Legal Eagle, who was sent out favourite for this year’s Vodacom Durban July, has been nominated to make his comeback in the Grade 2 Victory Moon Stakes over 1800m at Turffontein on Saturday 14 November.
The Sean Tarry-trained four-year-old is one of 39 runners entered in the R400,000 race on a day that also sees the staging of the International Jockeys’ Challenge. The race is the main warm-up event for the Grade 1 SANSUI Summer Cup which will be run on Saturday 28 November.
Tarry has indicated Legal Eagle (pictured – JC Photos) would either be aimed at the Summer Cup or the J&B Met at Kenilworth early next year. This year’s SA Derby winner is well drawn at No 10 for the Victory Moon and will come in even further when the final field is announced.
Tarry has also entered Whiteline Fever, Halve The Deficit, The Hangman, Orchestrated and Stonehenge.
Muwaary, an impressive winner of Saturday’s Grade 3 Graham Beck Stakes over 1400m, is also among the nominations, however, Mike de Kock’s charge was landed No 36 draw so it will be interesting to see if De Kock takes a chance and runs the three-year-old.
Import Flying The Flag finished 12th in the Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile on Saturday so with the jury still out, De Kock may decide to give him another run, something he was not keen to do.
The former champion trainer was hoping for a forward showing and could then go directly into the Summer Cup.
Alghadeer was an impressive winner of the Michaelmas Handicap at Greyville but might need to do more to book a Summer Cup berth so De Kock might decide to have a crack at this event, despite No 30 draw.
Last year’s winner, Judicial, is also among the entries. After leading the pack home last year in heavy going, the Tyrone Zackey-trained runner finished third behind Louis The King in the Summer Cup.
Declarations for the Victory Moon Stakes close on Thursday at 11am.
Also run on the day is the Listed Gardenia Stakes for fillies and mares over 1000m and that could see a clash between Carry On Alice and Winter Star if they both accept.
Entries, weights and draws for the R400,000 Victory Moon Stakes (Grade 2) over 1800m at Turffontein on Saturday 14 November.
10 LEGAL EAGLE (S G Tarry) 62.0; 17 HOT TICKET (D Kannemeyer) 58.0; 27 JUDICIAL (T Zackey) 58.0; 16 FLYING THE FLAG (M F De Kock) 57.0; 3 HALVE THE DEFICIT (S G Tarry) 57.0; 37 KILLUA CASTLE (G V Woodruff) 57.0; 15 MASTER SABINA (G V Woodruff) 57.0; 4 RAMPANT ICE (W H Marwing) 57.0; 24 YER-MAAN (S J Gray) 57.0; 7 DISCO AL (J Ramsden) 55.0; 26 KINGSTON MINES (M F De Kock) 55.0; 18 DOUBLE CLUTCH (P V Lafferty) 54.0; 14 EASY LOVER (S T Pettigrew) 54.0; 1 HEAVY METAL (S G Tarry) 54.0; 12 JOSHUAS CROWN (A D Gordon) 54.0; 13 MAC DE LAGO (W H Marwing) 54.0; 19 THE HANGMAN (S G Tarry) 54.0; 22 WHITELINE FEVER (S G Tarry) 54.0; 35 AHLAAM (M F De Kock) 51.5; 30 ALGHADEER (M F De Kock) 51.0; 5 AS YOU LIKE (A G Laird) 51.0; 23 COOL CHARDONNAY (W H Marwing) 51.0; 38 CRIME VICTIM (D C Howells) 51.0; 25 DEO JUVENTE (G V Woodruff) 51.0; 20 EARL OF DERBY (A G Laird) 51.0; 9 FULCRUM (W H Marwing) 51.0; 39 GREEK LEGEND (M G Azzie) 51.0; 21 JOHNNY ROCKETS (S J Snaith) 51.0; 28 MASTER JAMES (D Kannemeyer) 51.0; 36 MUWAARY (M F De Kock) 51.0; 34 ORCHESTRATED (S G Tarry) 51.0; 2 PIVOTAL PURSUIT (G Alexander) 51.0; 29 PLATINUM JET (G H Van Zyl) 51.0; 6 PRINCE OF ORANGE (M G Azzie) 51.0; 31 RUSHMORE RIVER (J A Soma) 51.0; 11 SARATOGA DANCER (D C Howells) 51.0; 33 ST TROPEZ (J Ramsden) 51.0; 32 STAVINSKY (L J Erasmus) 51.0; 8 STONEHENGE (S G Tarry) 51.0
Entries for the R150,000 Listed Gardenia Stakes (F&M) over 1000m
9 CARRY ON ALICE (S G Tarry) 61.5; 6 SARVE (C Spies) 61.5; 10 WINTER STAR (J A Janse van Vuuren) 61.5; 2 CROWN OF ROSES (D Zaki) 60.0; 13 LITTLE GENIE (D Zaki) 60.0; 12 DRIFTING DUSK (M N Houdalakis) 58.5; 8 KWINTA (S M Ferreira) 58.5; 16 MISS DECEMBER (R R Magner) 58.5; 14 SEVENTH SYMPHONY (L W Goosen) 57.0; 23 TWILIGHT TIGER (R R Magner) 57.0; 20 WOLVERINA (C Spies) 57.0; 11 SEATTLE LADY (J A Janse van Vuuren) 55.5; 17 SPEEDY SUZY (C Spies) 55.5; 15 A MILLION DREAMS (L W Goosen) 54.0; 21 BOARDING CALL (C Spies) 54.0; 24 CLOSE RELATIVE (G V Woodruff) 54.0; 1 CUTE LADY (L W Goosen) 54.0; 22 EASY STREET (L W Goosen) 54.0; 7 PERFUMED LADY (M F De Kock) 54.0; 18 USISI (R R Magner) 54.0; 3 VA BENE (J A Janse van Vuuren) 54.0; 19 LADY AL (C Binda) 52.5; 4 BRIGTNUMBERFOUR (R R Magner) 50.0; 5 ROXY LADY (L W Goosen) 50.0; 5 HA LUCY (M N Houdalakis) 50.0
