‘Strutting’ all the way to the line

STRUTTING looked to be one of the better bets on a tricky seven-race programme and she duly obliged at cramped odds in the card opener on a wet afternoon on the Hollywoodbets Greyville poly.

- ANDREW HARRISON

Drawn wide, Craig Zackey was forced to press forward on Mike and Mathew de Kock's diminutive filly with the runners on her inside not giving an inch, but once in front, Strutting was never headed holding off the battling Owner Of Creation and Harpa who stayed on well for the shallow end of the purse.

Wright

Kevin and Alyson Wright are both steeped in horse racing, their roots going back to Zimbabwe where Kevin was multiple Champion Jockey and Alyson the daughter of leading trainer Penny Fisher.

The couple, together with equine physio Tessa Zietsman, daughter of trainer Gary Rich, have prolonged the life of many a veteran galloper, highlighted by the win by Hollywood Racing's eight-year-old Ibutho, who score his tenth win in the second.

His stable companions Winter Waves (8-yr-o) and Ulta Quick (7-yr-o) were only separated by six-year-old Rafiki in second from the Andre Nel stable where Hailey Crawford does their physio.