Glen Kotzen issued a warning that he has two-year-old talent aplenty – both in Cape Town and for Durban  – after Donovan Dillon’s mount Corker lived up to her name when becoming the first of the Pathforks to win at Durbanville on Saturday.

Glen Kotzen

Kotzen said: “I’ve got a stable full of Pathforks and they are very nice. I’ve told owner Hugo Hattingh that this one won’t go to Durban because the plan is the nursery at Kenilworth but I’ve got others going to Durban who are really smart.”

Nobody could accuse Paul Reeves of not running his horses often enough and Sunshine Lady, fourth here last Wednesday, enjoyed an all-the-way romp in the 1 400m maiden while Brandon May initiated a quick double for the ex-jockey and owner Paul Barrett by making every metre on All Magic 35 minutes earlier.

However Reeves is narked about not being able to go again tomorrow, saying: “I am a small trainer with 30 horses and 19 of them are two-year-olds. My clients have paid training fees and they were expecting to race. I’m angry.”

Aldo Domeyer, who rode Sunshine Lady, was in treble form with 2013 Winter Derby winner Gifted For Glory winning for the first time since damaging a tendon during his Durban campaign of nearly two years ago, and Ovar making amends for Andre Nel’s Wednesday reverses.

Nel reported that Jingle Belle, never at the races when starting favourite for the 1300m maiden, “is a 2 000m horse and only got going at the end” while even warmer favourite Weskus Klong is apparently no better than his third place would suggest.

Corne Orffer had a nightmare afternoon – beaten on three favourites plus the fancied Rock On Geordies finishing only third behind Grant Behr on the Dean Kannemeyer-trained Doctorow – but he had compensation in the last when Chasing Dreams got up 100m out. The Adam Marcus winner has had two sinus operations and is owned by a syndicate run by Gold Circle’s communications guru Glenn Marcus.

It was only 16 days ago that Greg Ennion vowed to support Lucian Africa and his faith was rewarded with Roman Discent storming home in the Marsh Shirtliff colours in the 2 000m handicap. “Lucian is riding like a demon,” said Ennion in an emphatic I-told-you-so tone.

By Michael Clower