1st Pickawinner
(Zackey/Howells A 59kg draw 5) Strode out well
throughout in the hands. 58.36 seconds
2nd 2,00
Plymouth Rock (Dillon/Campbell MR75 aC 60kg draw 6) Strode out well and not asked any questions. 58.67 seconds
3rd 7,00
Seventh Gear (De Melo/Kannemeyer a 57kg draw 4) Has substance and plenty of scope and showed some zip and a
fair action. 59.5 seconds
4th 10,25
Dance Team (Lerena/Moore a 56kg draw 2)
Was green and outpaced around the turn but stayed on with a fair action in the
straight and can improve. 60.05 seconds
5th 10,75
Vivid Red (Schwarz/Wright A 56kg draw 1)
Quick action but is immature and was green. 60.13 seconds
6th 16,75 Liliesleaf (Habib/Van Wyk s t 58kg draw 3) Dwelt, bumped, then showed some zip but was green and the penny still has to drop. 61.14 seconds
1st Man Of
Action (Moodley/Anthony A 57kg draw 7) Quite imposing and
showed good pace and a nice big action. Scope for improvement. 58.95 seconds
2nd 0,30
Cherry Road (Dillon C van Zyl s 56kg draw 1)
Quick action. Green around turn and then stayed on and can improve. 59,00
seconds 0
3rd 2,60
Thomas Shelby (Kennedy/Van Vuuren S 57kg draw 6) Compact sort, showed pace and stayed on in the hands. 59.35
seconds
4th 4,70
The Vow (Hewitson/Bosch A 56kg draw 5) Nice, big horse.
Slowly away and green but stayed on well with a fair action and has plenty of
scope. 59.64 seconds
5th 4,95
Emerald Diamond (Brown/Anthony s 56kg draw 4)
Showed some pace and a fair action but was green and can improve once the penny
drops. 59.68 seconds
6th 5,95
King Ka Ching (Godden/Naidoo A 57kg draw 3)
Dwelt but once warmed up in the straight began staying on with a fair action.
59.82 seconds
7th 9,05
Majete (Ferraris/Snaith A 57kg draw 2) Nicely
put together, fair action and plenty of scope. Was not asked any questions and
will improve. 60.26 seconds
Second Trial
1st Escape
Club (Veale/Drier MR84 S 59kg draw 5) Fair pace and strode
out quite well. 58.84 seconds.
2nd 0.05
Ancient Spirit (AUS) (De Melo/Van Vuuren MR77 A 59kg draw 6) Strode out quite well and showed acceleration in the straight
when asked the question. 58.85 seconds.
3rd 6,15
Queen’s Plain (Kennedy/G Van Zyl (Jnr) MR51 s t 59kg draw 3) Strode out well and stayed on resolutely, although outpaced
late. One to watch over 1400-1600m off a nice current handicap mark and representing
a new yard. 59.68 seconds.
4th 11,15
Siberian Sunset (Brown/Dittmer S 58kg draw 1)
Showed some pace and stayed on with a fair action. 60.37 seconds.
5th 13,05
Sabrena (Jacobson/Denysschen 59kg draw 2)
Was a bit keen but showed some zip and can improve. 60.66 seconds.
6th 22,05
Silver Suo Jure (J L Samuel/L Denysschen 59kg draw 4) Dwelt and was outpaced but can improve. 62.15 seconds.
7th 28,15 Chantilly Girl (Jacobs -4 kg/Dittmer s 58kg draw 7) Green and outpaced. 62.99 seconds.
1st
Captain Demonami (Lerena/Forbes S 57kg draw 8) Nicely put together and showed
a nice, big galloping action. Did it quite easily throughout. 59.87 seconds.
2nd
1,60 Looney Bin (Jacobs -4 kg/Lafferty A 57kg draw 2) Stayed on well from a handy
position, fair action. 60.07 seconds.
3rd
1,70 Love Theme (K Sakayi -1.5 kg/Howells S 59kg draw 7) Has substance and showed some
pace with a galloping action. Stayed on. 60.09 seconds.
4th
1,95 Deer Park (Jacobson/Govender S 57kg draw 6) Nice, big, rangy action and did
it easily. 60.14 seconds.
5th
5,45 Binary Star (Godden/Wright A 57kg draw 3) Showed some pace but was green
and jumped a shadow. Fair action and has scope for improvement. 60.65 seconds.
6th
8,45 Tussie-Mussie (Zackey/Howells A 56kg draw 4) Quite a nice stride but was
green. Can improve. 61.12 seconds.
7th
11,20 Let’s Blaze (Ngwane/Forbes S 57kg draw 5) Dwelt, lost many lengths,
showed a fair action in the straight when staying on. 61.53 seconds.
8th 11,45 Kaydens Princess (Veale/Hill S 56kg draw 1) Immature, showed some pace to lead, but could not match them in the straight and was then eased down. 61.58 seconds.
9th 16,05 Noble Deed (Moodley/Miller A t 57kg draw 9) Big horse with scope but from a wide draw was soon outpaced and appears to need further. 62.27 seconds.
1st Sunset Eyes
(Jacobson/Crawford MR103 at 60kg draw 7)
Led from the off striding out well. In the hands throughout but given some rein
in the closing stages and accelerated smartly. 57.79 seconds
2nd 14,25
Up River (ARG) (Wright/Hill S 57kg draw 5)
Tall with some substance and a fair action. 60.13 seconds
3rd 14,50
Itsprinceofpeace (Samuel/Singh A 57kg draw 9)
Slow away and ran on from last with a fair action. 60.18 seconds
4th 16,20
Stunning Guest (Brown/Campbell MR43 A 59kg draw 10) Midfield stayed on. 60.42 seconds
5th 16,70
Lamberti (Moodley/Van Wyk A 57kg draw 1)
Handy. Quite a nice, big action, not asked a lot and can improve. 60.51 seconds
6th 17,45
Nitzram (Godden/Naidoo A 57kg draw 2) Handy, stayed on at
one pace. 60.63 seconds
7th 17,95
Arianos Spinner (Hewitson/Hill S 56kg draw 3)
Immature, quite a nice action and can improve. 60.71 seconds
8th 18,35
Judd (Sakayi -1.5 kg/Denysschen a 59kg draw 6) Rangy type, made up some ground in the straight under a hard
ride and will need a lot further. 60.72 seconds
9th 18,40 King Ka Ching (Jacobs -4 kg/Naidoo A 57kg draw 4) Has some substance but was green and outpaced. 60.73 seconds
10th 18,55 Pixie Belle (De Melo/Dixon S 56kg draw 8) Small but compact, stumbled before showing some good pace but faded steadily in the straight. 60.76 seconds
The final leg of the work rider series is
always accompanied by much excitement so there is sure to be some intriguing
battles in the eight race meeting at Turffontein tomorrow.
Former champion work rider Chamu Mabaya looks
to have a fair book of rides and Joe Gwingwizha and Charles Ndlovu should also
have good days.
In the first race over 1000m Kindavar, ridden
by Mabaya, has a lot of zip and could get a tow from the speedy Desert Kitten
before pouncing and attempting to win at the 22nd attempt. However,
she could be upstaged by Miss Samurai, who showed pace in her penultimate start
over this trip and finished a 5,75 length second to subsequent Grade 3
Strelitzia Stakes winner Singforafa. Miss Samurai will be ridden by
inexperienced workrider Kelly Fisher. Two-year-old Winter Haze has shown
ability in two starts and displayed good pace last time. She was overtaken by a
promising sort and pipped by another fair horse but being by What A Winter
should be improving. She is now up against older horses which will make it
tough despite the field being uninspiring.
Sam Mosia
Former champion Sam Mosia could win the next
over 1000m on Bold Matador who looked the winner last time over this trip
before being caught by a flying Hartleyfour. Charles Ndlovu has a good ride
here on Country Squire, who hit the front in the aforementioned race before
fading and he was reported to have made a respiratory noise. He can do better
and should be improving being by Duke Of Marmalade. Gwingwizha rides Pidgeon
Rock, who showed promises second time out but hasn’t run since last July.
In the third over 1160m Ndlovu rides The
Russian Sailor who went close over 1200m last time despite losing two lengths.
Written In Stone caught the eye in the preliminaries and in the race on Tuesday
when second from a wide draw over 1200m at the Vaal Classic track and he is
sure to be involved. Maldives should be running on well.
In the fourth over 1600m Mabaya can earn his
riding fee by taking Kayla’s Eagle to the front and settling her. If he does
accomplish those two tasks she can beat this uninspiring field. Caftan under
Ndlovu beat Kaylá’s Eagle last time down the straight over this trip, but the
latter raced too strongly behind horses. First-timer Ligogo by Golden Sword out
of Listed Banayana winner Sapphire Ring makes some appeal under reigning
champion work rider Goodman Dadamasi.
In the fifth over 1600m Ndlovu could win on
Category Four, who proved suited to this trip when finishing third over 1700m
on Wednesday. Flapjack under Mabaya and Royal Pursuit under Mosia are the
dangers.
In the sixth over 2000m Gwingwizha could win
on Slay The Dragon who has a tricky draw but has fair form, is unexposed and
stays the trip. Byron Bay under Dadamasi ran well in his previous start over
this trip and should be right there and Three Dog Night showed improvement with
gelding last time so can also be a threat under Mosia.
Mabaya can win the seventh over 2000m on the
hard-knocking Irish Flame filly Shezahotti, who can run on after being dropped
out from a tricky draw. Merengue and Laconia are both improving and are the
dangers.
The last over 1160m could go to
Themba Muchansa on the promising Varquera who has not had much luck to date but
has caught the eye. Brittania Queen and Destiny’s Game look the dangers.
Class could be the deciding factor when Hoodoo Magic takes
on some salted opposition in the Dormehl Phalane Property Group Handicap that
heads the card at Scottsville on Sunday.
Brett Crawford’s Australian import has been up against the
cream so far this season and given that this season’s crop of sophomore males
is widely regarded as being above average, that form is likely to hold up.
Last Friday’s G2 KRA Guineas winner Twist Of Fate and Gr1
Cape Derby winner Atyaab are both close-up in Hoodoo Magic’s formline and he is
sure to improve on his Byerley Turk effort behind Tristful in his KZN debut.
It was his first outing in over three months and Crawford’s
runners are starting to click into top gear.
Sea Urchin (Nkosi Hlophe)
But he does face a hard-knocker in Sea Urchin. The
seven-year-old’s form is not the stuff of feature races but Garth Puller has
nursed him through his career and the gelding has come into his own of late
with five of his nine wins coming this term, more significantly those wins came
in his last seven starts.
Sea Urchin goes particularly well for apprentice Jason Gates
who is full value for his 2.5kg claim and from an inside gate, Corne Orffer
will need to be wary of a few prickles.
Fellow three-year-old Mastergambit is drawn on the paint
inside of Sea Urchin, and although his form does not match that of Hoodoo
Magic, he comes from a yard that is firing winning salvos and Mastagambit can
make amends for his recent defeat when sent out favourite on the Greyville
poly.
Silva’s Bullet did his supporters no favours when down the
field in The Sledgehammer (Listed) on the Greyville poly, a race moved from
Scottsville because of a sodden track, but Dean Kannemeyer’s runner did not
travel well to the start and looked equally uncomfortable on the way home on
the synthetic surface.
He is Kannemeyer’s sole entry for this year’s Vodacom Durban
July and if he doesn’t feature in this conditions race where he has the weights
in his favour, then any thoughts of participation in the VDJ would probably be
out of the window.
An interesting runner is Dyno Man, Garth Puller looking to
win the race that he is sponsoring. The grey has his third run after a break
and pressed the progressive Mr Fitz to half-a-length last time out. The winner
is well regarded although Shane Humby has shunned the Classics stating that his
charge needs time to mature.
Be that as it may, it was a sterling effort from Dyno Man
and he should strip at his peak come Sunday.
Dennis Drier has an enviable client base and the results
show as he is well on his way to a consecutive KZN Champion Trainer title. He
has another strong hand come Sunday although Ideal Duel may be a little down
the list of his possible winners on the day.
The mare has steadily come to hand at recent outings and
although all that form has been on the poly, the switch to turf should not
trouble her in the Khayelihle Funeral Services Handicap.
It’s a difficult race to call with any certainty but Ideal
Duel was running at them hard behind favourite Moon In June last time out but
it would be foolish to ignore the chances of top weights Kilmokea and Philae.
Kilmokea was all at sea in the Scottsville mud in The
Scarlet Lady (Listed) but her previous form was solid albeit against more
measured opposition. Her recent form shows smart efforts behind Heart Of A
Legend and stable companion and subsequent Gr1 Empress Club winner Camphoratus
in the Gr3 Flamboyant Stakes so she has earned her weight.
Philae’s form line is not quite as impressive given the opposition but Andre Nel’s mare has been close-up in her last five and the extended trip from a good draw should see her contest the finish.
By Andrew Harrison
Racecard for Sunday’s Scottsville meeting on May 12 embedded below.
Sean Tarry as
usual has plenty to look forward to for the remainder of the SA Champions
Season.
Tarry said
Legal Eagle’s fourth place finish under Lyle Hewitson in the Grade 1 Premier’s
Champions Challenge, in which he was charging late, was “a cracker” and added
it was unfortunate he had to come from so far back in a slow run race. However,
on the bright side he has been dropped two points by the handicappers to 116.
He will carry 55.5kg in the Vodacom July as things stand and Tarry said this
“puts him right in the race.” Tarry was considering avoiding the Grade 1 Rising
Sun Gold Challenge and swinging towards a Pinnacle event on June the 9th
as his July preparation run.
He pointed
out Tilbury Fort’s best form was all under Hewitson, so the July rides would
still be under discussion.
Legal Eagle & Sean Tarry (Liesl King)
Tilbury Fort
did a bit too much early when overcoming a wide draw on Saturday and was
eventually not persevered with by Piere Strydom. He should not be written off.
Tarry also
thought Zillzaal had run “an unbelievable race” considering how much work he
had to do when caught one wide behind the flank of the pacemaker. The Grade 1
Daily News 2000 is an option for this July entry.
Tarry said it
was unfortunate Cirillo missed the break slightly in the Grade 2 IOS Drill Hall
Stakes where he still finished just 0,35 lengths and a neck respectively behind
two of the best horses in the country, Undercover Agent and Rainbow Bridge. The
Pomodoro colt’s close second to Soqrat in the Grade 1 HF Oppenheimer Horse
Chestnut Stakes over the tough Turffontein mile proves that he is just as
effective over a mile and the Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge will be his
next target.
Return Flight
will go for the Grade 1 Woolavington 2000 and, interestingly, Anton Marcus has
been confirmed for the ride. Marcus is retained by Ridgemont Stud but Brett
Crawford said Ridgemont filly Front And Centre’s route into her likely target
of the Grade 1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Stakes had not yet been
decided. A look at Return Flight’s program would suggest she has had a tough
season, especially as she is a front-runner, but Tarry believed in her last four
starts, which included wins in the Grade 1 SA Classic over 1800m, the Grade SA
Oaks and the Grade 2 Gerald Rosenberg on Saturday, she had only been made to
work hard in the SA Classic. Tarry said he was not scared of the Cape fillies
and pointed out Return Flight was already a two-time Grade 1 winner whereas
Santa Clara had the run of the race in the Grade 2 KRA Fillies Guineas on
Friday night behind three horses in front who all did too much work.
Included
among that trio was Celtic Sea and Tarry said, “Her race was a mess.” She will
likely be back for the Tibouchina and Garden Province.
Tarry said a
line could also be drawn through Matador Man’s run in the Drill Hall as he had
returned with an eye closed.
On Saturday
the two-year-old filly Cavivar confirmed her promise by running the unbeaten
Basadi Faith to 0,3 lengths. There was a yawning 3,70 length gap back to the
classy True To Life. Furthermore, Tarry said Cavivar running inward might well
have been crucial to the result. The Var filly now goes for the Grade 1 Allan
Robertson.
Chimichuri
Run ran a fine third in the Grade 1`Computaform Sprint on Saturday and Tarry
felt that if he had not hung in so badly he would have challenged for the win.
Legal Eagle (Liesl King)
Trip To
Heaven missed the break badly after being loaded early. Tarry felt he had run a
great race and he will be heading for the Grade 1 Tsogo Sun Sprint along with
Africa Rising, who has a preparation race today (Thursday).
Tarry said
the Grade 1 Mercury Sprint would likely be the right race for the highly merit
rated Chimichuri Run although he would still nominate him for the Tsogo
Sprint.
Bull Valley
has been retired after his disappointing Computaform Sprint run and Gold Bowl
last-placed Forest Express is a consideration for stud as she pulled up lame.
Green Plains
ran a fine third with topweight in the Grade 2 Camellia Stakes over 1160m on
Saturday after hitting “the front a little too soon”. She will go for
the Grade 1 SA Fillies Sprint.
He might also
run Exquisite Touch in that race before retiring her to stud, pointing out her
Camellia run was best ignored as she could not get a run.
He was
disappointed with the enigmatic Desert Rhythm’s run in the Camellia but is
considering a crack at the Tibouchina with this former Golden Slipper
winner.
Tarry started Saturday with a good win with Tree Tumbo, a
progressive two-year-old colt by Silvano, and he said depending on how his next
race or two goes the Grade 1 Premier’s Champions Stakes could be a
consideration.
In the SA
Nursery his pair Rock The Globe and Putontheredlight were unplaced but appeared
to find the trip too sharp.
Tarry felt
Liege had run a fair race in fifth in the Gold Bowl and the Gold Cup would now
be a consideration.
Chariots Of
Gold had a confidence boosting win on Tuesday and she might be a consideration
for the Lonsdale Stirrup Cup, although his chief candidates for that race at
this stage were Liege and Wonderous Climber.
Tarry’s three-year-old full-brother to Al Sahem, Al Mutawakel, made a fine winning debut over 1200 on Tuesday. He is obviously looking for further but the like of the Daily News 2000 would come too soon for him.
Cedar Man has been installed 22-10 favourite with the
sponsors for the World Sports Betting East Cape Derby at Fairview on Saturday
and Greg Ennion has booked former champion Gavin Lerena for the mount.
The gelding, second over 2 000m at Durbanville last
time, showed that stamina is his game by going close is the Kenilworth Cup in
February and finishing fourth to Magnificent Seven in the New Turf Carriers
Stayers on Met day.
The favourite has won seven of the last eight runnings of the Port Elizabeth showpiece. Cedar Man and 7-2 second favourite St Valdimir dominate the 14-strong field on merit ratings, being assessed 4.5kg better than the next best.
WSB also bets 15-2 In a Perfect World, 17-2 Drop Kick, Sailing Lizard, Swift Surprise, 12-1 Mercurana, 14-1 Wildcat, Just Chaos, 22-1 and upwards others. Cape Town trainers have traditionally dominated this 2 400m Listed race and have won all the last nine runnings. They field only five of the 14 runners this time but their quintet are five of the eight highest rated.
By Michael Clower
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