December 2006
Kumaran Naidoo, who was assistant trainer for three-and-a-half years to the now retired Selvan Moodley before having a short three-month stint with Tony Rivalland, has taken out his own training license.
Naidoo has fifteen horses under his care and at time of writing was due to move into his own yard at Summerveld from his present location of sharing with Rivalland. The new yard is complete with an office, a nice walkway and thirty stables which will allow him to increase his string toward the figure of fifty that he views as a feasible figure in order for a trainer to be competitive.
“You need to race every week and with a small string it’s hard, especially when you have young horses,” says Naidoo.
Most of Naidoo’s horses are two-year-olds. They have just done basic work to date and will only be seen at the course next year. They include a nice Modern Day brought at the Emperor’s Palace Ready To Run Sale, a Woodborough and one from the Sibaya Yearling Sale.
His two chief owners are Seelan Chetty and Sean Pillay although he also has horses from the Team Tyson syndicate that owns the former Summer Cup winner, Tyson, a horse that has also won in Dubai.
Naidoo’s career got off to a good start earlier this month when he sent out Silas Marner to run fourth in a sixteen horse field with Karl Zechner up.
Zechner and Derryl Daniels ride work for him and there are also two work riders among his grooms.
Naidoo lives in Pietermaritzburg and owes his interest in horseracing to his father who used to take him to the races.
Later his father had horses with Bertie Hayden at Ashburton and, at roundabout the age of eighteen, Naidoo started working part-time for him, learning a lot from the trainer who is best known as the former stable jockey to the legendary Syd Laird for whom he rode three July winners including the great Politician.
After Hayden had suffered a stroke and was forced to retire, Naidoo landed a position in Selvan Moodley’s yard where he worked with the experienced trainer Steve Lodge, who was Moodley’s assistant at the time. Later, former top jockey Rhys van Wyk replaced Lodge so, together with the knowledge he acquired from his three-month stint with Rivalland, Naidoo has had a good grounding in the profession with plenty of diverse opinion to draw from.
He and his clients will be attending the Shongweni Sale in February in order to compliment his string.
Jan 2007
It was a dream day for the "Guv", the charismatic Jeffrey Lloyd, who booted home six winners including all three Grade 1 races on J&B Met Day at Kenilworth in Cape Town, recording a feature treble that will rate high among the finest performances in South African racing history.
It was also a momentous occasion for trainers Mike Bass and Basil Marcus who were responsible for the preparation of the three feature winners - Pocket Power in the R2-million J&B Met and Sun Classique in the R400 000 Fancourt Majorca Stakes for Mike Bass and the gutsy Jay Peg for Basil Marcus in the R500 000 Investec Cape Derby.
For Mike Bass it was a magnificent feat, winning five races on the day including two of the features.
But for Lloyd the winning streak on the day began in the very first race where he rode Penfold Park for Mike Bass to dead heat with Joey Ramsden's Key Castle. He then drove the Goldkeeper filly Secure to victory in the Schweppes Novice Plate to give punters a good start to the Pick 6. He rode another superb race on Mike Bass's Goldkeeper gelding Wonder Gold later in the day to close the Pick 6 in race nine.
Feb 2007
Trainer Cyril Naidoo has been fined R30 000 after two of his horses failed dope tests. Naidoo pleaded gulilty at a National Horseracing Authority inquiry after African Coupe and Gold Sandal tested positive for Ubuprofen after races at the Vaal and Turffontein respectively in October last year.
In addition to the fine, both horses were disqualified and Naidoo is required to refund the stake money.
In another inquiry held in Port Elizabeth this week, jockey Willie Uys was charged with improper conduct by swearing at and using abusive language towards apprentice Eldine Webber at Arlington last month.
Uys pleaded not guilty to the charge but was however found guilty and fined R2500.00.
Uys has the right of appeal against the finding and the penalty.
ENTRIES FOR 2007 VODACOM DURBAN JULY
POCKET POWER (4G) 0.0 114 Mike Bass
ELUSIVE FORT (4C) 0.0 113 Geoff Woodruff
EYEOFTHETIGER (BRZ (4C) 0.0 113 B Dean Kannemeyer
JAY PEG (3C) 0.0 112 Basil Marcus
BIARRITZ (3C) 0.0 110 B St John Gray
EMPEROR NAPOLEON (3C) 0.0 110 Mike de Kock
KILDONAN (3C) 0.0 109 Mike de Kock
HUNTING TOWER (4G) 0.0 108 Charles Laird
LION TAMER (4C) 0.0 108 Charles Laird
PICK SIX (3G) 0.0 108 B Charles Laird
RAVISHING (3C) 0.0 108 Geoff Woodruff
SILVER MIST (4G) 0.0 108 B Joey Ramsden
AFRICAN APPEAL (5G) 0.0 107 Mike Bass
EQUAL IMAGE (ARG) (5G) 0.0 107 X Mike de Kock
HILGROVE (4G) 0.0 107 Mike Bass
JAGGED ICE (4G) 0.0 107 Dean Kannemeyer
SUN CLASSIQUE (AUS (3F) 0.0 107 Mike Bass
SINGING SWORD (4C) 0.0 106 Tyrone Zackey
BADGER'S GIFT (6M) 0.0 105 Glen Kotzen
MALTEME (4G) 0.0 105 Alec Laird
SUCCESFUL BIDDER (5G) 0.0 105 B Sean Tarry
FIRST AGAIN (5M) 0.0 104 Neil Bruss
PINERO (4G) 0.0 104 Paul Lafferty
RIPPLING RING (3G) 0.0 104 Dominic Zaki
LIKEITHOT (4G) 0.0 103 Charles Laird
SURVEYOR (7G) 0.0 103 Ormond Ferraris
ANGEL FLIGHT (3F) 0.0 102 Sean Tarry
BISHOPS ROCK (AUS) (5G) 0.0 102 Ormond Ferraris
FESTIVE OCCASION (3F) 0.0 102 Geoff Woodruff
FORK LIGHTENING (5G) 0.0 102 B Sean Tarry
RIVER PLATE (7G) 0.0 102 Dennis Drier
SUDDEN STORM (4C) 0.0 102 Glen Kotzen
SUN SCREEN (4G) 0.0 102 B Alistair Gordon
VEILED ESSENCE (4F) 0.0 102 Glen Kotzen
FORT BELUGA (4C) 0.0 101 Sean Tarry
NATURAL SELECTION (5G) 0.0 101 Ormond Ferraris
THUNDERING STAR (3C) 0.0 100 Mike de Kock
WEST COAST GOLD (4C) 0.0 100 Michael Roberts
ANTI-FREEZE (4G) 0.0 99 Weiho Marwing
BHEKINKOSI (4G) 0.0 98 Gary Alexander
DYNAMITE MIKE (3G) 0.0 98 Mike Azzie
WONDER LAWN (3C) 0.0 98 Dean Kannemeyer
SILVER EMPIRE (AUS (4F) 0.0 97 Michael Roberts
SPORTSCUDDLE (6M) 0.0 97 B St John Gray
DRUMBOLD (4G) 0.0 95 John Vos
OUR GIANT (AUS) (3G) 0.0 95 B Charles Laird
TROPICAL EMPIRE (A (4C) 0.0 95 Michael Roberts
APPLE-A-DAY (4G) 0.0 93 Sean Tarry
AVON WOOD (3C) 0.0 93 Vaughan marshall
BUY AND SELL (3G) 0.0 92 Sean Tarry
ANNOUNCE SPEED (3G) 0.0 90 B St John Gray
CHAMBER OF SECRETS (4C) 0.0 90 B Basil Marcus
ESCAPOLOGY (4F) 0.0 90 Glen Kotzen
GANG RELATED (7G) 0.0 89 George Scott
BAYETE (5G) 0.0 87 Sean Tarry
GULF TRADE (4G) 0.0 87 Justin Snaith
SER DE CARRERA (AR (3G) 0.0 87 Glen Kotzen
KEEN WARRIOR (NZ) (3C) 0.0 83 Tony Rivalland
SALLY BOWLES (3F) 0.0 83 Neil Bruss
(59 Entries)
First Supplementary Entries Close at 11:00 on Monday, 7 May 2007.
Second Supplementary Entries Close at 11:00 Monday, 4 June 2007.
Weights To Be Published on Tuesday, 5 June 2007
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