Corne Spies' six-year-old stalwart in form of his life

“William Robertson has conquered space-time itself.”

- Mike Moon

That’s the way Spies Racing reflects on the stable star’s victory in the JJ The Jetplane Stakes (Grade 3) at Turffontein last Saturday.

Purple prose it might be, but it does give an idea of the remarkable career of a six-year-old gelding - and the pride and joy of his connections.

The Spies Facebook tale continues: “The whispers were there - ‘He’s not a 1 000m horse, the trip might be too sharp, can he really outpace the specialists?’ But Robertson doesn’t concern himself with doubts. No. He split the fabric of reality, devoured the sprinting elite and left them crumpled in the dust...”

Stirring stuff. But Robertson, carrying a steadying 62kg, did give weight and a thrashing to some of the Highveld's best sprinters.

The winner was allowed to start at the scarcely believable odds of 10/1.

Robertson has now won 14 of his 42 starts and placed 16 times.