The racing future of Horse-Of-The-Year Oh Susanna hangs in the balance after the 2018 Sun Met winner only managed fourth place when starting favourite for last Saturday’s HSH Princess Charlene Empress Club Stakes.

But Justin Snaith has vowed to make no more overnight attempts to beat the altitude.

“That was my final effort and I won’t be doing it again,” he said. “There are certain things in life that you can beat but unfortunately nature isn’t one of them, and I have come to the point where I think I have tried enough – barring sending the horse to Jo’burg for three or four months beforehand.

Indeed I had a sleepless night worrying about the altitude and about her travelling up to Jo’burg in the dark.
“The horse is fine – it just didn’t work out – but we are discussing her future at the moment including whether or not she will carry on racing.”

The Drakenstein home-bred has already earned a place in South African racing history as the first three-year-old filly to win the Met since Chair Lady in 1902.