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Young Luke Coleman showed his more senior apprentices a clean pair of heels
to win the South African Apprentice Challenge at Scottsville on Wednesday.
The 4 kg claiming apprentice won on the Dennis Drier trained mount, Naughty
By Nature. He beat the Sean Veale ridden Rose of the Desert by 1 length. Kerri
Meyer, a name that we haven`t seen too often, was a good 3rd on Black Emblem, a
33/1 outsider.
The Academy`s head boy, Richard Fourie, was a disappointing 5th on the
favourite, Champers. The other "big" boys of the group, Muzi Yeni, Ian
Sturgeon and Gavin Lerena, were unplaced.
In the MR 86 HANDICAP (F & M), Bright Umbel surprised again to claim the
4th win of her career. The game mare, who has legs problems, was sold at the
Michael Holmes Shongweni Sale a few years ago for just R14 000. Since she has
changed hands to Robin Watkinson, she has blossomed to win three more races and
numerous places. She was previously trained by Alistair Gordon. She holds the
class record for 1000m, fillies and mares maiden at Clairwood, set on her debut.
She was ridden to victory by top class apprentice, Christopher Puller, son of
Cape trainer Glen Puller and nephew of the great jockey, Garth Puller.
Race 4 - R
52000 - PETER MASKELL AUCTIONS / SOUTH AFRICAN APPRENTICE CHALLENGE
1, 2, & 3 time winning Fillies & Mares - 1100m |
| No |
Horse |
Jockey |
Al/Bl |
Kg |
Dr |
Fin |
Dist |
Time |
OP |
SP |
| 1 |
NAUGHTY BY NATURE |
Luke Coleman *4.0 |
A - |
58.0 |
2 |
1 |
0.00 |
65.25 |
4/1 |
11/2 |
| 3 |
ROSE OF THE DESERT |
Sean Veale *1.5 |
A - |
55.5 |
4 |
2 |
1.00 |
65.43 |
4/1 |
7/2 |
| 9 |
BLACK EMBLEM |
Kerri Meyer *4.0 |
A B |
53.0 |
1 |
3 |
2.25 |
65.66 |
20/1 |
33/1 |
| 4 |
COUNT THE CARATS |
Sylvester Mtshali *2.5 |
A - |
55.5 |
8 |
4 |
4.25 |
66.03 |
10/1 |
10/1 |
| 2 |
CHAMPERS |
Richard Fourie *1.5 |
A - |
55.5 |
7 |
5 |
4.30 |
66.04 |
1/1 |
14/10F |
| 5 |
NDOLA |
Muzi Yeni *2.5 |
A P |
53.0 |
6 |
6 |
4.55 |
66.08 |
5/1 |
6/1 |
| 7 |
THE DELL |
Ian Sturgeon *0.0 |
A - |
53.0 |
5 |
7 |
10.05 |
67.12 |
14/1 |
16/1 |
| 10 |
SUN SIGN |
Gavin Lerena *0.0 |
A B |
53.0 |
3 |
8 |
29.05 |
70.96 |
10/1 |
12/1 |
| 6 |
APPLE AT EM |
Scratched |
| 8 |
SUMMER NIGHTS |
Scratched |
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