Barrier Trial Scottsville turf 1000m 19/09/2018 First Trial
1st Opensea 3 b c (Kennedey – Gavin van Zyl) solid scopey colt. Looks very close to making his debut. Showed pace throughtout and stayed on well. 58.45 secs.
2nd Maa Nonu 3 b g (Samuel – Forbes) well-muscled solidly built gelding. Showed good pace and stayed on nicely. 0.10 58.47 secs.
3rd Frankie Two Shoes 3 b g (Moodley – Bardenhorst) balanced colt who looked nervous in the preliminaries. Was slow out and very green, pushed all the way to the line. 3.35 50.05 secs.
4th Riverboat Belle – nicely balanced filly but a little on the small side. Showed pace and was kept to her task. Looks as though she will need ground. 9.10 60.12 secs.
5th Hand On Heart 3 b c (Ramzan – Roberts) galloped very green. Punched out to the line. Looks like he will need much further. 9.60 60.21 secs.
6th Seek Moon Magic 3 b f (Brown – Goosen) solid, scopey filly. Looked under-done. Green, tucked in and didn’t show much. 10.60 60.4 secs.
7th Fortune Doro 3 b f (Ferraris – Tarry) neat filly but on the small side. Raced without cover and allowed to bowl. Faded the last bit. 10.70 60.42 secs.
8th Sand Queen 3 b f (De Melo – Dixon) raced wide of the pack. Ridden at and green. 11.45 60.56 secs.
9th Circle In The Sand 3 b f (Zackey – Howells) light-framed. Ear-muffs. Slow out and galloped very green. Likely to need further and more experience. 11.55 60.58 secs.
10th Trini’s Greenlight 3 b f (Sakayi – Naidoo) leggy filly that needed a lead pony to the start. Jumped badly and was ridden out to no great effect. 12.55 60.77 secs.
11th Whiasperinthewind 3 b f (X Jacobs – Gareth van Zyl) tall, light-framed leggy filly. Took a big knock out of the gate and never really got going. 14.30 61.11 secs.
12th Mr Rabe 4 b c (Randolph – Anthony) solid well-muscled colt. Looked fit but was very green and ridden at throughout. 14.50 61.15 secs
13th Disney Princess 3 ch f (Hewitson – Tarry) nicely put together, well balanced filly. Smart educational run in spite of finishing one from last. Asked to pick it up late after hunting for cover in the early exchanges. 15.10 61.27 secs.
14th Emperors Rule 3 b g (Dean – Glen Kotzen) big, leggy gelding. Was slow to begin and very green. Handy before fading. 15.15 61.28 secs.
Second Trial
1st Hashtagyolo 4 b f (De Melo – Kannemeyer) showed no signs of her recent illness. Looked a picture in the paddock. Jumped badly but did just enough to stay ahead of the pace. Smart work. 58.04 secs.
2nd Blue Winter – 4 ch f (Pagel – Humby) showed good pace throughout. Kept to her task and should come on from this effort. 0.75 58.17 secs
3rd Kingston Boy 9 b g (Randolph – Campbell) stumbled out of the gate but went through with his work nicely. 0.90 58.2 secs.
4th Miss Calypso 3 b f (Ferraris – Gavin van Zyl) showed pace throughout and kept on nicely. 1.90 58.38 secs.
5th Unbelievable Chad 6 b g (B Lerena – Lafferty) steady pace work. Went through with it nicely and looks ready for further. 3.15 58.6 secs.
6th Suzi Woo 4 ch f (Samuel – Humby) was kept covered in the early exchanges. Once clear of traffic was just punched out. Good educational effort. 4.15 58.78 secs.
7th Elsa Of Arendelle 4 b f (Dillon – Humby) 4.40 58.83 secs.
8th One Moment In Time 4 b g (J Jacobs – Lafferty) big gelding. Races in blinkers. Was ridden along and will need further. 4.45 58.84 secs.
9th Oratorina 3 b f (Kennedy – Gavin van Zyl) jumped sideways. Was one-paced throughout. Didn’t show much. 4.50 58.85 secs.
10th Roy’s Hollyhock 5 ch m (Sakayi – Naidoo) jumped badly. Running around. Looks difficult. 9.25 59.72 secs.
11th Jack Of Hearts 3 b c (Moodley – Puller) was never in the gallop. Sure to need much further. 9.75 59.82 secs.
12th Om Jay 3 b g (Jacobson – Rich) showed early. Green before fading out. 10.25 59.91 secs.
By Andrew Harrison
