The stable came into the 2400m maiden plate with a lot of confidence. Passing Storm had been showing some good work at home and made a lot of natural improvement. He showed that he can definitely stay the distance and it will be interesting to see what further improvement he has to come in his post maiden run. It was a great early Christmas present for the Ackerman family, Mr Willem Ackerman made his way to the Vaal and was able to join his horse in the winners enclosure. The

It was a win full of merit when EXPRESSFROMTHEUS. He needed to shoulder top weight and was one of the strongest fields he has had to face to date. It was a well timed ride by Marco van Rensburg and when the question was asked the response was instant from the 4-year-old gelding. He is now a 5 time winner from just 12 starts, he has always been ultra consistent. He is not the easiest to train but the team puts a lot of effort at home to get him in top shape and form when he co

EXPRESSFROMTHUS bounced back to his best at the right time. With a very open and competitive Grand Heritage field this year, the stable were still fairly confident that they had got the 4-year-old son of What A Winter was back to his best form and were expecting a big run. There were very specific instructions, and fortunately the race was laid out as expected. He was able to find himself just off the pace and settled nicely behind some horses. Marco felt the need at around t

LADY NICA fought on gamely to win her maiden in the first race at Turffontein, this also being the exciting Summer Cup meeting. She is lightly raced and has shown glimpses of promise in some of her previous starts but never really put it together when it counted. In this race she was put back to the 1160m and seemed a lot sharper when jumping out the gates. Marco van Rensburg was able to let her settle well, she stayed with the pace and when the question was asked she kicked