A fifth in the Premier’s Champion Stakes warrants a reassessment of Laird Of Breedon
Over the years owner David Makins and the Spies stable have been a formidable combination with top performers such as Yardmaster, Fast Gun, Mysterious Hal and True Words excelling on the racetracks.
That assessment had to be changed when — after a second behind Sean Tarry’s Equus award-winning filly Rain In Holland — Laird of Breedon ran a creditable fifth behind Good Traveller in the grade 1 Premier’s Champion Stakes at Greyville at the end of July. The worry for supporters of Al Muthana is that the gelding has not been in action for seven months. His last race was a fourth place behind MK’s Pride at the Vaal in February.Another well-bred colt in this 1,450m contest is Whafeef — a R320,000 son of Rafeef trained by Stuart Pettigrew. The three-year-old signalled he was above average with a decent effort in his first venture into handicap company, but he faces no easy task meeting Laird Of Breedon at level weights.
A daughter of Silvano, Monashada is the only mount at the meeting for Kabelo Matsunyane and he will have to be at the top of his game to beat Smanga Khumalo on Global Louise.
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