Champion Older Filly/Mare: The Snaith’s Hurricane Katrina. Photo: Sporting Post
The East Cape Racing season comes to an end today at Fairview.
And what a season it has been! It was an exciting one, but there is no doubt that most of the role-players will tell you it has also been the hardest in a long time.
Champion trainer Gavin Smith warned us a few seasons ago that it takes a good horse to win a race in Port Elizabeth these days. That is certainly the case, with the competition getting increasingly tough.
Smith will be crowned champion again but with far fewer winners than usual. With the satellite yards getting stronger and big-time owners more involved in PE racing, the so-called smaller stables are under huge pressure to survive.
We know the PE trainers will not lie down and we will see more and more miracles on the track. – The Herald
