The Zietsman express

The Human Express

Australian bred stayer outguns rivals on Flamingo Park's big day
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Ryan Munger guides Dansili Express to a smart win (JC Photos)


The horse nobody really wanted has found his niche in the dusty wastes of Flamingo Park. The Australian-bred Dansili Express was an emphatic winner of the R100 000 RA Diamond Stayers on Saturday and owner-trainer Bill Human must be feeling very satisfied. The R1 million purchase has been trained by three top men in Mike De Kock, Joey Ramsden and Joey Soma, at various times in his career.

Human has got the 6yo gelding firing on all cylinders and he remained unbeaten over the Flamingo Park 2200m at his seventh start in the region.

Dansili Express was an expensive Jooste purchase and won his fourth start over the Turffontein 1800m when trained by Mike De Kock.

Two blank runs followed after which he was shipped off to Joey Ramsden at Milnerton. Nothing much happened there in four starts and that astute horseman Joey Soma had a bash before he eventually landed up with Bill Human in Flamingo Park.

Well ridden by apprentice Ryan Munger, the result was never in doubt and the good-looking gelding looks a horse worth following over ground in the Northern Cape.

Stone Reeves and the Dorrie Sham-trained former Gauteng galloper Indian River vied for favouritism but it was Cliffie Miller’s topweight African Gladiator who was bravely taken to lead early by Marco Van Rensburg.

The son of Modern Day led the chase all the way around with Dansili Express in close attendance.

African Gladiator continued to roll at the 300m marker but Ryan Munger had other plans and he sent Dansili Express into the lead.

With his 12kg weight pull the gelding pulled clear and despite hanging in in the final stages he held the gallant African Gladiator to a five lengths winning margin in a time of 150,82 secs.

Indian River stayed on well to finish third.

The consistent Stone Reeves ran a rare poor race and finished out of the quartet after going very one-paced up the straight.

Dansili Express has won 3 races with 4 places from 18 starts and R171 000 in stakes.

He was a R1 million purchase by Mayfair Speculators at the 2010 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale.

He was bred by Klawervlei Stud, New South Wales, by Dansili out of the Sadler’s Wells mare Amelinaa, who won her only start in the UK.

Dansili was the leading Northern Hemisphere sire by Gr1 wins worldwide in 2013.

He sired 41 individual stakes performers in 2013, including six Gr1 winners of 10 Gr1 races – Dank, Flintshire, Foreteller, Laughing, The Fugue and Winsili.

Nice one Ziets

From Ziets

nou by huis gekom...what a day!!!!!

thank you all for the wellwishes and support ..... we won the Diamond Stayers race on Kimberleys biggest day of the year. the best ever feeling.....only other time
i fainted was when my son was born.
atleast this time i ended not on the
ground but on the bushfencing
around paradering....and lost my voice
screeeeeaming like a maniac just for
my champion mighty munger to
achieve something only some of us
dream off..... what a ride, super super
and to win the biggest race for oom
bill ever in his 40 years of training
horses. great to see the stable going
places ..... unbelievable day and all
comes down to commitment to do
only their best .... the horse , the team
and certainly the jock i believe in much
more than he ever will know.....
greatest ever win for stable. champion
stayer !!!!!!
Thank you all who believed in the stable. a dream start to the new season.

Lekker Ziets baie bly vir jou !

shot Ziets.

You must take enormous credit my man, the change in fortunes at the stable since your arrival has been huge, there may be other factors involved but that fact screams louder than a Nico commentary Keep it up bud

Well done Zietsman,well done
You certainley deserve the credit

Well done Ziets. Hou so aan

Well done Ziet top class my man and much more to come from you buddy!! Just a few weeks ago you were stressing for your first win and look now!!

Well Done Ziets