Great article on charls site,i thought he had been a bit quiet lately but this is brilliant,well done(tu)
THE 2012 J&B Met delivered a fairytale ending for Igugu (yellow silks) and her connections – a spine-chilling, jaw-dropping kind of finish to cap the kind of campaign that books are written about and containing every riveting element needed to make a box-office blockbuster.
The 34th renewal of the Western Cape’s flagship race under the bright yellow-and-red whiskey label turned truly sensational. It brought hundreds of thousands of racing fanatics to tears – Igugu’s connections, a festive feature-race crowd at Kenilworth and racing fanatics around the country glued to their television sets in anticipation of the high drama and riveting passion that only a classic thoroughbred contest is able to deliver.
Igugu had to draw on every inch of her naturally noble composure and her vast talent to bring to an end a month marred by her illness , a far-from-ideal-preparation, an 18-hour road trip to Cape Town and her near-isolation in quarantine in the days leading to the race. She secured victory in a nailbiter that made this testing ordeal change in seconds from bitter to sugary sweet for Mike de Kock and his team, owners Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoun and Andre and Joyce Macdonald, and the filly’s big band of supporters across the land. read the full article on freeracer
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