Two more bring us back on song!
Two lovely runners for next season!
Wyzeact, exciting prospect. (JC Photos).
The imposing Wyzact is a big, strong customer, still green and very full of himself, evident in his bouncing around like a young man full of testosterone passing the winning post at the Vaal on Tuesday, 25 July. He has already been gelded and can only improve from here, which is wonderful for Corne Spies and the team, who already regard him as 'top class'!
Once all that energy is directed into focus, Wyzeact will be a force to be reckoned with next season and he is one of the special runners to have brought the stable back to form after a tough year with a few setbacks and unlucky seconds.
Captain Wara, 4.25-length win. (JC Photos).
"When the penny drops, his owners are going to have fun with him," said jockey SManga Khumalo, who said his arms were tested by Wyzeact's strength. He's by Act Of War from Wysiwig, an excellent pedigree, and was a first winner for Bloomhill Stud. He races for Rob Macnab, Sergio Poriazis, D & C Dasrath, Adv Hansie Schutte and Corne Spies Racing.
The other winner on the board in the last week of the season was Captain Wara, a two-year-old coltg who should have won already and will go on now that he's broken the ice. He did it in style, leading from start to finish in a 1160m Maiden at Turffontein, under Khumalo. Most of the owning partnership was on track. Captain Wara races for Wayne Pillay, Anthony Seur and Warren Chetty alongside Spies Racing.
"When things go wrong, just nothing seems to go right," said Corne about the stable's erratic 2023. "But we are back, the horses are well and we're having winners again."
