Eight On Eighteen lands another major

DAVID THISELTON

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THE big question after the Gr 1 Daily News 2000 and Gr 2 Tote Woolavington 2000 is whether the two respective winners, Eight On Eighteen and Little Suzie, will run in the Hollywoodbets Durban July and how the handicappers will view the race.

The pair gave Justin Snaith a big race double on the day and it was the third time Snaith had won the Daily News and the sixth time he had won the Gr 2 Tote Woolavington 2000.

It was a great day for Johann and Gaynor Rupert. Gaynor's Drakenstein Stud bred Eight On Eighteen and Johann is a part-owner of the now three-times Gr 1-winning superstar.

Furthermore, it was an incredible fourth time in succession a Drakenstein homebred had won the Gr 2 Tote Woolavington 2000.

Trippi filly Little Suzie's win was particularly gratifying for the Snaith and Drakenstein Stud racing teams as she is a daughter of the great Oh Susanna, who won this race for the partnership in 2018.

Cayton Park Stud

To add to the day's success, Gaynor's U.K. Stud operation, Cayton Park Stud, won a big handicap race at The Curragh in Ireland on Saturday with a Ed Dunlop-trained homebred colt called Skukuza, who is out of a Trippi mare called Shingwedzi.

Little Suzie became Drakenstein's 18th stakes winner of the season, which leaves them three short of their own SA record of 21 stakes winners in a season.