Vaal Saturday

mr hawaii wrote: AMAJORY - if she can get a few lengths on them and run straight(if she drifts to the outside rail it would help loads) I think she can win but I do worry that Lerena has not taken the ride

PeterD wrote: Race 4 We sent Silvan Star up to Gauteng immediately after the Majorca and she has been hosted by Ormond Ferraris at Turffontein. Her main mission is the Empress Club Stakes on 21st April, so this is her prep run. She has had time to acclimatize, and has reportedly settled in well, but she has not been pushed and obviously we took it easy with her in her first few weeks up there. She is not a filly that needs a huge amount of work and she is very talented. It is very disappointing that this meeting was moved to Vaal as we obviously would have wanted her to get a taste of the Turffontein track.
If we had had had a better draw in the Majorca then I have no doubt that we would have gone much closer. In the Paddock we had an interrupted prep missing her intended prep run in the Victress, and again no doubt would have been in the first three if not for that setback.
Not sure how she will handle the soft going. Richard Fourie is there to ride her and we will get good feedback from him after the race as he knows her very well.
There is not much between the top four at best, although the weights do favour Nother Russia. Secret Star has the advantage of having had a run a month ago while the other three have not run since Met day two months ago.

PeterD wrote: Race 4 We sent Silvan Star up to Gauteng immediately after the Majorca and she has been hosted by Ormond Ferraris at Turffontein. Her main mission is the Empress Club Stakes on 21st April, so this is her prep run. She has had time to acclimatize, and has reportedly settled in well, but she has not been pushed and obviously we took it easy with her in her first few weeks up there. She is not a filly that needs a huge amount of work and she is very talented. It is very disappointing that this meeting was moved to Vaal as we obviously would have wanted her to get a taste of the Turffontein track.
If we had had had a better draw in the Majorca then I have no doubt that we would have gone much closer. In the Paddock we had an interrupted prep missing her intended prep run in the Victress, and again no doubt would have been in the first three if not for that setback.
Not sure how she will handle the soft going. Richard Fourie is there to ride her and we will get good feedback from him after the race as he knows her very well.
There is not much between the top four at best, although the weights do favour Nother Russia. Secret Star has the advantage of having had a run a month ago while the other three have not run since Met day two months ago.