HORSE RACING
Surcharge could take trainer Pettigrew to big race glory
Trainer Stuart Pettigrew and jockey Piere Strydom will bid to roll back the years when three-year-old Surcharge runs in the Betting World Gauteng Guineas at Turffontein on March 3. It was 14 years ago, in the 2004 Summer Cup, that this combination teamed up for a famous win with Tyson, and Surcharge has suggested he is also destined for big race glory with some impressive performances this term. Pettigrew will be aware that Mike de Kock will be the man to beat in the Guineas. The former champion has eight entries in the race including last season’s top juvenile, Mustaaqeem. Unfortunately, the draw for the 1600m race has not been kind to either Surcharge or Mustaaqeem. The former has drawn barrier 18 of the 23 entries and the latter the very outside stall. However, Strydom is a master of overcoming bad draws, as he showed when riding Last Winter — drawn 18 out of 18 — into second place in January’s R5m Sun Met. KwaZulu-Natal trainer Alistair Gordon will once again raid Gauteng with h...
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