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Legal Eagle (Liesl King)

Mac on July mission

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Gr 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge winner Mac De Lago returned to trainer Weiho Marwing’s Ashburton yard after his victory at Greyville on Saturday and the latter will monitor how he comes out of the race before making the next move in his Vodacom Durban July preparation.

Marwing pulled off a fine training feat as the race, which Mac De Lago was awarded in the boardroom after going down by a short-head, was the horse’s return from a fourth place finish in the tough Gr 1 Premier’s Champions Challenge run over 2000m at Turffontein on April 30.

The four-year-old Australian-bred Encosta De Lago gelding had travelled down from Johannesburg last Thursday and one of the decisions to be made will be whether the horse remains at Ashburton to train for the July or returns to Johannesburg.

The recently crowned champion workrider Sam Mosia will be there to ride him every day in routine work, no matter which training centre he is prepared out of.

Legal Eagle (Liesl King)

Legal Eagle (Liesl King)

Marwing said, “Sam is very loyal, he’s been working for me for the past ten to twelve years, he’s the only guy I really let ride Mac De Lago at home and he gets on with him like a house on fire.”

Also of importance to the progressive bay’s July chances will be the handicapper’s assessment of Saturday’s weight for age race.

Mac De Lago had previously run in ten Graded races without a win and this was without doubt the best performance of his career.

His merit rating will likely be raised significantly from its current mark of 107. The possible line horses are the next four in the running, 113-merit rated Trip To Heaven (short-head margin), 115-merit rated French Navy (beaten 1,8 lengths), 110-merit rated New Predator (beaten 3,8 lengths) and 109-merit rated Captain Aldo (beaten 5,8 lengths).
Marwing lodged the objection on Saturday after the stipendiary stewards had announced a steward’s enquiry.

If the stewards had not already made up their minds they would soon have been convinced by jockey Piere Strydom’s argument.

Strydom pointed out the two different types of horses which were involved, Trip To Heaven being a sprint-miler type and Mac De Lago a middle distance type who took a while to get going. He then asked for the official winning distance, which was a short-head, before asking for the tape to be rewound to about the 150m mark, which was the stage just before Trip To Heaven had received the first of two bumps from Mac De Lago. The margin before the bumps was shown to be about half-a-length, meaning Mac De Lago had been finishing the faster of the pair despite the interference, which had caused him to be carried a number of horse-widths inward.

Trip To Heaven’s trainer Sean Tarry also presented a good argument, saying Trip To Heaven had come from last under the hands and his jockey Grant Van Niekerk, due to the proximity of Mac De Lago, had been forced into riding his mount with the hands all the way to the line, while Mac De Lago in the meantime had been hard ridden. Both he and Van Niekerk also pointed out the first movement, however slight, was made by Mac De Lago towards Trip To Heaven (although they did not brush at that stage).

Siren's Call (left) and Trophy Wife

Trophy Wife (right) – (Nkosi Hlophe)

However, the stewards did not take long to announce the upheld verdict and the majority, including Marwing, believed they had made the correct decision. Elated part-owner Dylan Chinsammy was on course to receive the trophy on behalf of the connections, who also include Hassen Adams, CF Delport, Lawrence Pillay, TJ Smith and ODT Visser. It was Chinsammy’s second Gr 1 win, the first being with Ash Cloud, who won the SA Oaks for the Marwing yard in 2014.

Mac De Lago finished second in last season’s Gr 2 KRA Guineas and fifth from the widest draw of all in the Gr 1 Daily News 2000, so clearly loves the tight city course.

His Champions Challenge run looks very good, as the fifth placed horse Judicial was 4,3 lengths behind him. Mac De Lago was receiving 2kg from French Navy in the Champions Challenge and the latter beat him by 1,8 lengths. Before the running of the Gold Challenge, Mac Delago was set to receive 4kg from French Navy in the July, which would have given him a massive chance. However, his task will now be harder with the pending merit rated raise.

French Navy meanwhile ran a tremendous July preparation race in Saturday’s event and it should bring him spot on for the big one. He was running on strongest of all to finish a 1,8 length third. He will be very well weighted in the July, unless Legal Eagle is scratched before the publishing of the weights tomorrow (Tuesday).

The three scenarios from now in are: If Legal Eagle is scratched before the publishing of the weights, French Navy carries 60kg and July favourite Black Arthur carries 53,5kg; if Legal Eagle runs in the July, French Navy carries 57,5kg and Black Arthur carries 53kg; if Legal Eagle is scratched after the publishing of the weights, French Navy carries 60kg and Black Arthur carries 55,5kg.

Strydom was not sure yet where his July ride would come from. However, he is sure to be in demand. The master jockey has already ridden two Gr 1 winners since returning just three-and-a-half weeks ago from a three-and-a-half month layoff for a broken collar bone.

By David Thiselton

Palladium (Nkosi Hlophe)

Laird in top form

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Former National Champion Trainer Charles Laird scored a tremendous treble at Greyville on Saturday, including winning two black type events for his chief client these days Alesh Naidoo.

However, Laird said he would not be supplementing Gr 3 Cup Trial winner Exit Here for the Vodacom Durban July. He said, “He has drawn well in five for the consolation event anyway.”

Laird was relieved to have been proven correct in his assessment of Exit Here’s poor last two runs, in which he believed the jockeys had gone to hard out in front. The blinkered Moutonshoek-bred Jay Peg colt was asked to go a particularly ridiculous pace in the Gr 2 Canon Guineas.

Palladium (Nkosi Hlophe)

Palladium (Nkosi Hlophe)

By contrast Weichong Marwing rode him to perfection on Saturday, controlling the pace from the front before extracting the necessary extra to repel challengers and beat the second favourite Dynamic by a quarter of a length. He converted odds of 40-1.

Naidoo was largely behind the decision to purchase Exit Here for R1,1 million at the CTS March Yearling Sale in 2014. Exit Here is a half-sister to Eventual Angel, who won four races for Naidoo, including the Gr 3 Umzimkhulu Stakes. Naidoo owns Exit Here in partnership with Laird’s long-time stalwart client Markus Jooste.

Earlier on Saturday, Laird and Naidoo had combined to win the Listed Gatecrasher Stakes over 1400m with the Avontuur-bred Silvano colt Palladium, who remains unbeaten after two starts.

Despite the tailwind, Palladium was able to come from last with an impressive run and beat the favourite Daffiq by a neck under Keagan De Melo.

Laird had advised De Melo to stick with Palladium after his strong finishing-debut win over 1200m at Greyville, knowing Anton Marcus would be tied to ride the Markus Jooste-owned stablemate Buffalo Soldier, who ran a decent 1,9 length fourth on Saturday.

Laird said he would keep De Melo aboard for Palladium’s next two races, which are due to be the Gr 2 Golden Horseshoe over 1400m on July day and the Gr 1 Premiers Champion Stakes over 1600m on eLan Gold Cup day.

Palladium is a half-brother to the former Equus Champion Sprinter Val De Ra, but Laird said he took more after his sire Silvano and would get the mile.

Laird clinched the treble with a brilliant front-running ride by Marcus on the Jooste-owned Top Form in the R200,000 KZN Winter Challenge 1200.

There was also disappointment for the yard as the luckless Ice Machine ran unplaced in the Gr 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge.

Laird said Ice Machine had always been a horse who preferred being taken to the outside for his run as he was then able to be taken through the gears gradually on the back of a momentum building outwards catapult,  whereas taking a horse inward for a run, like he was on Saturday, required committing the horse too soon. “He is not getting any younger,” he said about the seven-year-old.

By David Thiselton

Liege (Nkosi Hlophe)

Liege and Trophy Wife impress

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The Sean Tarry-trained three-year-old Dynasty colt Liege made himself a Vodacom Durban July final supplementation possibility when winning a traditional pointer to the big race, the Gr 3 Jubilee Handicap over 1800m at Turffontein yesterday, in cosy style under stable jockey S’Manga Khumalo despite being 0,5kg under sufferance off his 93 merit rating.

The most fancied July horse in the field, Deo Juvente, who was a 13-1 shot for the big one, started favourite yesterday but had to be pulled out of the race. July 150-1 chance Rainy Day Blues was 3,5kg under sufferance and ran a 1,1 length second. Three-year-old Romany Prince was 25th on the last July log and remains a borderline horse after finishing a 2,2 length third while giving the winner 4kg.

Judicial, Jubilee Line, Stonehenge and Diesel Jet were not in the top 25 on the last log and did their chances of making the July field no favours by finishing fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth respectively. Earlier, the Tarry-trained Trophy Wife, who was 21st on the last July log, put her hand up for a place in the final field with a fine win of a Pinnacle Stakes race for fillies and mares over 1400m.

By David Thiselton

Mac De Lago (Nkosi Hlophe)

Rising Sun Gold Challenge Racemeeting Wrap

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The four-year-old Australian-bred gelding Mac De Lago cemented his place in the final field for the R4.25-million Vodacom Durban July in three weeks’ time when declared the winner of the R1-million, Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge over 1 600m at Greyville on Saturday.

Touched off by a whisker at the line by the Trippi gelding Trip To Heaven, the gutsy son of Encosta De Lago from the Weiho Marwing stable would have been hard done by if his place in the big race had been in question had the result stood, but Marwing was quick to object against Trip To Heaven on the grounds of interference in the closing stages and the success of the move removed any possibility of that.

Mac De Lago was 16th on the latest July Log and in spite of his success being his first in 529 days, his fourth to Legal Eagle in the Grade 1 Premier’s Champion Challenge at Turffontein, where he stayed on at the end of the 2 000m trip, was strong enough form for the selection panel to consider him a possible inclusion. Saturday’s gutsy fight under Piere Strydom was evidence enough that he deserves his place in the field on July 2.

For racegoers, however, it might have been a very confusing race. Trainer Sean Tarry had reportedly stated that Trip To Heaven, that will be competing in the Grade 2 Post Merchants over 1 200m at Greyville this coming Friday, would go to the front if he broke well enough but in the race the four-year-old took station at the back of the field with stable companion Prospect Strike under Anthony Delpech going quickly to the front to set a good gallop.

In the straight, replacement rider Grant van Niekerk sent Trip To Heaven for home with a strong finish, joining issues with Mac De Lago. The two raced together in a bitter duel but Trip To Heaven shifted inwards onto Mac De Lago with the pair then racing neck and neck to the finish. There was just a whisker between them at the line but there had been contact and because of the close finish the stipes had little choice but to uphold the objection.

Tarry’s big race contender French Navy, that had raced midfield in the early stages, got fully into stride in the straight and ran on strongly for third place ahead of New Predator while Prospect Strike faded out to finish seventh.

The R250 000, Grade 3 Cup Trial was also not without incident and an objection was a feature of this result as well. All eyes had been on the two major July candidates The Conglomerate and Dynamic that both required a major showing to get a run in the country’s premier race. As it turned out, it was the outsider from the Charles Laird stable, Exit Here that stole the glory after a cunning ride by Weichong Marwing who dictated the pace at a slow tempo then fought off a challenge from Dynamic to take the honours.

The Conglomerate followed them across the line ahead of Saratoga Dancer but trainer Duncan Howells lodged an objection against The Conglomerate on the grounds of interference and intimidation in the closing stages and this objection was upheld reversing the order of third and fourth places.

The result of this race possibly put paid to the chances of The Conglomerate and Dynamic being considered for the Vodacom Durban July field.

The R400 000, Grade 2 Tibouchina Stakes over 1 400m was won by the Brett Crawford-trained Dynasty filly Alexis that gave credence to the racing saying of “horses for courses”. The filly under stable jockey Corne Orffer loves the Greyville track having won the KRA Fillies Guineas at the venue last year. Her record at Greyville now stands at three wins from four starts.

It was a race targeted by Crawford for the filly and she will now go for the Grade 1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Strakes on July day.

In the slow-run race Alexis finished strongly to snatch victory from the Mike Bass-trained Silver Mountain with another fast-finished Sensible Lover taking third place ahead of Inara.

There was a close finish to the Listed Gatecrasher Stakes with Laird snatching his first feature win of the day with the Silvano colt Palladium that got up to beat favourite Daffiq by about a head. The race was marred by a false start but Keagan de Melo allowed Palladium to settle at the rear of the field before putting in his flying finish to snatch victory.

The Listed Devon Air Stakes saw Weichong Marwing at his best as he drove the Judpot filly Maleficent through with a powerful finish to swoop past favourite Querari Falcon to win going away by more than three lengths.

By Richard McMillan

Rising Sun Gold Challenge Racemeeting Wrap

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The four-year-old Australian-bred gelding Mac De Lago cemented his place in the final field for the R4.25-million Vodacom Durban July in three weeks’ time when declared the winner of the R1-million, Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge over 1 600m at Greyville on Saturday.

Touched off by a whisker at the line by the Trippi gelding Trip To Heaven, the gutsy son of Encosta De Lago from the Weiho Marwing stable would have been hard done by if his place in the big race had been in question had the result stood, but Marwing was quick to object against Trip To Heaven on the grounds of interference in the closing stages and the success of the move removed any possibility of that.

Mac De Lago was 16th on the latest July Log and in spite of his success being his first in 529 days, his fourth to Legal Eagle in the Grade 1 Premier’s Champion Challenge at Turffontein, where he stayed on at the end of the 2 000m trip, was strong enough form for the selection panel to consider him a possible inclusion. Saturday’s gutsy fight under Piere Strydom was evidence enough that he deserves his place in the field on July 2.

For racegoers, however, it might have been a very confusing race. Trainer Sean Tarry had reportedly stated that Trip To Heaven, that will be competing in the Grade 2 Post Merchants over 1 200m at Greyville this coming Friday, would go to the front if he broke well enough but in the race the four-year-old took station at the back of the field with stable companion Prospect Strike under Anthony Delpech going quickly to the front to set a good gallop.

In the straight, replacement rider Grant van Niekerk sent Trip To Heaven for home with a strong finish, joining issues with Mac De Lago. The two raced together in a bitter duel but Trip To Heaven shifted inwards onto Mac De Lago with the pair then racing neck and neck to the finish. There was just a whisker between them at the line but there had been contact and because of the close finish the stipes had little choice but to uphold the objection.

Tarry’s big race contender French Navy, that had raced midfield in the early stages, got fully into stride in the straight and ran on strongly for third place ahead of New Predator while Prospect Strike faded out to finish seventh.

The R250 000, Grade 3 Cup Trial was also not without incident and an objection was a feature of this result as well. All eyes had been on the two major July candidates The Conglomerate and Dynamic that both required a major showing to get a run in the country’s premier race. As it turned out, it was the outsider from the Charles Laird stable, Exit Here that stole the glory after a cunning ride by Weichong Marwing who dictated the pace at a slow tempo then fought off a challenge from Dynamic to take the honours.

The Conglomerate followed them across the line ahead of Saratoga Dancer but trainer Duncan Howells lodged an objection against The Conglomerate on the grounds of interference and intimidation in the closing stages and this objection was upheld reversing the order of third and fourth places.

The result of this race possibly put paid to the chances of The Conglomerate and Dynamic being considered for the Vodacom Durban July field.

The R400 000, Grade 2 Tibouchina Stakes over 1 400m was won by the Brett Crawford-trained Dynasty filly Alexis that gave credence to the racing saying of “horses for courses”. The filly under stable jockey Corne Orffer loves the Greyville track having won the KRA Fillies Guineas at the venue last year. Her record at Greyville now stands at three wins from four starts.

It was a race targeted by Crawford for the filly and she will now go for the Grade 1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Strakes on July day.

In the slow-run race Alexis finished strongly to snatch victory from the Mike Bass-trained Silver Mountain with another fast-finished Sensible Lover taking third place ahead of Inara.

There was a close finish to the Listed Gatecrasher Stakes with Laird snatching his first feature win of the day with the Silvano colt Palladium that got up to beat favourite Daffiq by about a head. The race was marred by a false start but Keagan de Melo allowed Palladium to settle at the rear of the field before putting in his flying finish to snatch victory.

The Listed Devon Air Stakes saw Weichong Marwing at his best as he drove the Judpot filly Maleficent through with a powerful finish to swoop past favourite Querari Falcon to win going away by more than three lengths.

By Richard McMillan

Alexis (Nkosi Hlophe)

Rising Sun Gold Challenge Racemeeting Wrap

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The four-year-old Australian-bred gelding Mac De Lago cemented his place in the final field for the R4.25-million Vodacom Durban July in three weeks’ time when declared the winner of the R1-million, Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge over 1 600m at Greyville on Saturday.

Touched off by a whisker at the line by the Trippi gelding Trip To Heaven, the gutsy son of Encosta De Lago from the Weiho Marwing stable would have been hard done by if his place in the big race had been in question had the result stood, but Marwing was quick to object against Trip To Heaven on the grounds of interference in the closing stages and the success of the move removed any possibility of that.

Mac De Lago was 16th on the latest July Log and in spite of his success being his first in 529 days, his fourth to Legal Eagle in the Grade 1 Premier’s Champion Challenge at Turffontein, where he stayed on at the end of the 2 000m trip, was strong enough form for the selection panel to consider him a possible inclusion. Saturday’s gutsy fight under Piere Strydom was evidence enough that he deserves his place in the field on July 2.

For racegoers, however, it might have been a very confusing race. Trainer Sean Tarry had reportedly stated that Trip To Heaven, that will be competing in the Grade 2 Post Merchants over 1 200m at Greyville this coming Friday, would go to the front if he broke well enough but in the race the four-year-old took station at the back of the field with stable companion Prospect Strike under Anthony Delpech going quickly to the front to set a good gallop.

In the straight, replacement rider Grant van Niekerk sent Trip To Heaven for home with a strong finish, joining issues with Mac De Lago. The two raced together in a bitter duel but Trip To Heaven shifted inwards onto Mac De Lago with the pair then racing neck and neck to the finish. There was just a whisker between them at the line but there had been contact and because of the close finish the stipes had little choice but to uphold the objection.

Tarry’s big race contender French Navy, that had raced midfield in the early stages, got fully into stride in the straight and ran on strongly for third place ahead of New Predator while Prospect Strike faded out to finish seventh.

The R250 000, Grade 3 Cup Trial was also not without incident and an objection was a feature of this result as well. All eyes had been on the two major July candidates The Conglomerate and Dynamic that both required a major showing to get a run in the country’s premier race. As it turned out, it was the outsider from the Charles Laird stable, Exit Here that stole the glory after a cunning ride by Weichong Marwing who dictated the pace at a slow tempo then fought off a challenge from Dynamic to take the honours.

The Conglomerate followed them across the line ahead of Saratoga Dancer but trainer Duncan Howells lodged an objection against The Conglomerate on the grounds of interference and intimidation in the closing stages and this objection was upheld reversing the order of third and fourth places.

The result of this race possibly put paid to the chances of The Conglomerate and Dynamic being considered for the Vodacom Durban July field.

The R400 000, Grade 2 Tibouchina Stakes over 1 400m was won by the Brett Crawford-trained Dynasty filly Alexis that gave credence to the racing saying of “horses for courses”. The filly under stable jockey Corne Orffer loves the Greyville track having won the KRA Fillies Guineas at the venue last year. Her record at Greyville now stands at three wins from four starts.

It was a race targeted by Crawford for the filly and she will now go for the Grade 1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Strakes on July day.

In the slow-run race Alexis finished strongly to snatch victory from the Mike Bass-trained Silver Mountain with another fast-finished Sensible Lover taking third place ahead of Inara.

There was a close finish to the Listed Gatecrasher Stakes with Laird snatching his first feature win of the day with the Silvano colt Palladium that got up to beat favourite Daffiq by about a head. The race was marred by a false start but Keagan de Melo allowed Palladium to settle at the rear of the field before putting in his flying finish to snatch victory.

The Listed Devon Air Stakes saw Weichong Marwing at his best as he drove the Judpot filly Maleficent through with a powerful finish to swoop past favourite Querari Falcon to win going away by more than three lengths.

By Richard McMillan

Mac De Lago (Nkosi Hlophe)

Big move for Mac

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Mac De Lago and Dynamic were the big movers in the Vodacom Durban July betting yesterday as bookmakers assessed the results, and likely impact, of Saturday’s big Greyville races.

Word Sports Betting cut the promoted Rising Sun Gold Challenge winner from 18-1 to 11-1 while Betting World shortened Weiho Marwing’s charge from 16-1 to 10-1. Dynamic, as big as 50-1 before his second to Exit Here in the Cup Trial, is now a best-priced 22-1.

French Navy, who ran on in eye-catching style to take third in the Gold Challenge, was shortened from 11-1 to 9-1 by WSB and is 8-1 with Betting World. However the layers were unimpressed with fourth-placed New Predator and marked him out from 60-1 to as big as 90-1. Black Arthur remains favourite at 11-2 (5-1 with Betting World) and Marinaresco has shortened a point to 6-1.

By Michael Clower

Legal Eagle (Liesl King)

Tarry’s trump

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Just how Sean Tarry plays his ‘Legal Eagle’ trump card over the next couple of days will have a marked effect on the weights for the Vodacom Durban July. The weights are due out tomorrow.

Until now Tarry has not been drawn on Legal Eagle but given current bookmakers betting and their information network, indications are that the gelding will not run in the July.

But just when Tarry decides to withdraw Legal Eagle, if indeed that is his intention, will make a significant difference to the weights for the race.

Legal Eagle (Liesl King)

Legal Eagle (Liesl King)

If Tarry withdraws Legal Eagle before publication of the weights then Tarry-trained French Navy will be allotted top weight of 60kg with current favourite Black Arthur 53,5kg.

If Legal Eagle runs, he will carry 60kg, stable companion French Navy will carry 57,5kg and Black Arthur 53kg. Should Tarry withdraw Legal Eagle after the publication of the weights French Navy will be pushed up to 60kg but Black Arthur would also rise by a corresponding 2,5kg to 55,5kg, 2kg more than if Legal Eagle is withdrawn before publication of the weights.

Also in this final scenario, a number of lower rated three-year-olds would get into the race not under sufferance as they would if Black Arthur carried 53,5kg or 53kg.

Tarry also pitched the July selection panel another curved ball as Trophy Wife scored a timely victory in a Pinnacle Stakes at Turffontein yesterday. Slow out, as is her want, S’manga Khumalo was content to sit well off the pace in the early exchanges of the 1400m event but moved the filly through smoothly on the inside rail to score a bloodless victory.

Trophy Wife had much in her favour here and just what view the panel takes will be interesting.

Not so lucky was Deo Juvente in the Gr3 Jubilee Handicap. 15th on the July log, Geoff Woodruff’s runner was pulled up before the line and his chances of making July 2 now look slim.

However, Tarry’s decision to send Leige up from his Summerveld yard paid dividends as he outlasted Rainy Day Blues giving some credence to the form of the Gr1 Daily News 2000. The first two home were not among initial July nominations but the final supplementary stage is today at a cost of R25k.

By Andrew Harrison

Fly By Night (Liesl King)

Final Field: POST Merchants

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The five-year-old Jet Master mare Fly By Night, winner of the Grade 1 Mercury Sprint two years ago, will take on the boys in the R400 000, Grade 2 Post Merchants at the Greyville Night Racemeeting on Friday, June 17.

The Mike Bass-trained sprinter had shown little to get excited about earlier this year but bounced back to something like her best when running second to Real Princess in the Grade 1 City Of Pietermaritzburg Fillies Sprint at Scottsville last weekend. She is one of the 14 runners that will face the starter in the 1 200m clash at Greyville and will undoubtedly be one of the more fancied runners in the race.

Also among the acceptors for the race that has a history going back decades, is the Western Winter entire Red Ray from the Joey Ramsden stable that made an encouraging return to racing in this country after an overseas stint when taking fourth place behind Talktothestars in the Grade 1 Tsogo Sun Sprint at Scottsville. One could expect an improved run in the Post Merchants where he will also meet the Dean Kannemeyer-trained Captain Al gelding Captain Alfredo that was strongly fancied to win the top Scottsville race but ran disappointingly.

Captain Alfredo had previously won the In Full Flight Handicap at the venue and that last run was definitely not a true indication of his ability.

Dennis Drier might have been disappointed with his runners in the Tsogo Sun Sprint but will be feeling that the stable could do better in the Post Merchants where it fields the three-year-old Trippi gelding Ferrie. The gelding is making a considerable step up in class but he has won his three races to date in impressive fashion and with 52kg on his back from draw one he could be a lively contender for top honours.

SC DR HORSE            WGT  M/R    JOCKEY          TRAINER

1  10 TRIP TO HEAVEN     60.0 113 T A  ……………   Sean Tarry

2   3 CAPTAIN ALFREDO    58.0 109   A  A Delpech         Dean Kannemeyer

3   9 RED RAY            58.0 108 T A  A Marcus          Joey Ramsden

4  15 AURUM POT          56.0 104   A *C Murray          Alec Laird

5  13 MOOFEED (AUS)      56.0 104   A  ……………   Mike de Kock

6   8 BUCKLAND           56.0 103 T A  S Khumalo         Sean Tarry

7  14 BELONG TO ME       56.0 102 TBA  W Marwing         Johan Janse van Vuuren

8   2 LONDON CALL        56.0 101   A  K de Melo         Mark Dixon

9   7 VIKING HERO        56.0 101 T A *L Hewitson        Grant Maroun

10  5 FLY BY NIGHT       55.5 105 T A  M Byleveld        Mike Bass

11 11 KANGAROO JACK      54.0 100   A  C Zackey          Gary Alexander

12 12 AMAZING STRIKE     54.0  98  BA  F Herholdt        Alec Laird

13  4 ASSTAR             54.0  98   A  ……………   Garth Puller

14  1 FERRIE             52.0  95 T A  ……………   Dennis Drier

Reserve Runners

15  6 OLD EM             51.5  98 T A  Reserve 1         Sean Tarry

 

Same Jurisdiction (Nkosi Hlophe)

Road to the KZN Yearling Sale Million

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Entries for the R1-million KZN Yearling Sale Million, which will be run over 1300m on Vodacom Durban July raceday, falls due at 11:00 on Friday, 17 June, and are restricted to all qualifying graduates from the KZN 2015 Yearling Sales, as determined by Bloodstock South Africa.

Heading the list of prospective runners is the exciting Robbie Hill-trained Pathfork colt, Red Chesnut Road. Unbeaten in two starts to date, Red Chesnut Road suffered a slight setback which kept him out of the recent Grade 1 Tsogo Sun Gold Medallion but hopefully he will be ready for action on 2 July.

As of today’s date the top twenty six two year olds eligible for the KZN Yearling Sale Million, based on provisional handicappers’ ratings,  are:- Red Chesnut Road, Announcing Rain, He’s A Var, Last Chirp, Tamara, Poster Girl, Dawn Assault, Pool Party, Zevenastic, Hamunaptra, Answeringenesis, Chap Trap, Lunar Rush, Fashion Blast, Lil Gambler, Ocean Drive South, Phantom Rock, South Side, Structure Reply, Hurricane Shelley, Audrie Do, Golden Ball, Just Vogue, Mia Culpa, Je Suis Silver and Scent of the Tiger.

Bloodstock SA will be hosting the 2016 KZN Yearling Sale at Sibaya Casino on the Thursday and Friday preceding the Vodacom Durban July and catalogues are now available at several offices around the country.