DARJEELING WINS AT SCOTTSVILLE

Apr 18, 2021

The Rafeef 2 year old colt DARJEELING won his maiden (1400m) at Scottsville today having been unlucky not to do so at Kenilworth last month. Although idling in front, being still very green, he was helped home by Anton Marcus to win by a diminishing but ultimately safe short head. He should come on both physically and mentally for this run and be “an improver” at a mile.

DARJEELING was bought for/with Burns Racing (Nom: Mr David Allan) by AllanBloodlines at the 2020 Cape Premier Yearling Sale from Ridgemont Highlands for R350,000 (approx £17,500) and was taken to Durban for the season by trainer Vaughan Marshall. High targets are in mind and it will be in his next run, all going well, where the penny will have dropped further and he will be fully tuned up.