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Young horses seek a dusting of Sea Cottage stardust
Mike Moon
Trainer Syd Laird and Sea Cottage. Picture: Facebook
Sea Cottage was voted the GOAT (Greatest of all Time) racehorse in South Africa last year, when the coronavirus halted racecourse action for a while and racing devotees found themselves with little to do but reminisce.
Remarkably, given his legend, the only other memorial to Sea Cottage is a race in his name, run each year in January at Turffontein – a track on which he never set foot.
The Grade 3 Sea Cottage Stakes for three year olds, over 1800m, is the headline event of this weekend’s South African racing calendar. ....

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