Special Star (2022) Horse

Foal Date

29-Oct-22

Colour

gray

Sire

Danon Platina

Dam

Nother Russia

Prize Money

8704

Owners

Wilgerbosdrift (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Mrs M Slack)

About

Special Star is a 4yo gelding trained by Mike/Mathe Kock. It is by Danon Platina out of Nother Russia and has won one race to date. On 6 Sep 2025 at Turffontein, Special Star secured its most valuable win, earning $90,250.

Raced At

Vaal Turffontein

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Vaal 05-Feb-26 1800m GOOD R5 Hcp $19,940 (of $99,748) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:51.690, SP: 12.00 1st Duchess Of Paloma ( C Zackey 130 ) 2nd Special Star ( C Murray 125 ) 4.25L 3rd Lady Blunt ( C Habib 131 ) 5.25L See full resultsC Murray 56.7kg 4.25L2 (11)
Vaal 08-Jan-26 1600m GOOD R7 Hcp (of $99,748) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:38.710, SP: 4.33 1st Opera Fan ( K Lihaba 126 ) 2nd Scarlett Heart ( M Yeni 130 ) 1.25L 3rd Sigrid Swing ( G Lerena 131 ) 0.30L 6th Special Star ( C Zackey 130 ) 4.55L See full resultsC Zackey 59kg 4.55L6 (10)
Turffontein 06-Sep-25 1800m GOOD R6 Md $56,403 (of $90,250) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:53.370, SP: 3.00 1st Special Star ( C Zackey 123 ) 2nd Witching Hour ( G Lerena 123 ) 2.25L 3rd Amazon Queen ( S Moodley 123 ) 0.75LC Zackey 55.8kg1 (7)
Turffontein 17-Aug-25 1600m GOOD R4 Md $18,997 (of $95,011) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:40.430, SP: 3.25 1st Matcha Mint ( M Yeni 132 ) 2nd Special Star ( C Murray 132 ) 5.25L 3rd Zahra Dominia ( C Zackey 132 ) 1.50L See full resultsC Murray 59.9kg 5.25L2 (9)
Turffontein 10-Jul-25 1600m GOOD R6 Md $4,502 (of $90,250) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:40.780, SP: 7.00 1st Merryweather ( G Lerena 123 ) 2nd Witching Hour ( C Zackey 123 ) 3.50L 3rd Hollywood Madam ( J Mariba 132 ) 1.00L 4th Special Star ( C Murray 123 ) 4.70L See full resultsC Murray 55.8kg 4.70L4 (14)