CHOCOLICIOUS HEADS FINE WEEKEND FOR BACKWORTH-BREDS

Chocolicious (SAF)
(Photo : Gold Circle)

CHOCOLICIOUS (SAF)
Kahal (GB) - Candy Box (SAF)
by Exclusive Patriot (USA)

Chocolicious (Kahal - Candy Box) won convincingly on Friday night at Greyville, in strong company, under jockey Keagan Latham for trainers Herman Brown Jnr and Frank Robinson. The Backworth-bred 4-year-old filly takes her South African career record to 4 wins (including the Grade 1 Allan Robertson Championship) and 7 places from 13 starts with earnings of R538,155.

Chocolicious had a very respectable Dubai campaign in 2011 with 4th in the UAE 1000 Guineas Trial, 3rd in the UAE 1000 Guineas and 2nd in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

Other notable performances by Backworth-breds this weekend include :

• Diamantaire (Var - Jewel Of Hanui) 2nd in a MR 77 Handicap also on the Greyville card for trainer Alyson Wright.
• Bermudabreeze (Atso - Bermuda Junction) 2nd in a Maiden Juvenile Plate at Clairwood for trainers Herman Brown Jnr and Frank Robinson.
• Devonella (Kahal - Devon-Sent) tight head finish 3rd in a MR 81 Divided Handicap at Clairwood for trainer Ivan Moore.
• Bermuda Prince (Muhtafal - Bermuda Junction) 2nd in a MR 90 Divided Handicap at Arlington for trainer Barry Steenkamp.

Congratulations to all the connections!

PSL SOCCER 4 CONDITIONS PLATE (F & M) Greyville, Night, Turf, 1000m 11 May 2012 Win Time : 56.89
#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	CHOCOLICIOUS	58.0	102	1	K Latham	Herman Brown / Frank Robinson
2	2.00	SWEET ARIA (IRE)	58.0	85	6	S Randolph	Brett Crawford
3	2.75	RILEY’S STAR	58.0	90	5	R Danielson	Gavin van Zyl
4	3.25	RUBY CARTEL	59.5	95	4	A Marcus	Charles Laird
5	3.50	COMTESSE DUBOIS	60.0	99	8	B Fayd’Herbe	Justin Snaith
6	3.75	TWO TONE ROCKA	60.0	76	2	*M Ntuli (4.0)	Wendy Whitehead
7	4.50	FAIRYTALE STORY	59.0	82	7	*D Dillon (2.5)	Doug Campbell
8	6.50	UNITED	57.5	77	3	*K de Melo (1.5)	Glen Kotzen

BERMUDA PRINCE STILL SPEEDY AT SEVEN

Bermuda Junction (AUS)
(Photo : Backworth Stud)

BERMUDA PRINCE (SAF)
Muhtafal (USA) - Bermuda Junction (AUS) by Is It True (USA)

The highly rated seven-year-old gelding sprinter, Bermuda Prince (Muhtafal - Bermuda Junction), took his career tally to 6 wins and 15 places from 37 starts at Fairview on Friday when winning the FNB MR 82 Handicap under jockey Vikram Sola.

Congratulations to trainer Barry Steenkamp for keeping this fellow at the top of his game!

FNB MR 82 HANDICAP Fairview, Turf, 1000m 10 February 2012 Win Time : 58.88
#	LBH	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	0.00	BERMUDA PRINCE	57.5	77	7	* O Sola	B Steenkamp
2	0.50	THE FORD	58.5	79	6	M Byleveld	Alan Greeff
3	1.75	ROYALE MART	58.0	84	8	F Herholdt	S Janse van Rensburg
4	2.25	WHAT I REALLY MEAN	55.0	72	1	* T Gould (2.5)	Hekkie Strydom
5	2.75	SOUTH DAKOTA	59.0	80	3	K Teetan	Yvette Bremner
6	4.00	THE MAJOR	56.5	75	4	W Kennedy	Gavin Smith
7	4.50	FIRST GROWTH	60.5	83	5	M Yeni	Mitchell Wiese
8	5.75	IMPOSING MODEL	52.5	73	2	* S Naidoo (4.0)	Des A McLachlan
9	7.75	SPORTING ROONEY	57.0	76	9	K Minnie	Alan Greeff