After a strong first showing for new Trainer Gratz Vella, I Call Junee Home looks to be well placed in Wednesday’s TAB Federal (1000m) at Thoroughbred Park.

What a marvellous influence two time champion sire Encosta de Lago has, and continues to be, in Australian racing.

Good Journey, the successful imported son of Nureyev, has been retired from stud duty.

Hard Spun; Golden Snake; Delago Deluxe

Trainer Dennis Drier reigned over Scottsville on Saturday when he broke Charles Laird’s stranglehold on the R1 million Tsogo Sun Sprint with Captain Of All, now regarded as the leading male sprinter in South Africa.