	Time	OP-SP	Prev
10 ROYAL TRIP	M J Byleveld	S M Ferreira	A	53.0	6	1	0.00	89.39	12/1-14/1	VR715
13 LADY CASEY	Louis Nhlapo	S Moffatt	A B	52.0	1	2	1.75	89.72	33/1-50/1	VR775
12 BANG SUE	Julius Mariba	M F De Kock	A	52.0	9	3	2.25	89.81	12/1-25/1	TN567
7 JULIE DOOLITTLE	Gavin Lerena	R R Magner	A	56.0	11	4	2.50	89.86	8/1-14/1	VR693
5 SARASOTA	Marco V'Rensburg	M N Houdalakis	A	58.0	2	5	4.00	90.15	20/1-20/1	VR572
9 BE MINE TONIGHT	Ryan Munger *0.0	D Zaki	A	54.0	4	6	5.75	90.48	3/1-18/10F	TN781
6 SILENT FORCE	Raymond Danielson	M F De Kock	A B	57.0	10	7	15.00	92.30	16/1-33/1	VR638
1 JADE VINE	S'Manga Khumalo	S G Tarry	A	61.0	5	8	15.60	92.42	7/2-33/10	VR775
2 TOMORROW'S MISS	Fanie Chambers	R R Magner	A B	60.5	7	9	17.85	92.87	12/1-40/1	VR665
3 MYSTIC EXPRESS	Ian Sturgeon	P A Peter	A	59.5	8	10	22.35	93.80	8/1-25/1	TN631
11 QAWAASEM (AUS)	Francois Herholdt	M F De Kock	A B	52.5	3	11	22.35	93.80	6/1-33/10	VR691
4 MOHAVE PRINCESS (AUS)	Scratched									TN436
8 LUCKY HAND	Scratched									TN854