July looms for Immediate Edge

Superb: Brilliant Jockeyship as Hawwaam Stakes Produces a Top-Class Race

- Jack Milner

There is nothing more thrilling for followers of a sport to see a competitive encounter of high quality, whether it be two boxers in the ring, a closely contested tennis match, two great soccer or rugby teams competing or some of the best golfers in action.

The same applies in horseracing and it doesn't have to be at the level of a Derby, a Durban July or a Daily News to get one's adrenalin pumping.

It could just be the Listed World Sports Betting Hawwaam Stakes at Turffontein last Saturday when a pair of well-supported horses and two of the best jockeys in the country employing clever tactics to produce one of the most outstanding finishes seen in quite a while.

The two horses were Immediate Edge and Wild Intent, the two jockeys were Ryan Munger and Gavin Lerena.