Love Struck and Tellina fight out the SA Classic finish. Photo : JC Photos
Paul Lafferty’s Vodacom Durban July contender Love Struck came out of the KZN Breeders Million Mile race on Sunday very well.
“His legs were ice cold this morning,” said Lafferty, and that is a good sign of the horse’s soundness.
The three-year-old Kahal gelding won the Grade 1 SA Classic over 1800m at Turffontein in March, but his July prospects haven’t taken an upswing since.
He finished unplaced in the Grade 1 Daily News 2000 and was then unplaced on Sunday at Clairwood, albeit with top-weight.
However, Lafferty confirmed that the rangy bay gelding had not acted in the conditions on Sunday.
“The jockey drops his hands a long way out and he only finishes 4,8 lengths back, giving weight to all of them. With 53kg on Saturday it might be a different story.”
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