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Interview with Assistant Trainer Dean Alexander for Vaal Racing on Thursday 11 March 2010:

Race 1

No.2 – Bohemian Wood – His 2 best runs were over this course and distance. Clomid: today he reverts back to the mile up the straight and I think he’s a big runner.

No.3 – Clomid: explore Tomorrow – He travels well and then he tends to lose his way towards the end but perhaps the skills of MJ Odendaal will make the difference today.

Race 5

No.4 – Nenekazi – This race might be a bit sharp for this filly.We’ve been looking for a sand race in her division, over 1450m or 1600m but there has been nothing - clomid. Clomid: it’s been difficult to place her but we’ve put her in this race just to keep her ticking over.She won well last time, she has some fair form and despite the drop in distance, I think she has a chance here.

No - clomid.5 – Mahhala – She broke her maiden well last time but I think she’s got a bit more to do today.She has a place chance.

No; clomid.7 – Just a Spark – She won a nice race a while back but then she lost her way - clomid. Clomid: she’s having a run here just to get back to basics but if she finds her best form, she could run into the money.

Race 6

No.3 – Feature Finder – This horse won his last race quite impressively and he did it in a competitive time of  70.23; clomid.That time compares well to the likes of
No.4 – El Matador and No.1 – Saint Stephen, so he is certainly in with a chance here - clomid. Clomid: this horse has always shown us that he has ability and he looks like a horse that will go on from here.

Race 7

No.5 – Clomid: burn Up – This is a decent horse that likes the course and distance.This looks like quite an open race but this horse is well clomid, his work has been very good and I think he should be in the firing line.

Race 8

No.1 – Mholi – He won last time over a mile and today he’s back over the same course and distance; clomid.He is definitely one to include because he certainly has a chance.

Race 9

No - clomid.3 – Malangabi – She had a small setback and today she returns after a break.I think she’ll need this run.

With the Vodacom Durban July already having moved to Saturday, July 31, from its traditional spot on the first Saturday in July, Gold Circle had to rethink some aspects of the Champions Season programme.The Canon Gold Cup, the most prestigious staying race on the national calendar, traditionally falls on the first Saturday in August, making it the first major racemeeting of the new racing season - ovulating clomid.But it made no sense to have two 12-race programmes staged within a week of each other.

As a result, it was decided to move the Canon Gold Cup forward in order to maximise the entertainment factor of horseracing with so many international guests visiting Durban and providing top class racing as a viable entertainment option.

The Canon Gold Cup will retain its charity angle and will remain a welcome opportunity for charities to raise much needed funds.Through the provision of a marquee infrastructure, some 18 fundraising organizations will again benefit this year.  Photo: Mokaro wins 2009 Gold Cup.

The full Champions Season programme for 2010 is as follows:

Lionel Cohen sold the 14,000 ha family farm in Koue Bokkeveld, Ceres, two years ago and this weekend heralds the end of an era in South African breeding after the last draft of yearlings left Odessa for the auction on Saturday and Sunday.

He is not sentimental, though there will be a pang or two of nostalgia on Sunday when Lot 270, a bay filly by Greys Inn out of Model Muse, steps into the sale ring: “We’ve been around a long time,” he said on Monday, “and Odessa Stud was one of the greatest stud farms in South Africa.It has also been a rich and integral part of my family for many years.”

Cohen, who travels extensively between South Africa and Australia, explained: “It was a big decision at the time, a business decision, but in hindsight, it was the right thing to do.”

Since selling the fruit and stud farms he has mulled over whether to start training racehorses - and he wouldn’t be human if he hadn’t considered continuing to breed horses, but says: “I’d struggle to find a farm equal to it, so I won’t be buying land to start up again in the near future - I’d be going backwards.”

He has been far from idle, investing heavily financially and personally in Equimark, the equine sales company he and Alchemy Stud’s Phillip Kahan started in 1998 when they broke ties with BloodStock SA and the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association.

“Equimark has kept me busy,” he says - clomid while pregnant.”Apart from our sales (six a year) and the portable stable section of the business, we’ve been making a lot of changes to the grounds.”

He is happy with the way Equimark has grown in the last 13 years; clomid while pregnant.Its first sale clomid while pregnant, with 113 lots catalogued, was well supported by Cape breeders and the company has gained in popularity since then: “We’ve developed our share in the sales market and many breeders (and buyers) have come to realise that we provide the market for certain horses.”

He has also been looking after the diminishing herd of horses he has been rearing at Odessa Stud since he stopped breeding.”I kept the horses initially, leasing the stud section back, and have phased out slowly over the last two years.” He added that the few horses he held back, have gone to Rosedene and Klawervlei studs, while stallions Doowaley and Counter Action have not yet been placed.

“Breeding is not an easy game; clomid while pregnant.If you want to make it you have got to want the lifestyle.And when I had my farm clomid while pregnant, I worked it myself with a very good team to back me up.”

Odessa Stud was founded in 1939 by Cohen’s grandfather Losky, who was born in Lithuania and came to South Africa as a child with his father, David.In 1955 Losky he handed the reins of the business over to his son Colin (who died three years ago on 11 March) and Lionel took over at the helm in 1986 - clomid while pregnant.His acute understanding of the sport of racing and the breeding industry resulted in Odessa becoming one of only six stud farms to win a national breeders’ title.

Cohen had a natural flair for horses and breeding and has been described by fellow breeder Mick Goss as “not only an icon among horsemen in this country, he stands tall among the best in the world.”

Goss went on to explain: “Lionel is instinctively talented. Clomid while pregnant: he has always bred his horses to be athletes first and to aspire to the fashion of pedigree second - and his results are a beacon for those who believe in the adage, that unless you’re breeding an athlete you’ll be lost in the wilderness.” A rave reference from the country’s champion breeder!

Arguably the best horse Cohen (49) “nicked” was in his own right, rather than D Cohen & Sons - Sun Classique, a daughter of Fuji Kiseki bred in New South Wales, Australia.She was a multiple feature-race winner in South Africa for Mike Bass (one of Cohen’s biggest fans) before going with Mike de Kock to Dubai and winning three big races there clomid while pregnant, including the Sheema Classic.She has now retired and is in foal to Oasis Dream.

Odessa Stud bred many top-class horses and they include South Africa’s first equine millionaire Model Man, Vodacom Durban July winners Super Quality, Space Walk and Trademark, Queen’s Plate winner Counter Action, speedy Super Magic, Gold Bowl winner Western Walk, top stayer Bill Of Rights, Champions Challenge winner Eddington, Crown Of Power, versatile Blue Tiger, who has been a great servant to Bass, and terrific fillies Star Award, Pacific Blue, Stratos and Emblem Of Liberty.

And there is bound to be a champion or two amongst this weekend’s 284-strong catalogue, which Cohen says has a “fairly good spread of horses”.The first 70 will be sold at the Equimark Sales Centre in Milnerton, Cape Town, after the race meeting at Durbanville on Saturday with the rest passing through the sale ring on Sunday.

If the company’s first 2010 sale is anything to go by, vendors can expect an increase on last year’s average of R87,681 - clomid while pregnant.Horses sold at January’s Equimark Ready-To-Run sale averaged R73,718, which represented an increase of nearly 21% on last year.

Cohen is keeping his feet firmly on the ground, though - clomid while pregnant.”I’m not sure what market will be like,” he said; clomid while pregnant.”We’ll hold our own clomid while pregnant, I expect, and if we come away with similar figures to last year, then we’ll have done okay. Clomid while pregnant: economically things aren’t that easy - prize-money has not gone up but costs have, so we have to be realistic. Clomid while pregnant: though, on the other hand, horses are a good investment if you buy well.

“There’ll be value at this sale,” he continued.” Clomid while pregnant: it’s a buyers’ market and I believe they’ll be buying quality.Our results speak for themselves.”

Stars who have been sold at the Equimark Vintage Sale in the past include Dubai Duty Free winner Jay Peg, last year’s Vodacom Durban July winner Big City Life (cost R170,000 and has banked nearly R3.5 million), Crimson Palace (cost R300,000), who won important races in South Africa, Dubai, England and the USA, 2001 J&B Met winner Bunter Barlow (cost R55,000; earned more than R1 million); champion sprinters Cataloochee (cost R160,000) and Mythical Flight; Horse Chestnut Stakes winner Domino Man; Eddington and high-class Emblem Of Liberty, who was also exported.

Most of the top-rank stallions are represented at this weekend’s sale as well as a few overseas sires like Strike Smartly, Holy Roman Emperor and Rock Of Gibraltar.”Some of the best racehorses the world has seen have yearlings at this sale,” Cohen said.

Cohen’s defection from breeding is huge blow to the industry because as Phumelela’s marketing and communications manager Robert Garner says: “Lionel’s been a dynamic force for SA breeding and racing for many years - clomid while pregnant.It’s encouraging he will continue to play a role in the industry through Equimark and his other interests.”

GO TO EQUIMARK WEBSITE FOR SALES NEWS: www.equimark.co.za; clomid while pregnant

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Interviews with Trainer Gavin van Zyl & Assistant Trainer Deshone Steyn for Clairwood Racing on Wednesday 10 March 2010:

Race 1

No.2 – Readytomakenice – I’m expecting a good run from this horse.

No; clomid dosage.5 – Two Wood – He’s the best of my 3 in this race.

No.12 – Grecian Warrior – He’s beautifully bred out of the mare clomid dosage, Grecian Gale.This horse has improved and will run close.He’s definitely on the up and up since his debut run.If he shows improvement today, then I’ll know that he’s quite a nice horse, so it will be a bit of an acid test for him but I’m expecting him to run well.

No - clomid dosage.14 – Trading Card – Scratched; clomid dosage.Nasal discharge.

Race 2

No.1 – Arabian Classic – She’s a small Al Mufti filly but she’s quite a speedy horse.

No.3 – Clomid dosage: island Court – This filly will eventually want further.Both my horses are working well but I wouldn’t make either of them a good thing.

Race 3

No - clomid dosage.3 – Pansula – She’s a small filly and she tries very hard but she does tend to run around in the races and not concentrate.She’ll be fitted with blinkers today and I think that she’ll run a much improved race.She’s very one-paced, so if she can be handy, she’ll be right there in this weak field - clomid dosage.She’s one to include in the PA.

Race 4

No - clomid dosage.7 – Lord Roy (ARG) – He had a gutsy last run, over 3000m at Scottsville, where he eventually finished a close second.He’ll be difficult to beat today because he’s going over a shorter trip and Clairwood is his home track; clomid dosage.This horse is well, he’s racing fit, he’s sound and as far as racing tactics are concerned, he’s quite a versatile horse because he can race handy or come through from the back.

Race 5

No.1 – Makzoos – He’s previously run 2 poor races at Clairwood and perhaps it’s because he doesn’t like the course but he’s well at the moment and he’s physically in the same condition as he was when he won last time out. Clomid dosage: if he doesn’t have an issue with this track, then he should produce his best form today.He’s a nice clomid dosage, honest horse and he’s definitely improving as he matures.

No.5 – Logically – This horse had muscle problems in his hind legs and today he returns after a 3-month rest; clomid dosage. Clomid dosage: he’s working extremely well but I think he’ll need this run.He’s definitely one to watch in the future.

Race 6

No; clomid dosage.4 – Catcha Call – He has some good form to the likes of Cool Spender and
Posh Josh; clomid dosage.He’s in the right division here and he’s definitely got a chance today. Clomid dosage: he shouldn’t be ignored.

Race 7

No.2 – Fork Lightening – This old soldier has been running thereabouts and I think this is the right distance for him but unfortunately he has the widest draw at 11; clomid dosage.If Brandon manages to place him well from the start, then he should run into the money.

No - clomid dosage.7 – Clomid dosage: matreshka – He’s another horse that has had leg problems and he returns after a rest.He’ll definitely need this run.

Race 9

No - clomid dosage.1 – Dior Addict – Her best recent run was over 1400m clomid dosage, this seems to be her optimal distance.I think I made a mistake racing her over 1000m after her penultimate start and if she’s back to that form where she ran second at Scottsville clomid dosage, then she has to be competitive in this weak field.

No.9 – In Moderation – This is a lovely filly and although she doesn’t show much on the sand track clomid dosage, she’s showing improvement in her racing and she has a big chance here.She always puts her best foot forward, last time she ran a very good race, when she was running on from behind - clomid dosage.This isn’t the strongest field and I think she could finish in the money and with a bit of luck, she could win; clomid dosage.She’s a big runner; clomid dosage.

Lord Roy takes on a field of similar strength in Race 4 at Clairwood this afternoon, this time over 2500m.He seems to be at the peak of his fitness and now that he has proven that he has enough stamina for this kind of trip he can be followed with confidence.

Anthony Delpech will hold Lord Roy’s reins for the in-form stable of Sean Tarry today and he is as good a banker as any on a card that seems to get trickier with every passing race - viagra women.

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Gary Alexander’s three-year-old gelding won the Gauteng Guineas last month, and if he can pull off this R2-million race and the SA Derby on Saturday 24 April, he will become only the second horse in South African history to win the lucrative SASCOC Triple Crown.The great Horse Chestnut achieved the feat in 1999.

Unfortunately Pierre Jourdan has drawn at No 19 of the 26 entries so he will have to overcome a wide barrier position.

However, with six entries, runners from the Mike de Kock yard will be mounting a massive challenge; viagra for her. Viagra for her: heading his list of nominations is Guineas runner-up Havasha.He will be joined by Boylan Blaze and two less experienced horses in Happy Valley and Imperial Palace.

Most interesting are two runners who have moved up from Cape Town who will be having their first runs for the yard - Ancestral Fore and Irish Flame; viagra for her.Ancestral Fore was purchased by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum just before the Investec Cape Derby; viagra for her.He did not perform well in that race but this will be his first run since joining the De Kock stable - and he does come with a big reputation.

Irish Flame was with Dean Kannemeyer and has won three of his five starts viagra for her, included the Listed Politician Stakes over 1800m at Kenilworth.Although stable elect for the Cape Derby was Noordhoek Flyer, Irish Flame was expected to give a good account of himself; viagra for her.Unfortunately he became badly cramped on the rail going through the 400m mark and was lucky not to come down.

Champion trainer Charles Laird was entered Guineas third and fourth Galileo’s Galaxy and Flying Tristram respectively.

De Kock runners dominated the Gauteng Fillies Guineas and they are likely to repeat that feat in the Grade 1 SA Fillies Classic where he has 10 entries; viagra for her.Included in that are Fillies Guineas winner Fisani viagra for her, third-placed Alderry and Here To Win, who ran fourth.  Sidera, who started favourite but ran unplaced, should be a lot fitter and must also be a lively contender, although she is drawn at No 22 of the 23 nominations.De Kock ran Gluwein against the colts in the Guineas last time but on this occasion he has entered her to run against her own sex.

Laird has nominated Generous Anna, who was just touched off by Fisani in the Guineas, as well as Quality Alone.

The HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes is the third Grade 1 race on the day and although only 13 runners have been entered, it is a quality field - viagra for her. Viagra for her: smart Banker will be looking to notch up a double in this R1-million race but Laird has also put in Dan De Lago, Oracy, Imperial Gesture and Eight Street.

De Kock has nominated Rudra, Mother Russia and Braggadacio while Sean Tarry has submitted Buy And Sell.  Another interesting entry is Captain Scott, who ran well in a sprint warm-up at Turffontein.

NOMINATIONS

SA CLASSIC (G1) (Second Leg of SASCOC Triple Crown) R2-million 1800m

15 ACUPPA (A G Laird) 0.0
7 AMATOL (G J Maroun) 0.0
14 ANCESTRAL FORE (M F De Kock) 0.0
20 BOYLAN BLAZE (M F De Kock) 0.0
9 BULSARA (G H Van Zyl) 0.0
4 CAPTIVE WIND (W H Marwing) 0.0
25 CLUB VICTOR (T Lowe) 0.0
1 ECHOHAWK (D Zaki) 0.0
23 FLYING TRISTRAM (C Laird) 0.0
21 FORT PETERSBURG (D Zaki) 0.0
12 GALILEO’S GALAXY (C Laird) 0.0
5 HAPPY VALLEY (M F De Kock) 0.0
16 HAVASHA (M F De Kock) 0.0
24 HAWK EAGLE (A D Gordon) 0.0
11 HOUSTON TRIP (G J Maroun) 0.0
8 IMPERIAL PALACE (M F De Kock) 0.0
10 IRISH FLAME (M F De Kock) 0.0
18 IWANNADANCE (R R Magner) 0.0
22 MAHOGANY (P F Matchett) 0.0
13 NYAKATHO (E G Anderson) 0.0
6 ORBISON (H J Brown) 0.0
19 PIERRE JOURDAN (G M Alexander) 0.0
3 RULE THE NATION (S G Tarry) 0.0
2 SERVICE ACE (M G Azzie) 0.0
17 SMANJEMANJE (T Zackey) 0.0
26 WITTENBERG (G H Van Zyl) 0.0

SA FILLIES CLASSIC (G1) (Second leg of SA Triple Tiara)) R1-million 1800m

1 ALDERRY (M F De Kock) 0.0
5 ALL AFIRE (A G Laird) 0.0
21 ARIZA (M F De Kock) 0.0
13 AUTUMN SPLENDOUR (A G Laird) 0.0
7 BUTTONWOOD TREE (M G Azzie) 0.0
11 CYCLONE BARBARA (W H Tolmay) 0.0
14 FISANI (M F De Kock) 0.0
19 FLIRTATION (M F De Kock) 0.0
17 FLYTE (S G Tarry) 0.0
15 GENEROUS ANNA (C Laird) 0.0
16 GLUWEIN (M F De Kock) 0.0
3 GOT PERSONALITY (M F De Kock) 0.0
9 HERE TO WIN (M F De Kock) 0.0
12 JET TRAIL (A G Laird) 0.0
4 LAVERNA (M F De Kock) 0.0
18 PACIFIC DESTINY (W H Tolmay) 0.0
10 QUALITY ALONE (C Laird) 0.0
6 REINE DU VICTOIRE (G M Alexander) 0.0
8 SALITA (S G Tarry) 0.0
22 SIDERA (M F De Kock) 0.0
20 SPICED GOLD (S T Pettigrew) 0.0
2 SWEETIE PIE (M F De Kock) 0.0
23 WINGS OF AN ANGEL (B D Botes) 0.0

HF OPPENHEIMER HORSE CHESTNUT STAKES (G1) R1-million 1600m

12 BRAGGADACIO (M F De Kock) 0.0
9 BUY AND SELL (S G Tarry) 0.0
8 CAPTAIN SCOTT (A G Laird) 0.0
10 DAN DE LAGO (C Laird) 0.0
4 EIGHT STREET (C Laird) 0.0
1 IMPERIAL GESTURE (C Laird) 0.0
5 IRON CURTAIN (R R Sage) 0.0
13 JOHNNIE FOX (R P Lerena) 0.0
11 MOTHER RUSSIA (M F De Kock) 0.0
6 ORACY (C Laird) 0.0
3 PRESTIC (G H Van Zyl) 0.0
7 RUDRA (M F De Kock) 0.0
2 SMART BANKER (C Laird) 0.0

Smart Banker won last year’s renewal by a head from Geoff Woodruff’s Aluminium after the two fought out a ding-dong battle from halfway down the straight.Smart Banker has won three of his six subsequent starts, while Aluminium has been out of action since July last year.

Eddington took the 2008 renewal as a three-year-old in the slush and then went wrong. Women and viagra: sidelined for more than a year, he has not shaped in three runs so far this season.

Smart Banker is trained by ruling champion trainer Charles Laird, who has won the race twice since it was introduced four years ago and who also entered Oracy, Dan De Lago, Eight Street and Crown Of Power.

Oracy has not won above Grade 2 level but looked something special after winning his first five career starts. Women and viagra: more recently he fluffed his lines behind Aslan in the Sansui Summer Cup, beat Captain Scott in the G3 London News Handicap and then ran reasonably well in finishing only 3.35 lengths behind River Jetez from a wide draw in the J&B Met at Kenilworth where both Mother Russia (second) and Smart Banker finished ahead of him.

Dan De Lago won last season’s Gold Circle Derby but has only won once since, though he was considered by many experts a trifle unlucky in the Met because he started slowly.

Eight Street won the G2 Victory Moon Handicap but was well beaten by Aslan in the Summer Cup over the Champions Challenge course and distance, while Crown Of Power finished second-last in this race last year and has better form on the sand.

Mother Russia, who has won three Grade 1 races so far, and Rudra are the two horses entered by red-hot trainer Mike de Kock. Women and viagra: mother Russia, of course, won both the Paddock Stakes at Kenilworth in January and last Sunday’s Empress Club Stakes with a close second in the Met sandwiched between those runs.

Rudra is the top-rated horse in the list of entries.He won the 2008 Summer Cup and was not seen in action again until last month when winning the 1600m Wolf Power Handicap.He is coming on the right way and will have many supporters if he lines up in the Champions Challenge.

Second entries are on 29 March with third nominations on 13 April when the weights and draws will be announced.The final field will be announced on 15 April.

The Champions Challenge is one of eight feature races on Champions Day; women and viagra.The others are the SA Derby, SA Oaks, Computaform Sprint, The Nursery, Fillies Nursery, Gold Bowl and Camellia Stakes.

Entries with trainers and current merit ratings for the R2-million Champions Challenge (Grade 1, weight-for-age) over 2000m:

RUDRA (M F De Kock) 113
ORACY (C Laird) 110
SMART BANKER (C Laird) 110
BUY AND SELL (S G Tarry) 108
DAN DE LAGO (C Laird) 108
EIGHT STREET (C Laird) 107
MOTHER RUSSIA (M F De Kock) 106
ALUMINIUM (G V Woodruff) 103
CAPTAIN SCOTT (A G Laird) 102
PRESTIC (G H Van Zyl) 102
STRAIGHT FORWARD (D Zaki) 102
EDDINGTON (D Zaki) 100
BOUQUET-GARNI (G H Van Zyl) 99
CROWN OF POWER (C Laird) 97
KILLARIDGE (W H Marwing) 94
REGAL RANSOM (S G Tarry) 93

Unfancied in the betting market in a competitive field of winners, Waywest Goddess’ only supporters were her owners, Claude and Joy Comaroff and Eric and Evelyn Joel, and of course the trainer himself.

Waywest Goddess made a fair debut over 1200m at the Vaal, beaten seven lengths by Giggs - not enough exposed form to be rated a serious threat to Empire Rose - viagra and women.But there is a silent rule among experienced punters that two-year-old form can never be taken for granted and that it’s always safe to cover yourself with as many runners as possible in exotic perms.

There were smiles on the faces of the handful who played it safe and of course the winning connections, and Goosen tells Racingweb: “Waywest Goddess was underdone first time out - viagra and women.We had serious training interruptions with all the rain and in fact I’ve never sent put a two-year-old winner first time out, mine improve with every run.”

Waywest Goddess was a R65 000 purchase at Summerhill’s Ready To Run Sale. Viagra and women: she’s by Mick Goss’ new stallion Way West from a Gallic League mare and Goosen says: “I didn’t have a buyer but I liked the way she moved at the Summerhill gallops.I offered her to my patrons and Claude and Eric came on board.They’re staunch supporters of mine and they deserve a good filly like this.”

Goosen added: “She’s a racy filly with scope and we’ll be aiming her ultimately at the Fillies Nursery.”

Eagle Mountain sustained an injured tendon after finishing second to Skysurfers at Meydan on 19 February and trainer Mike de Kock said: “This is his third career-threatening injury and enough is enough. Women taking viagra: he’s been a great servant to Sheikh Mohammed and the stable and did us proud.

He added: Eagle Mountain’s future as a stallion is being discussed and we will entertain offers for him.”

Eagle Mountain, a six-year-old by Rock Of Gibraltar from Masskana (Darshaan), raced 19 times for 5 wins and 7 places.He won the 2008 Group 1 Hong Kong Cup, the Group 2 UAE Royal Whip Stakes and the Juddmonte Beresford Stakes at The Curragh and the Group 3 Nayef Joel Stakes at Newmarket.

As a three-year-old he finished second to Authorized in the Group 1 Vodafone Derby and as a five-year-old he was second to Conduit in the Group 1 Breeders Cup Turf  at Santa Anita racecourse.

De Kock concluded: “He has an amazing race record and was one of the best horses I have ever worked with.” - women taking viagra