Legislate, winner of the 2014 Vodacom Durban July, has been retired to stud.

Connections discussed his retirement after trainer Justin Snaith reported after last Friday’s Drill Hall Stakes that Legislate’s blood picture was not ideal. And it was agreed that Legislate be sent to Drakenstein to let down for his stud career.

Snaith was keen to have his superstar have another go at Grade 1 glory during South Africa’s Champions Season because he felt that he had got the horse back to his best.

Snaith said: “I was blessed to have ridden this superstar myself and cannot imagine that there are many thoroughbreds that glide the way he does. He floats and covers more ground than any horse I have ever seen in South Africa. He has the temperament of a champion which I am sure he will pass on to his offspring.”

Legislate was the 2014 Horse of The Year, won four Grade 1 races and earned over R5,5million in stakes.

– Freeman Stallions

PICK 6 C/O – FAIRVIEW Friday May 13
Net Carryover: R100,000. Race 3 @ 13h55.
Estimated Pool: R700 000

PICK 6 C/O – GREYVILLE (night) Friday May 13
Net Carryover: R100,000. Race 2 @ 17h50.
Estimated Pool: R1MILLION

PICK 6 C/O – TURFFONTEIN Saturday May 14
Net Carryover: R47,910. Race 3 @ 14h15.
Estimated Pool: R800 000

PICK 6 C/O – KENILWORTH Saturday May 14
Net Carryover: R200,000. Race 3 @ 14h25.
Estimated Pool: R1,1MILLION

SOCCER 13 XTRA (X33)  – Saturday May 14
Net Carryover: R359,156. Pool closes @ 19h30.
Estimated Pool: R750,000

PICK 6 C/O – FAIRVIEW Sunday May 15
Net Carryover: R300,000. Race 4 @ 14h00.
Estimated Pool: R1,5MILLION

QUARTET C/O – FAIRVIEW Sunday May 15
Net Carryover: R48,734. Race 9 @ 16h50
Estimated Pool: R350 000

Justin Snaith has scratched the Byerley Turk runner up Baritone from the Vodacom Durban July following his disappointing Canon Guineas run last Friday night, but is upbeat about his respective Canon Guineas and Daisy Guineas winners Black Arthur and Bela-Bela.

He said Baritone had pulled up a bit “jarred up” and had also “choked up” due to the pressure of the tight finish in a fast run race.

The current restrictions placed on travel back to Cape Town, due to a recent case of African Horse Sickness (AHS) in the AHS Surveillance Zone, means Baritone has no option but to stay put in KZN.

Snaith said the Trippi colt would be monitored before a new route was decided upon. He believed there would be a question mark over the Daily News 2000 trip, but would nominate him for the Gr 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge and check how strong the field was before accepting.

Otherwise a race like the Listed Darley Arabian over 1600m on the poly on Super Saturday could be an option.

Black Arthur has been accorded a 106 merit rating and Bela-Bela 107.

As things stand this would see them in the July with the minimum respective weights for three-year-olds of 53kg for a male and 52kg for a filly, although Black Arthur would officially be 2kg under sufferance and Bela-Bela 0,5kg under sufferance.

Snaith said a lot of thought would have to be put into planning their SA Champions season routes from here but added, “The main thing is they have both pulled up out of their races in fantastic shape.”

By David Thiselton

Picture: Baritone (Nkosi Hlophe)

Final Field for the Gr 2 Betting World 1900 to be run over 1900m at Greyville racecourse on Friday May 20: 

SC# DR HORSE               WGT  M/R     JOCKEY             TRAINER

1  16 GOLD ONYX (NZ)     60.0 107 T A  ……………   Sean Tarry

2  12 KING OF PAIN       60.0 106   A  ……………   Joey Ramsden

3  11 HALVE THE DEFICIT  58.0 103   A  M Yeni            Sean Tarry

4   5 MASTER’S EYE       58.0 103  BA  R Fourie          Justin Snaith

5  10 SOLID SPEED        58.0 103  BA  A Delpech         Dean Kannemeyer

6   1 IT IS WRITTEN      58.0 102   A  S Randolph        Dean Kannemeyer

7   7 DISCO AL           58.0 101   A  ……………   Joey Ramsden

8  17 DYNASTIC POWER     58.0 101   A  M Byleveld        Vaughan Marsh

9  14 THE CONGLOMERATE ( 58.0 101   A  ……………   Joey Ramsden

10   6 ST TROPEZ          56.0  99   A  ……………   Joey Ramsden

11  15 DYNAMIC            56.0  98   A  G van Niekerk     Justin Snaith

12   4 MASTER SWITCH      56.0  98 T A *C Murray          Geoff Woodruff

13   8 SERISSA            56.0  98   A  K de Melo         Sean Tarry

14  13 SILVER SPRING      54.0  92   A  K Zechner         Gavin van Zyl

15   3 GREEK LEGEND       54.0  91  BA  J P v’d Merwe     Mike Azzie

16   9 NIGHT SHADOW       54.0  86  CA  W Kennedy         Gavin van Zyl

Reserve Runners

17   2 DEPUTY JUD         56.0  95   A  Reserve 1         Mike Azzie

Loredo, Spain – Harry’s Son is trotting again after a small abscess on his right foot was caught early, treated and burst last week.

Assistant trainer Roy Waugh, who is enjoying his adventure with Harry’s Son, reported on trainer Paul Lafferty’s website that he will start tuning Harry’s Son up next week – a bit later than expected – in preparation for his comeback late next month. Harry’s Son was given a holiday after an “intensive” Dubai campaign.

Before the abscess, Harry’s Son was being given light work, “trotting and paddling in the cool waters of the Atlantic Ocean”.

“He has gained weight quickly and has already been put on a calorie restricted diet!” wrote Waugh. “He appears very content, displaying overly boisterous and ebullient behaviour whenever he greets me, a sure sign all is well. I have added fresh dandelion leaves and clover leaves to his diet which has gone down particularly well with our man Harry!”

According to Waugh, Harry’s Son will probably run over 1600m at the “revived” Madrid Racecourse in a Grade A race before heading off to race in France in July and August.

“We plan on taking Harry to the Madrid Racecourse at the end of May to show him the course. From what I have seen from the live racing telecasts, it looks a very good surface and quite a nice wide track with a fairly short run in of around 450m, exiting a left hand turn. And by June, we are most likely to be running on good-to-firm ground.

“There is a chance we may look at two international races at Woodbine and Keeneland in September and October but this will largely depend on the outcome of his European races,” he reported. “If he races well in (Europe), there are quite a few options in France and Germany with excellent purses that may prove more prudent alternatives, especially given the travel and quarantine protocol involved in traveling to the US. There is only so much you can ask a racehorse to take after all.”

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