Trainer Mike Bass continued his great run in feature races when Hammie’s Hooker recorded her second consecutive win in the R250 000 G2 Tibouchina Stakes at Greyville on Saturday.

Mike de Kock, the most successful international trainer in the history of the Dubai World Cup Carnival, faces a huge challenge as he prepares his team for 2014.

Cape Derby second Dynamic will miss the Champions Season in Durban after he was injured in a workout at Clairwood and will return to Cape Town.

Mike de Kock landed the Cape Fillies Guineas, the first G1 feature of the Cape Sizzling Summer Season, with the exciting Australian-bred filly Rumya at Kenilworth.

Pomorodo, trained by Sean Tarry and ridden by Piere Strydom, sprang a 28-1 surprise when holding on by the skin of his teeth for a thrilling win in the R3 million Durban July at Greyville on Saturday.