Who Gonna Win- 2013 HIGHVELD FEATURE SEASON AWARDS

The 2013 RA Feature Season Awards is scheduled to take place on Saturday evening, 18 May 2013 in the Aquanaut Room, Turffontein Racecourse. The event will be hosted by the Racing Association and co-sponsored by Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Limited.

The format for this event is taking on a slightly new look and in addition to the human and equine champions of the turf being honoured as they have in past years, the Racing Association has included special awards to show appreciation to a variety of supporters within the industry.

The categories and nominees for the RA Feature season awards are as follows:

Champion Two Year Old Filly
Arcetri Pink; For the Lads; Virgo’s Babe

Champion Two Year Old Colt/Gelding
Jimmi Choo; Olympic Owen; Willow Magic

Champion Three Year Old Filly
Only one nominee – to be announced on the evening

Champion Three Year Old Colt/Gelding
Love Struck; Tellina; The Hangman; Wylie Hall

Champion Older Horse
Heavy Metal; Slumdogmillionaire; Thunder Dance; Wagner; What a Winter

Champion Sprinter
Sharp Design; What a Winter

Champion Middle Distance Horse
Heavy Metal; Slumdogmillionaire; Thunder Dance; Wagner

Champion Stayer
Canterbury Tale; Masai Warrior; Seal; Wylie Hall

Champion Sand Specialist
Across the Ice; Meadow Magic; Pylon; The Mouseketeer

Champion Apprentice of the Season
To be announced on the evening

Champion Breeder of the Season
Highlands Stud Farm; Mauritzfontein Stud

Champion Owner of the Season
Mrs I and Mr M J Jooste; Mrs B D Oppenheimer; Mr C J H van Niekerk

Champion Jockey of the Season
Robbie Fradd; Anton Marcus; Piere Strydom

Champion Trainer of the Season
Mike de Kock; Ormond A Ferraris; Sean Tarry

Horse of the Season
To be announced on the evening

Never had any press releases about this,must be a private dinner (td)

Virgos babe got 2 year old fillie of the season don't know the other winners

well done to your team Wise(tu)

Champion Apprentice - Nooresh Juglall
Champion Jockey - Piere Strydom

Well done 2 the connections of Virgos Babe, fanstastic guys

The 2013 RA Feature Season Awards proved to be a triumph for owner Bridget
Oppenheimer who scooped no less than four of the awards.
The ceremony took place last Saturday evening in the Aquanaut Room at
Turffontein Racecourse. The event was hosted by the Racing Association and
co-sponsored by Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Limited.
Mrs O, as she is affectionately known, was named Champion Owner while her
Mauritzfontein Stud came away with the Champion Breeder award. The horse
who helped garner all those awards was Wilgerbosdrift Triple Tiara winner
Cherry On The Top. She was bred at Mauritzfontein Stud and is owned by Mrs
Oppenheimer.
The daughter of Tiger Ridge was unopposed in the Champion Three-Year-Old
Filly category and was also named Horse Of The Season. Mrs O was at the
dinner to collect all of her trophies.
Trainer Ormond Ferraris is already in Durban for the season and was unable
to attend the event.
The format for the event took on a slightly new look and, in addition to
the human and equine champions of the turf being honoured as they have in
past years, the Racing Association included special awards to show
appreciation to a variety of supporters within the industry. One of these
recipients was Ferraris, who received a special award for outstanding
achievement during his trainer career.

The winners of the RA Feature season awards were as follows:
Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
Virgo’s Babe

Champion Two-Year-Old Colt/Gelding
Willow Magic

Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
Cherry On The Top

Champion Three-Year-Old Colt/Gelding
Wylie Hall

Champion Older Horse
Heavy Metal

Champion Sprinter
What a Winter

Champion Middle Distance Horse
Heavy Metal

Champion Stayer
Seal

Champion Sand Specialist
Meadow Magic

Champion Apprentice of the Season (based on a points system)
Nooresh Juglall

Champion Breeder of the Season (based on a points system)
Mauritzfontein Stud

Champion Owner of the Season (based on a points system)
Mrs B D Oppenheimer

Champion Jockey of the Season (based on a points system)
Piere Strydom

Champion Trainer of the Season
Sean Tarry (based on a points system)

Horse of the Season
Cherry On The Top

Not bad for average horse eh hibs?

Perhaps the winner of the July is in the lit above

Heavy Metal get in there

Thank you, she's a very special filly

Very well done to Mrs O , Mauritzfontein and Cherry On The Top.