Klawervlei Stud’s successful sire TWICE OVER (Observatory) struck twice at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Tuesday. Not only did Twice Over gelding THE NIGHT FERRY win the fourth race on the card, but Twice Over’s daughter TWO A PENNY romped home to a fluent win in the following race.
The Night Ferry provided trainer Herman Brown with a winner from his first comeback runner when he won the Reeves Racing Syndicate Open Maiden (1600m) on Tuesday. Formerly trained by Justin Snaith, The Night Ferry went from pillar-to-post under Grant van Niekerk and had enough in reserve to hold off the fast finishing SUPERHERO (Futura) by a long neck. Bred by Maine Chance Farms (Pty) Ltd, The Night Ferry races for Mr Y Ebrahim & Mrs F Ebrahim & Messrs H J Brown (Jnr), T O Herbold & Suran Chetty.
His sire Twice Over is also responsible for Two A Penny, who romped home in Tuesday’s RaceCape Powered By Hollywoodbets C Stakes (1950m). Under Richard Fourie, the Adam Marcus trained filly never looked in danger of defeat, with Two A Penny pulling clear to win by three and a quarter lengths.Now a four time winner, the Alec Foster bred filly races for Messrs M A Govender, S S Govender & T Govender.
The inform Twice Over went close to making it a treble of wins on Tuesday with his son TAMBOURINE MAN running second in the seventh race.
From the same family as current top-class performers COSMIC YEAR (Kingman), OMBUDSMAN (Night Of Thunder) and SEGESTA (Ghostzapper), Twice Over has seven lots on offer at the August Two Year Old Sale.
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