There were a few racing fans worried about William Robertson's outside draw down the Scottsville straight on Sunday, 1 December, but the big son of Rafeef won with another all-class performance, and without too much fuss.

This was William Robertson's 12th career victory and he pushed his earnings to over R2-million, a feat which Xander Spies pointed out is only achieved by 1% of horses racing in South Africa.

"He's a soldier, a special horse to train and he's done us proud so many times. What an amazing journey we've had with him," said Corne Spies. "He is still going strong at six years of age and I think he has a good few left in the tank."

Apprentice Trent Mayhew said he wanted to move in from the outside draw but that there was no room to do that effectively, so he kept a straight course. "I jumped him out and he did the rest. He quickened well."

William Robertson races for Rob Macnab, Keegan Govender, Xander Spies, Spies Racing and Jannie de Lange's Waster Glass Recovery.