{"id":22501,"date":"2013-09-09T14:17:40","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T12:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/blaze-of-fire-popular-choice-as-ec-horse-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2013-09-09T14:17:40","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T12:17:40","slug":"blaze-of-fire-popular-choice-as-ec-horse-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/blaze-of-fire-popular-choice-as-ec-horse-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Blaze of Fire popular choice as EC horse of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/big-night-ahead-for-eastern-cape-racing-society-at-fairview\/gavin_smith_vangelisgavin_smith_stables\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15806\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15806 \" alt=\"Gavin Smith and Vangelis. Photo: Gavin Smith Racing Stables\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/4f674_gavin_smith_vangelisgavin_smith_stables.jpg\" width=\"396\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gavin Smith and Vangelis. Photo: Gavin Smith Racing Stables<\/p>\n<p>Blaze of Fire who is trained by Yvette Bremner and owned by Hedley McGrath, Jan and Karen Peskens, and Eddie Rudman, was a popular choice as the East Cape horse of the year this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Blaze of Fire had a successful Kwa Zulu-Natal excursion at the end of last season, ending it with a third place in the grade 1 Champions Cup at Greyville.<\/p>\n<p>Here follows the winners:<\/p>\n<p>Two-year-old filly: Yoshie<br \/>\nTwo-year-old colt: Seattle Storm<br \/>\nThree-year-old filly: Sylvan Spirit<br \/>\nThree-year-old colt\/gelding: Sedge<br \/>\nOlder mare\/filly: Stormy Coast<br \/>\nOlder horse\/gelding: Blaze Of Fire<br \/>\nSprinter: Sedge<br \/>\nStayer: Drill Sergeant<br \/>\nHorse of the year: Blaze of Fire<br \/>\nOwner: Markus and Ingrid Jooste<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/big-night-ahead-for-eastern-cape-racing-society-at-fairview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trainer: Gavin Smith<\/a><br \/>\nJockey: Muzi Yeni<br \/>\nApprentice: Luyolo Mxothwa<\/p>\n<p>For more Horseracing news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/category\/sports\/horseracing\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/equus-awards-name-variety-club-the-horse-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/4f674_193985087_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/equus-awards-name-variety-club-the-horse-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">Equus Awards name Variety Club the horse of the year<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/d215b_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gavin Smith and Vangelis. Photo: Gavin Smith Racing Stables Blaze of Fire who is trained by Yvette Bremner and owned by Hedley McGrath, Jan and Karen Peskens, and Eddie Rudman, was a popular choice as the East Cape horse of the year this weekend. 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