HORSE RACING
History beckons for Bass-Robinson in her first Met
What is the perfect response to the doubters who worry whether you are up to the task of following in your famous father’s footsteps? Easy — win the Vodacom Durban July in your first season as a fully-fledged trainer. That is exactly what Candice Bass-Robinson achieved last term and now the 43-year-old has another Everest to climb. Her legendary father Mike Bass won five Mets in an illustrious career and — in Saturday’s R5m Sun-sponsored race — Candice has the chance to make it two huge wins in seven months. Marinaresco — second favourite at 9-2 — and this writer’s best outsider for a top six finish, Nightingale, gives a strong hand to Bass-Robinson in this grade one race. Stablemate Horizon could also run a lot better than his long odds suggest. The week has been dominated by possible protests at the meeting, but it has been announced that instead there will be a show of solidarity for losses suffered by Public Servants Association members due to the Steinhoff saga. In addition, al...
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