War of Athena ready for a date with destiny

Head groom Never Dzanyaza poses with War Of Athena at the Paul Matchett Stables, 25 November 2021, at the North Rand Training Center Randjesfontein ahead of the Gauteng Summer Cup, which takes place on 27 November at Turffontein Racecourse. Photo: citizen.co.za/Michel Bega

She’ll be blissfully unaware she’s the hottest ticket in town, with millions of rands riding on her later in the day; thousands of excited horse racing fans alert to her every move., is 33-10 favourite for the Gauteng Summer Cup, the highveld’s premier race, to be run for a prize of R2 million over 2 000m at Turffontein on Saturday.

Regular jockey Muzi Yeni has been aboard for seven of her 10 victories and knows when to press the button to startHugely popular Yeni often makes the early morning trip to Randjesfontein to ride her in “fast work”, while Landile, anMatchett reckons Landile is either lucky, or a good judge of a horse, as he picks out stable stars to look after withHe’s been with War Of Athena “from day 1”, when she came to the yard after being bought for a paltry R30 000 on aAfter her morning stroll and Landile...

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