DATE: Saturday, 18 July 2015
AGE/CONDITION: 2-Year-Olds at Set Weights over 1200m
ENTRIES: 11:00am Friday, 3 July 2015 – Fee: R 456
SUPP ENTRIES: 11:00am Friday, 10 July 2015 – Fee: R 1824
WEIGHTS: Friday, 3 July 2015
One Time Winners or less:
Colts and Geldings: 54,0 kg
Fillies: 51,5 kg
Thereafter 2 kg for each win up to a maximum of 60,0 kg for Colts and Geldings and 57,5 kg for Fillies.
DECLARATIONS: 11:00am Monday, 13 July 2015 – Fee: R 1824
2014 Umkhomazi Stakes
Horse: HARRY LIME
Jockey: Richard Fourie
Trainer: S J Snaith
Owners: Mr A L A Crabbia
Breeder: Rathmor Stud (Nom: Mr B J McHardy
ROLL OF HONOUR:
2014
| No | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Al/Bl | Kg | Dr | Fin | Dist | Time | OP | SP |
| 4 | HARRY LIME | Richard Fourie | S J Snaith | A | 58.0 | 4 | 1 | 0.00 | 71.20 | 4/1 | 2/1F |
| 8 | MASTERMIND | Glen Hatt | M F De Kock | A B | 58.0 | 6 | 2 | 3.75 | 71.88 | 7/1 | 14/1 |
| 5 | HARRY’S SON (AUS) | Stuart Randolph | P V Lafferty | A | 58.0 | 10 | 3 | 5.25 | 72.16 | 6/1 | 8/1 |
| 2 | EASY LOVER | Kevin Shea | D C Howells | A | 58.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.25 | 72.35 | 7/1 | 13/2 |
Cape trainers dominated the features at Scottsville yesterday and both of the two-year-old Gr 2 winners put their hands up as contenders for Champions Season that officially starts this Saturday.
The Justin Snaith-trained two-year-old colt Harry Lime was an easy winner of the Gr 2 Umkhomazi Stakes over 1 200m under Richard Fourie and is yet another progeny of Var that will make his presence felt. “This horse can really run,” said Snaith.
He added that the bay colt was still very immature, implying that no risks would be taken. He continued, “We bought him specifically for the Gr 1 at Scottsville (Tsogo Sun Medallion), so will see how well he pulls up and take it from there.”
The Fred Crabbia-owned colt started 2-1 favourite and pulled clear from a handy position to win by 3,75 lengths. The Mike de Kock-trained 14-1 shot Mastermind battled bravely, but made little impression on the winner. The Paul Lafferty-trained 8-1 chance Harry’s Son will likely prefer further, so did well to finish third. The Duncan Howells-trained Easy Lover started 13-2 joint second favourite and finished fourth, with Kapitan next best.
