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Vodacom Durban July log

15 JUNE 2010

The latest Vodacom Durban July log has taken on a new look this past month and the battle for a place in Africa’s Greatest Horseracing Event is well and truly under way.

After his victory in the Rising Sun Gold Challenge, last year’s July winner Big City Life has leapfrogged the three-year-olds Irish Flame and Bold Silvano into second place behind Pocket Power who still holds top spot.

Although Mike de Kock has indicated that Mother Russia is not certain to run in the July, the panel who decide log positions were happy to overlook her disappointing showing in the Gold Challenge and she stays at 6 on the log.

One of the big gains was Woolavington 2000 winner Imperious Star. In spite of her relatively low rating Glen Kotzen’s crack filly jumped from outside of the top thirty into 14th position after her Grade 1 victory.

The scratching of Noordhoek Flyer, Gibraltar Blue, Oracy and Buy And Sell, all originally among the top 20, opened the way for a number of runners and those to benefit were recent Lonsdale Stirrup Cup winner Ancestral Fore, Daily News 2000 third Lizarre, and last Saturday’s Cup Trial winner Flying Tristram, 16, 18 and 20th respectively while Cape Winter Derby winner Tales Of Bravery has moved up to 21st on the log.

Dropping out of the top twenty was Goat, 20 to 22, while Forest Path has gone from 16 to out of the top 30.

The panel have taken note of Russian Sage’s promising showing in his first race back from an overseas campaign and slotted him in at 30. He is due to run on Gold Cup day on Saturday, June 26, after which his performance will be assessed.

Neil Bruss, recently returned to South Africa and training at Clairwood, supplemented Zimbabwe champion Winter’s Night, winner of the Grand Challenge and Spar Tankard. Currently 29th on the log, his local performances will also be closely monitored.

The next log will be issued after the final supplementary stage on Tuesday, July 6.

The top 30 area as follows:

Log 15/6 Log 25/5 Log 4/5 Log 19/4 Age Sex Horse MR Trainer
1 1 1 1 7 G POCKET POWER 119 Mike Bass
2 5 5 3 4 C BIG CITY LIFE 118 Glen Kotzen
3 2 2 20 3 C IRISH FLAME 113 Mike de Kock
4 12 3 C BOLD SILVANO 112 Mike de Kock
5 4 4 2 5 H RUDRA 116 Mike de Kock
6 6 6 4 4 F MOTHER RUSSIA 109 Mike de Kock
7 7 7 5 6 M RIVER JETEZ 107 Mike Bass
8 8 8 6 3 G BRAVURA 110 Joey Ramsden
9 9 9 4 G REGAL RANSOM 112 Sean Tarry
10 11 13 12 4 G ASLAN 106 Sean Tarry
11 10 11 9 4 G FABIANI 111 Glen Kotzen
12 14 12 11 5 G RED RAKE 108 Michael De Beer
13 13 10 8 4 G FORT VOGUE 109 Mike Bass
14 3 F IMPERIOUS STAR 99 Glen Kotzen
15 16 23 18 4 F LOVE IS IN THE AIR 106 Mike Bass
16 3 G ANCESTRAL FORE 108 Mike de Kock
17 23 20 17 4 G CAPTAIN SCOTT 105 Alec Laird
18 3 C LIZARRE 108 Michael Miller
19 18 16 15 3 G BULSARA 106 Gavin van Zyl
20 3 G FLYING TRISTRAM (A 105 Charles Laird
21 3 G TALES OF BRAVERY 106 Vaughan Marshall
22 19 28 26 4 F GOAT 101 Paul Lafferty
23 26 3 G ORBISON 106 Herman Brown
24 22 19 14 4 C DAN DE LAGO (AUS) 111 Charles Laird
25 3 G AL'S DEPUTY 105 Kumaran Naidoo
26 25 22 3 G SERVICE ACE 104 Mike Azzie
27 27 8 G GRAFTON STREET 104 Mike Stewart
28 28 24 19 3 C GALILEO'S GALAXY (AUS) 106 Charles Laird
29 3 G WINTER'S NIGHT 100 Neil Bruss
30 30 26 21 5 H RUSSIAN SAGE 104 Justin Snaith

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