Call back the past

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Re: Re: Call back the past

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Titch Wrote:
> 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


Remember Fort Buluga. Never really reached the heights he was capable of.

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Re: Re: Call back the past

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I backed thundering star over the jumps

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Re: Re: Call back the past

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Scotia post 13th Nov on Thundering Star 2008

Great win, going for a drink, the 2nd last hurdle being removed probably helped on the flat, but plenty stamina! One to follow.

Ps not sure it won again?

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Re: Re: Call back the past

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Won one race was retired on 2009

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