HORSE RACING
Inspiration for Tarry’s Summer Cup prospects
Sean Tarry’s chances of halting Geoff Woodruff’s domination of the Sansui Summer Cup received a boost with two of his big race entries French Navy and Social Order running places in Saturday’s Emperors Palace Charity Mile at Turffontein. It was feared that French Navy’s best days were behind him when the six-year-old ran unplaced twice during the KwaZulu-Natal season, but S’manga Khumalo got the best out of him in the Charity Mile to earn the R100,000 third cheque for owner Chris van Niekerk. Van Niekerk, who has already won two Durban Julys, is also the co-owner — with Investec chief Bernard Kantor — of four-year-old Social Order, who finished like a train in the Turffontein race to fill second place behind Argentina import Hat Puntano. Bred at the Boland Stud, Social Order, a son of Count Dubois, has few miles on the clock as the Charity Mile was only the sixth start of his career. Tarry has another string to his bow in the Summer Cup in the form of his five-time winner Liege. The...
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