Please note: South African Quartet Pools with fractional betting offered at Leicester and York (UK) – 13 June 2026.

David – Thiselton

Tenpenny has a crucial race on today in the Gr 3 Lucky Fish Winter Stakes over 2400m as he will probably need to win it to earn a berth in the Hollywoodbets Durban July.

If he does get in he will become the second runner trainer Paddy Kruyer has had in the big race in his career.

Tenpenny has been one of the most progressive horses of the season, rising from a 90 merit rating to 105 with four wins from 1600m to 2500m.

His win over the latter trip was in the Listed Masks Of Fire Kenilworth Cup.

He followed that with a 1,40 length third in the Gr 3 Variety Club Mile, beating the like of Viva’s Liberte and Legal Counsel, although he was receiving 6kg from the latter and only beat him by a longhead.

In his last run he was beaten by 12,24 lengths in the Gr 3 Legal Eagle Stakes over 1800m.

However, Kruyer said, “The ground was very bad, it was very, very heavy, and he also came back with a little bit of a dirty scope post race.”

He continued, “But we are very happy with where he is at the moment. There is a little bit of pressure as I am trying to get him into the July with a light weight. He has been with Michael Roberts at Summerveld for two weeks and I’ve been here too. He traveled very well and his workouts have been very good. Everything is in order and we are hoping for a nice run. He is a very nice horse, but this is a last chance saloon, he will need to win to get into the July.”

Paddy’s only previous July runner was At The Savoy (Dancing Champ), who finished 6th and 14th in 1994 and 1995 respectively and he was ironically ridden by Michael Roberts in the latter race.

Paddy said Tenpenny will love the faster ground he will get today compared to last time.

He is quoted at 5/1 in the nine horse field for today’s race and he is 75/1 with the sponsor for the Hollywoodbets Durban July.

Race 1

1 TENAREEF   4 LENOXX   3 DEONARIE   7 KID FROM THE SOUTH

Summary: Visiting TENAREEF (1) found good market support on debut. He was a well-beaten fourth but in excellent time and from the best of the draw from a top stable he should be right there. LENOXX (4) was narrowly beaten last time out but has improved with each outing and should now be at his peak. Just behind Lennox was DEONARIE (3) who made his debut at long odds. Drawn along side each other she should be little in it. KID FROM THE SOUTH (7) found some support on debut and was not far back on debut in soft ground. Any market support must be taken seriously. (Andrew Harrison: 1-4-3-7).

Race 2

4 SWEET GREEN   11 PACIFIC MOOD   10 QUERARISTINYFERRARI   1 SWEET CHERRY

Summary: SWEET GREEN (4) was a beaten favourite at her last run after a smart debut. She has been rested but does look progressive. PACIFIC MOOD (11) has the widest draw but showed up well when racing green on debut. The experience should bring her on lengths. QUERARISTINYFERRARI (10) has only been firing on five cylinders and has been a beaten favourite at her last two. Her last run was on the poly and the switch back to turf could bring out the best. First timer SWEET CHERRY (1) has the best of the draw and one to watch in the market. (Andrew Harrison: 4-11-10-1).

Race 3

6 ZAGREB   4 LIGHT THE FIRE   7 BARRY’S BOY   3 UBUNTU OF PEACE

Summary: Ricky Maingard’s runners are unbeaten since arriving in KZN and ZAGREB (6) can continue that trend. The grey come from steady Cape form and will be a big runner if taking to the poly track. LIGHT THE FIRE (4) was not far behind recent Gr2 winner Viking Leader in his penultima start and was second behind Maingard’s Pretti United last time out. BARRY’S BOY (7) was caught late when trying the poly for the first time and gets some relief from the saddle. UBUNTU OF PEACE (3) started at long odds on debut on the poly and should come on from that effort from a favourable draw. DONMAGOO (1) has been holding form and from a plum draw should be competitive again. (Andrew Harrison: 6-4-7-3).

Race 4

11 DEFINITELY YES   8 LITTLE BOY BLUE   5 BANGLADESH   1 GORGEOUS GUY

Summary: Wendy Whitehead holds a strong hand with three competitive runners in a wide open handicap. DEFINITELY YES (11) has a wide draw but has shown up well in both starts from similiter gates at his last two on the poly. With a useful 4kg claimer aboard he looks to be the stable elect. LITTLE BOY BLUE (8) enjoyed his poly debut and finished ahead of Definitely Yes last time out but is now 5kg worse off in the handicap for a two-length beating. BANGLADESH (5) won well first run back from a lengthy break. He does appear to have problems but fit and well he looks progressive. GORGEOUS GUY (1) has dropped in the ratings and has the best of the draw. He has been consistent on the turf and the switch to poly could bring out the best. (Andrew Harrison: 11-8-5-1).

Race 5

4 MOHAVE PRINCE   3 GIMMEFABULOUS   11 UZWANO   8 OFFICER IN COMMAND

Summary: MOHAVE PRINCE (4) has won three of his last four starts and second on the other. He got a five-pound penalty for his last win but Garth Puller as booked Rachel Venniker with her 1.5kg allowance and he can follow up. GIMMEFABULOUS (3) has been up against much stronger at recent outings. She takes on males again but looks capable in this field. UZWANO (11) is 1.5kg better off with Mohave Prince taking in Venniker’s allowance but he has drawn wide that could make the difference. OFFICER IN COMMAND (8) has been dropping slowly in the ratings but with a senior jockey aboard he should do better than his last two. (Andrew Harrison: 4-3-11-8).

Race 6

9 DAY TWO   13 NO PRESSURE   12 INTUITIVE SPIRIRT   11 GOLD GOLD BABY

Summary: Wide open handicap with only a few of the runners having tried the trip. DAY TWO (9) shed his maiden over the distance and is lightly raced. He showed up well first run out of the maidens on the poly and the switch back to turf could suit. NO PRESSURE (13) was touched off last run and has shown up well in two starts since his maiden win. He should stay this trip well. INTUITIVE SPIRIT (12) stays the trip and has a light weight. He could be the surprise package. GOLD GOLD BABY (11) was narrowly beaten first run out of the maidens. She does stay and has a light weight. ZENA ROSE (10) has improved on her last two but both were on the poly. She has won on the turf with Keagan De Melo aboard and can feature. (Andrew Harrison: 9-13-11-10).

Race 7

7 ENFLAME   6 TENPENNY   4 SHOOT THE RAPIDS   5 HOLDING THUMBS

Summary: Tough handicap. ENFLAME (7) has done very little wrong in recent starts over ground for Candice and Tammy Dawson. He should go close again. TENPENNY (6) disappointed last run in the soft but prior to that had smart Cape form. Contracted rider JP Van der Merwe rides ahead of NATIVE RULER (2) who has good form in strong company although yet to got this trip. SHOOT THE RAPIDS (4) stays well and runner-up at his last two. He needs a win as a Hollywoodbets July entry. HOLDING THUMBS (5) may just have needed his last run. This trip will suit and he is a big runner. (Andrew Harrison: 7-6-4-5).

Race 8

6 CATS PAJAMAS   7 CIRCUMBENDIBUS   14 KING OF THE GAULS   4 TALK TO THE MASTER

Summary: Many in with chances. CATS PAJAMAS (6) will be in line for some of the features in the next two months but he is a class act and the drop in trip  and a big weight may not be enough to hold him back. CIRCUMBENDIBUS (7) has come good in KZN and has been in cracking form. The trip suits and he gets 2.5kg relief from the saddle in apprentice Sifiso Bungane who knows the gelding well. KING OF THE GAULS (14) has a difficult draw but is quick and cannot be written off. TALK TO THE MASTER (4) is another down in trip but also in mustard form with a handy weight. (Andrew Harrison: 6-7-14-4).

Race 9

11 SERENGETTI SUN   3 MISS WORLD   8 WARRIOR ROYALE

Summary: SERENGETTI SUN (11) is lightly raced and takes on males. However, she ran a smart race behind champion Asiya Phambili last time out and with a two-pound drop in the handicap she should at least be competitive in another tough race. MISS WORLD (3) made a winning debut for her new stable over course and distance and only got a three-pound raise in the ratings. She is ultra consistent and can go in again. WARRIOR ROYALE (8) was rested after her last win. She is smart but may just need it. (Andrew Harrison: 9-11-3-8).

Andrew Harrison

The Gr3 Lucky Fish Winter Stakes over 2400m is a tough handicap for punters to work out the form. The race heads a nine-race programme at Hollywoodbets Greyville today where we have another turf/poly programme.

The Winter Stakes may well be a decider as far as a berth in the Gr1 Hollywoodbets July is concerned which makes for more than just added interest in the race.  Enflame has done very little wrong in recent starts over ground for Candice and Tammy Dawson and should go close again and along with Tenpenny, is on the outside looking in.

Patrick Kruyer, long-time assistant to the legendary Terrance Millard, saddles Tenpenny who disappointed last run in the soft. But prior to that he had smart Cape form over ground.

Contracted rider JP Van der Merwe rides Native Ruler who has good form in strong company although yet to go this trip. However, Keagan de Melo has been declared as the gelding’s rider for the Hollywoodbets Durban July which would account for the riding engagements with Van der Merwe’s name penciled in behind Justin Snaith’s runner Regulation.

Shoot The Rapids is another July hopeful looking to boost his form. Nathan Kotzen’s gelding stays well and was runner-up at his last two. Kotzen has booked Richard Fourie for the ride which is a big bonus. Holding Thumbs may just have needed his last run but this trip will suit Glen Kotzen’s runner better and he should put in another good shift.

Sean Tarry is a dab hand at keeping older horses on the boil and surprise package could be Future Pearl. The gelding has patchy form of late but he has dropped markedly in the ratings and on his day has the ability.

It is a highly competitive card with no stand-out bets so punters will need to do their homework.

In the card opener, Highveld visitor Tanareef found good market support on debut and although he was a well-beaten fourth it was in good time and from the best of the draw from a top stable he should be right there. Lenoxx was narrowly beaten last time out after being unlucky at his previous start but has improved with each outing and should now be at his peak. Just behind Lennox was Deonarie who made his debut at long odds. Drawn along-side each other there should be little in it. Kid From The South found some support on debut and was not far back in soft ground. Any market support must be taken seriously.

Sweet Green may be one of the better bets on the card. Justin Snaith’s filly was a beaten favourite at her last run after a smart debut. She has been rested but does look progressive. Pacific Mood has the widest draw but showed up well when racing green on debut. The experience should bring her on lengths. Queraristinyferari has only been firing on five cylinders and has been a beaten favourite at her last two. Her last run was on the poly and the switch back to turf could bring out the best.

In the opening leg of the PA, canny operator and former champion trainer Ricky Maingard’s runners are unbeaten since arriving in KZN and can continue that trend. The grey comes from steady Cape form and will be a big runner if taking to the poly track. Gary Rich is in a purple patch and Light The Fire was not far behind recent Gr2 winner Viking Leader in his penultima start and was second behind Maingard’s Pritti United last time out. Barry’s Boy was caught late when trying the poly for the first time and gets some relief from the saddle and will be a threat.

The opening leg of the Pick 6 is wide open but Wendy Whitehead holds a strong hand with three competitive runners. Best may be Definitely Yes who although having a wide draw he has shown up well in both starts from similiter gates at his last two on the poly. With a useful 4kg claimer aboard he looks to be the stable elect. Peter Muscutt saddles Little Boy Blue that enjoyed his poly debut and finished ahead of Definitely Yes but is now 5kg worse off in the handicap for a two-length beating. Nathan Kotzen’s runner Bangladesh won well first run back from a lengthy break. He does appear to have problems but fit and well, he looks progressive. Whitehead also saddles Gorgeous Guy who has dropped in the ratings and has the best of the draw. He has been consistent on the turf and the switch to poly could bring out the best.

In the fifth, Mohave Prince has won three of his last four starts and second on the other for Garth Puller. He got a five-pound penalty for his last win but Puller has booked Rachel Venniker with her 1.5kg allowance and he can follow up. Gimmefabulous has been up against much stronger at recent outings and takes on males again but looks capable in this field. Uzwano is 1.5kg better off with Mohave Prince taking in Venniker’s allowance but he has drawn wide that could make the difference. Officer In Command has been dropping slowly in the ratings but with a senior jockey aboard he should do better than his last two.

The sixth is a wide open handicap with only a few of the runners having tried the trip. Day Two shed his maiden over the distance and is lightly raced. He showed up well first run out of the maidens on the poly and the switch back to turf could suit. No Pressure was touched off last run and has shown up well in two starts since his maiden win. He should stay this trip well while likely outsider Intuitive Spirit stays the trip and has a light weight. He could be the surprise package.

There are many in with chances in the eighth but Cats Pajamas will be in line for some of the features in the next two months but he is a class act and the drop in trip and a big weight may not be enough to hold him back. Circumbendibus has come good since arriving in KZN and has been in cracking form of late. The trip suits and he gets 2.5kg relief from the saddle in apprentice Sifiso Bungane who knows the gelding well. King Of The Gauls has a difficult draw but is quick and cannot be written off.

In the last, Black Eagle comes with smart Cape form and Sean Veale knows him well. He was a beaten favourite on the poly last run and can go one better on the turf. Serengetti Sun is lightly raced and takes on males but will be a threat. She ran a smart race behind champion Asiye Phambili last time out and with a two-pound drop in the handicap she should at least be competitive in another tough race. Miss World made a winning debut for her new stable over course and distance and only got a three-pound raise in the ratings. She is ultra consistent and can go in again.

David Thiselton

The South African racing fraternity woke up to the sad news yesterday that the legendary Hall Of Fame trainer Ormond Ferraris had passed away after a short illness.

He passed away peacefully at his retirement home in Plettenberg Bay yesterday morning, 10 June, surrounded by people he loved dearly, his sons David and Paul, grandson Luke, granddaughter Caroline and stepdaughters, Kim and Leigh.

Ormond was inducted into the South African Hall of Fame on Champions Day at Turffontein on Saturday, 29 March 2025, two days  before his 93rd birthday.

He had saddled no fewer than ten Oaks winners, including Pretty Border, St Just and Lambarina.

He also prepared eight Derby winners, including the outstanding Distinctly, Newmarket Triple Crown winner Fine Regent, and The Monk, and he won the 2013 Triple Tiara with Cherry On The Top.

Another of Ferraris’ great legacies will be the role he played as a mentor. He played a pivotal role in shaping the careers of champion trainers David Ferraris, Mike de Kock, and Michael Clements, as well as leading trainers Weiho Marwing, Weichong Marwing and Sharon Kotzen.

Yet, what he held dearest was his founding of the Trainers Benevolent Fund, which he personally managed from 1970 to 2022 before handing it over to a private accountant.

Ferraris said about the fund just over a year ago, “The saddest thing I’ve seen in all my years in racing is the passing of many good horsemen without a penny to their names. We tried to help as many as we could, despite limited funding from racing authorities. Resources are now at a minimum, but we built a reserve that I hope will last a few more years.”

Ferraris briefly worked as a trainee antiques dealer in downtown Johannesburg before becoming workrider and then assistant trainer to George Weale in 1949 and 1950 respectively.

In 1954, he was granted his own trainer’s licence and saddled his first winner, Shenandoah, at Gosforth Park on 14 August of that year.

Ferraris went on to train approximately 2,600 more winners before retiring in May 2019, never handling a string of more than 60 runners.

Racing scribe Charl Pretorius ghost wrote Ormond’s autobiography “Thoroughly”.

The book reaffirmed Ferraris’ reputation as a dedicated trainer who put his horses first.

Ormond developed expertise in all facets of training and his most rewarding finds at the Sales ranged from a R200 purchase to the brilliant Australian-bred Tracy’s Element.

His dedication to his profession was in fact emphasised on the day he spotted Tracy’s Element.

It followed an exhausting flight to Australia, but rather than rest in the hotel and wait for the next day he went straight to the Sales grounds where he spotted the filly walking by soon after arriving there.

He was beside himself with excitement and upon returning to the hotel he informed owner Paddy Hinton that he had seen perfection. His expert eye and intuition proved to be a hundred percent correct. Tracy’s Element had 19 starts for 11 wins, four of them Gr 1s and three of those were against the boys, the Gold Medallion, the Computaform Sprint and the Star Sprint and she also won the SA Fillies Sprint.

The book confirmed Ormond to be a forthright man.

The first time a wealthy owner pushed him too far the twenty-seven year-old Ormond drove to the latter’s office, jumped over the receptionists desk and barged into his office.

“Get your horses out of my yard!”, or something to that effect, were the last words he said to a few owners, including that one.

However, this never stopped him progressing steadily and the reason for this was emphasised through another incident.

Ormond was warned by a colleague, after he had given one particular owner the “Get out!” command, he should perhaps have been more circumspect because this particular man had a reputation as one not to be messed with.

Ormond believed his end might be nigh when he came to a lonely bridge on the way to the track early in one of the ensuing mornings to find this man’s car blocking the path.

However, after approaching the car with trepidation, it turned out the owner was only there to beg Ormond to take his horses back.

Ormond was training at The Vaal at the time of that incident and had moved there after a stint at Newmarket.

His career in fact truly took off at the Vaal.

His reasons for the move, i.e. the training tracks had no clay underneath them and thus drained well, proved spot on.

Ormond had up and down relationships with jockeys, but developed flourishing partnerships with the good ones, with fierce loyalty being a determining factor.

The pressure was high on trainers in the old days when they did not get a percentage of the prize money and had to rely on betting. In fact this pressure was so great that in the mid 1960s Ormond packed up training and turned to sheep farming.

Luckily for SA racing, the latter stint did not last long!

There were then the boom years of the 1970s,1980s and first part of 1990, when massive crowds attended the races and the quality of the thoroughbreds competing was outstanding, as it had also been in the 1960s.

They horses were bred tougher in those days and this is emphasised when Ormond states matter-of-factly that his top class colt Distinctly made his debut over 800m on October 10 of his two-year-old season!

Of course Distinctly is at the centre of Ormond’s most disappointing day on a racecourse in the 1975 July, where he believes, but for interference from Gatecrasher, Distinctly would have won by four to five lengths.

Another aspect mentioned by Ormond is that throughout the dark days of apartheid peace and harmony existed between the various races of South Africa on the race course, even in the times when they were forced on to separate grandstands.

Former jockey and now Summerveld trainer Dennis Bosch summed up Ormond is one sentence yesterday morning.

He said, “In racing Mr Ferraris said it as it was, there was no beating around the bush, but out of racing he was the nicest, kindest man you could ever meet. He not only started the benevolent fund for trainers. but I believe he also built a beautiful church for the previously disadvantaged. He was a super guy and a great trainer.”

Ormond was still active into his 90s assisting trainer Weichong Marwing at Turffontein, where the pair once formed a lethal partnership with Ormond as trainer and Weichong as jockey.

Please note: the scheduled Turf meeting at Fairview on Friday, 12 June 2026 has been moved to the Polytrack due to inconsistent penetrometer readings ranging from 35 to 55.

2400m races will now be run over 2200m.

David Thiselton

Dean Kannemeyer spoke on Monday morning at Summerveld about the scratching of the reigning champion The Real Prince from the Hollywoodbets Durban July. He was one of a number of big scratchings from the big race on either Sunday or Monday, but the two horses who won the traditional July pointer races, the Gr 3 Betgames Cup Trial and the Gr 3 TAB Jubilee Stakes, Zeitz and Aladdin’s Lamp respectively, were both supplemented.

Kannemeyer said about The Real Prince’s 2,95 length fourth in the Gr 1 Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge on Saturday, “The jockey said it was a slow run race, but he was sitting behind Questioning and then they made a bit of a sprint up the straight. Well I’m making excuses, but he had to wait, wait, and then move out, move out, but then 300m out I thought he is now going to come and get them with his turn of foot. He did quicken up and he was running up to them, but I just thought that in that last 75m he may have just flattened out.”

When asked whether the run would put him spot on for the Hollywoodbets Durban July, he replied, “Well there’s a great possibility he won’t run in the July and may go straight into the Champions Cup. He won it last year because of the right weight and the right draw and everything and this year having won the July and the King’s Plate and coming third in the Met he has a big weight and I have a big doubt he will run in the July, but he’s doing well and is definitely going for the Champion’s Cup.”|

The Real Prince was duly scratched from the July later in the morning.

Not only is The Real Prince out, but so is his runner up from last year Eight on Eighteen, whilst the 2023 runner up and incumbent topweight See It Again was also a casualty and so was the Gr 1 SA Classic winner Grand Empire, last year’s Gr 1 Premier’s Champions Challenge winner Fire Attack and also former Gr 1 Betway Summer Cup winner Atticus Finch.

Other scratchings include Parisian Walkway, Aristotle,  JP’s Palace, Wild Intent, Buster Barnes and Otto Luyken.

There are 29 horses still standing with the Gr 1 winners among them being Wish List (X2), Gladatorian, Mocha Blend, Hazy Dazy and Star Major.

The Andre Nel-trained Zeitz and the Mike and Mathew de Kock-trained Aladdin’s Lamp have both been supplemented and both are on merit ratings of 110 following their good wins over the weekend, with Zeitz being raised three points and Aladdin’s Lamp four points.

They will both be carrying 53kg as things stand with Legal Counsel the new incumbent topweight on 62kg off his 128 merit rating following the scratching of See It Again.

David Thiselton

King Pelles is an under the radar horse for the Hollywoodbets Durban July who might just be fair value in the ante-post market at 20/1 with the sponsor.

He put up a good gallop at Hollywoobets Greyville on Saturday before the races and will be back there for the Hollywoodbets Durban July Gallops.

Trainer Gareth van Zyl said, “The gallop went well and he is doing very well.”

He is not having another race before the July as there is nothing suitable for him, so he will go into the race running off a merit rating of 122.

That means he will carry 59kg in the big race as things stand with Legal Counsel as the topweight on 62kg off a 128 merit rating.

Gareth said about King Pelles’ suitability to 2200m, “I don’t think it is going to be a problem, I think he will be alright over the trip.”

The Drakenstein Stud-bred five-year-old Duke Of Marmalade gelding is stoutly bred being out of a Galileo mare.

He is the reigning Gold Cup (3200m) Champion and the reigning Equus Champion Stayer.

However, he is derfinitely not a dour staying stype and when landing four Gr 3s last season over trips between 2400m and 3200m he showed an exceptional turn of foot.

He has also been shown this season to be effective over shorter trips with good performances over distances of 1200m to 1950m.

He was strongly fancied for the Betway Summer Cup over 2000m and disappointed, running a 16,25 length 12th.

However, a number of horses ran below par in that race on a day in which the humidity was high.

King Pelles bounced back after the Summer Cup to win the Umthombothi Stakes over 1950m at Hollywoodbets Scottsville. He showed a good turn of foot to win it by 1,30 lengths, despite carrying topweight of 62.5kg. Among the horses he beat was July entry Isivivane, who went on to win the Gr 3 WSB 1900. In the July he will be 1,5kg worse off with Isivivane for a 1,80 length beating, which puts King Pelles marginally ahead of him. King Pelles will also relish the step up to 22000m, a trip which will be new territory for Isivivane.

Followng the Umthombothi Stakes King Pelles ran in the Listed Kings Cup over 1600m and finished a fine 0,60 length seoond to Okavango recieving just 1kg. The lattter went on to run second in the Gr 1 wfa Premier’s Champions Challege before winning a Conditions Plate over 1600m at Hollywoodbets Greyville in which he beat the like of Equus Horse Of The Year Eight On Eighteen and the crack three-year-old Note To Self, who is one of the favourites for the July.

King Pelles’ Hollywoodbets Durban July Gallop will be keenly observed by his supporters and he will provide his passionate owner Ravi Padayachee with a dream come true, a runner in the country’s biggest race in his hometown of Durban. The horse is not without a chance of winning it either.

Ravi owns King Pelles in partnership with Dave MacLean, Gary Player and N V Parmanand.

Gareth said there were one or two contenders to ride King Pelles, but added he did not want to divulge anything about the riding arrangements yet as nothing had been confirmed.