NOORDHOEK FLYER - update 7th July 2010

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KANNEMEYER ALLAYS RUMOURS
Noordhoek Flyer will be rested in advance of the Cape's Sizzling
Summer Season. Trainer Dean Kannemeyer said today that after the
running of Saturday's Grade 1 Champions Cup, jockey Karl Neisius had
reported that the three year old colt had coughed a few times at the
pull up:"When a top horse has shown what he has on the racetrack and
then has absolutely no kick when called upon like he did on Saturday,
then it does not take rocket science to tell us that something is
amiss. I have had him scoped and the procedure showed evidence of
mucous on the lungs. The lung-wash also came back positive and
confirmed a low-grade lung infection.He did not bleed and he is on a
course of routine anti-biotics. He will now also be given a rest,
before returning as a four year old to target the L'Ormarins Queen's
Plate and the J&B Met, the latter run over a relatively easy 2000m,"
he said.

Kannemeyer said that this case once again illustrated the difficulties
facing trainers, owners and punters when assessing a horse's prospects
in a well publicised build-up to a race:" He had put up terrific track
work in the lead up to the Champions Cup. His bloods were perfect and
he was eating well. This infection is something only the demanding
stress and pressures of a race would expose in a thoroughbred
racehorse," he pointed out.

When asked about his rest, he said that he would not be placed on a
farm:" Geldings and fillies are one thing, but throwing a colt on a
farm can have negative behavioural and emotional consequences. He
could develop bad habits from the obvious distractions and raised
testosterone levels of being in that environment," he said.

The Kannemeyer philosophy has always been underscored by patience and
it is an approach that has paid handsome dividends with fifty Group
winners in just over ten years. Dean closed by saying that horseracing
was a sport of wonderful highs and testing lows and that he was very
fortunate to have good owners behind him who both understood the game
and the foibles of the thoroughbred racehorse:
"Disappointment and high expectations put great pressure on all of us.
But Lady Christene Laidlaw shares our aspirations of achieving the
very best for Noordhoek Flyer. He is a horse with a stallion's
pedigree and I stand by my opinion that he is a genuinely brilliant
miler and we will be back to win more races,"he said.
Issued by dkannemeyerracing.com
7 July 2010
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