Last Saturday’s R2 million Bloodstock SA Ready To Run Cup winner Lineker may stay in Johannesburg to plunder further rich prizes on the Highveld.

Chris Snaith said yesterday: “We still have to talk to the owners to see what they want to do but our feeling is that the Gauteng Guineas would be a lot easier to win than the Grand Parade Cape Guineas.”

Mike Bass’s recovery from his death’s door illness will be taken a significant step nearer in a fortnight’s time when he has the prosthetic fitted to his right leg that had to be amputated below the knee in order to save his life.

The Milnerton trainer is still suffering from the damage done to some of his nerves and it is hoped that his daily physio sessions will go a long way towards putting this right.

Son Mark said: “He is making very slow progress but the fact that there is progress is a good sign.”

Daughter Candice and fellow assistant trainer Robert Fayd’Herbe missed the stable’s success with Kryptonite in yesterday’s 1 400m maiden because they were stuck in the lift. They used, not the main lift, but the service lift nearest the reserved car park and this remained jammed for almost an hour.

Trainer Eric Sands, on the mark with 50-1 shot Streak Of Silver in the opener, arrived at Kenilworth on crutches with his right foot in a surgical boot. He broke bones falling off a ladder and will have to wear the boot for between six and eight weeks.

By Michael Clower

Picture: Eric Sands