The father-and-son partnership of Michael and Adam Azzie are in seventh place in the national trainers log and they can improve that position if Will Pays wins Saturday’s Joburg Spring Challenge at Turffontein.The grade2 race with a stake of R400,000 will involve a number of top performers returning from rest so finding the winner is no easy task.The plus factor for Will Pays is that the six-year-old has had two outings this season, winning his latest race over 1,200m. He also has the advantage of pole position in Saturday’s race.New Predator is the class act in the field and turned in a fine effort in the Mercury Sprint when finishing just a length behind Bull Valley.Unfortunately, the stable of Johan Janse van Vuuren has had a lean spell of late, but victory on Saturday would bring the smile back to the young trainer’s face.Matador Man has been priced up as one of the co-favourites for November’s Sansui Summer Cup and Sean Tarry’s four-year-old is another runner returning from a b...
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