The R500 000, Group 1 WFA South African Fillies Sprint(1200m) may have been billed as a showdown between brilliant three-year-old Princess Victoria and classy Ebony Flyer, but in the end the day belonged to Justin Snaith's Ebony Flyer, who stamped her authority on the race in no uncertain terms.

As the Vodacom Durban July contenders take a well deserved break, the Golden Horse Casino Sprint race day at Scottsville in Pietermaritzburg celebrates its 50th year on Saturday with the running of the R600 000, Group 1 Golden Horse Casino Sprint (1200m).

On a day sponsored by Avontuur Estate, no Hollywood script writer could not have done a better job with the result of the inaugural running of the R200 000, Grade 2 Tony Taberer Southern Cross Stakes(1000m) at Kenilworth on Saturday.

Horse of the Year Igugu, winner of this year's Vodacom Durban July, will make her seasonal debut at Turffontein on Sunday.

The Grade 3 Champagne Stakes (1200m), a weight for age race for fillies and mares at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town, was won in comfortable style by State Blue for trainer Justin Snaith.