Barrier Trial Greyville Poly – 1000m – 09 June 2018 Trial 1
1st Silver Song (De Gouveia/Rivalland 2 b g Draw 4 57kg) – big strong individual. Very fresh in the paddock but finished off his trial nicely. 59.87 secs
2nd In Full Bloom (Lembether/Tarry 2 b f Draw 8 56kg) – on the leg and needs to furnish but showed good pace throughout. Geared down towards the line but looks progressive. 59.96secs.
3rd Elegant Eva (De Melo/Kannemeyer 2 b f Draw 9 56kg) – nice well balanced filly. Allowed to run along in the hands and not asked for any effort. Sure to come on from this effort. 60.28secs
4th Call Me Tonight (Samuel/Naidoo 2 ch f Draw 7 56kg) – leggy filly who may take time to furnish. Was handy for most of the journey and stayed on. 60.33 secs.
5th Kilvington (Sakayi/Eudey b f Draw 1 52kg) – not much to this filly but does look racey. She was not asked for much but was running on nicely at the death.60.61secs.
6th Thegreatestshowman (Godden/Naidoo 2 ch c Draw 10 57kg) – looks backward with plenty of growing to do. Rousted along in the straight but very green. 60.28secs.
7th Second Request (Gates/Tarry 2 b f Draw 3 52kg) – racey filly but raced very green and was not asked to do much except complete the course. 61.56secs.
8th Bishop Of Speed (Fourie/Kotzen 2 b c Draw 5 57kg) – solid specimen. Dumped the rider on the way to the start. Very green. 62.14secs.
9th Miss Xun (Ntuli/Rivalland 2 b f Draw 2 56kg) – still very much on the leg and needs to furnish. Showed early pace before fading out.
Trail 2 1000m on the poly
1st Neala (Godden/Humby 5 b m Draw 5 59kg) – showed pace throughout and pulled her rider through nicely. Most impressive trial and definitely one to follow. 58.35secs.
2nd Township Melody (Fayd’Herbe/Snaith 3 b f Draw 3 58kg) – showed good pace and stayed on nicely. Shows some useful Cape form and should come on nicely from this trial. 58.48secs.
3rd Bulleting Home (Lembethe/Tarry 6 b g Draw 2 60kg) – always handy and finished off his gallop nicely. Good showing after a lengthy break. 58.57secs.
4th Diamond In The Sky (Samuel/Naidoo 4 ch f Draw 9 59kg) up with the pace throughout and allowed to run through in the hands in a nice come-back gallop. – 58.89secs
5th Tommy Grand (Murray/N Kotzen 3 b g Draw 4 59kg) running on nicely but not asked any questions. – 59.39secs
6th Fashion Display (Zackey/Eudey 4 b f Draw 10 59kg) asked to quicken the last two furlongs but lacked a turn of foot. This may well have been too short. – 59.42secs
7th Real Vision (Ngwane/Puller 3 ch g Draw 12 59kg) raced wide and kept to his task up the straight. Gave the impression that 1000m is too short. – 59.76secs
8th Day’s Of Thunder (Ntuli/Humby 3 b c Draw 6 59kg) not asked to do much but was running on well in the finish and should come on from this effort. – 59.90secs
9th Magic Memory (De Melo/Dixon 4 b f Draw 11 59kg) given an easy gallop. Did nothing more than run along in the hands. – 60.66secs
10th New Fort (Gates/G Kotzen 6 b g Draw 8 56kg) 1000m way too short. Was chased along at the top of the straight but made little impression. – 60.09secs
11th Salacia (Sakayi/Eudey 4 b f Draw 7 55kg) always at the rear and made no impression in the straight. – 60.95secs
By Andrew Harrison
