Dewali ready to again boost Bird’s coffers
Three-year-old is in good shape for Sophomore 1,000
It has been a successful racing year to date for mining entrepreneur Colin Bird and the chair of Jubilee Metals looks to have unearthed another exciting equine prospect in his three-year-old colt Dewali. Coral Fever blazed the trail for Bird and his partner, Sylvia Vrska, in 2018 with the gelding being voted Highveld Horse of the Season in May as a result of his third placing in the Sansui Summer Cup and victory in the grade1 Premier’s Champions Challenge. Bird is renowned in racing circles for his shrewd buys and Coral Fever — whose earnings now stand at R3.4m — cost just R130,000 as a yearling. While Bird had to dig a bit deeper to acquire Dewali — a son of Var who cost R325,000 as a yearling — it looks like money well spent as the colt romped home to win his maiden by four lengths at Turffontein in August. Trainer Robbie Sage has done an outstanding job with Bird’s horses and he is sure to have Dewali in good shape for Saturday’s sixth race at the city track, the Sophomore 1,000,...
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