VODACOM DURBAN JULY 2012 : LOG AS AT 23 MAY

VODACOM DURBAN JULY (Grade 1) Greyville, Turf, 2200m 7 July 2012 Log as at 23 May 2012
#	Horse	Age	Sex	MR	Trainer
1	JACKSON	3	Colt	116	Brett Crawford
2	DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL	5	Mare	116	St John Gray
3	EUROPA POINT (IRE)	5	Mare	109	Mike de Kock
4	POMODORO	3	Colt	108	Sean Tarry
5	ROYAL BENCHER	3	Gelding	108	Alec Laird
6	BEACH BEAUTY	4	Filly	110	Dennis Drier
7	PIERRE JOURDAN	5	Gelding	114	Gary Alexander
8	BRAVURA	5	Gelding	113	Joey Ramsden
9	ENGLISH GARDEN	4	Gelding	107	Mike Bass
10	TALES OF BRAVERY	5	Gelding	113	Vaughan Marshall
11	CHESALON	4	Gelding	110	Mike Bass
12	TOP SELLER	4	Colt	107	Vaughan Marshall
13	THUNDER DANCE	3	Filly	104	Brett Crawford
14	ILHA BELA	3	Filly	104	Mike de Kock
15	POLAR BOUND	4	Gelding	108	Brett Crawford
16	SILVER FLYER	3	Colt	108	Mike de Kock
17	SEAL	4	Gelding	110	Gavin van Zyl
18	ILSANPIETRO (BRZ)	5	Gelding	111	Mike de Kock
19	EBONY FLYER	4	Filly	107	Justin Snaith
20	SMANJEMANJE	5	Gelding	108	Tyrone Zackey
	Next 10
21	BULSARA	5	Gelding	106	Gavin van Zyl
22	SOLO TRAVELLER	4	Gelding	106	Mike de Kock
23	TRIBAL DANCE	3	Colt	105	Vaughan Marshall
24	GOLDEN CHATEAU (AUS)	3	Colt	102	Mike de Kock
25	FLIRTATION	5	Mare	103	Mike de Kock
26	MASTER PLAN	3	Gelding	99	Greg Ennion
27	GOLD ONYX (NZ)	4	Gelding	101	Sean Tarry
28	ASTRO NEWS	3	Gelding	107	Greg Ennion
29	GORGONGOSA (IRE)	5	Mare	101	Mike de Kock
30	BERRY BLAZE (IRE)	4	Filly	104	Mike de Kock
Log Update : Tuesday 5 June 2012 Final Field and Barrier Draw : Thursday 21 June 2012 Gallops at Greyville Racecourse : Thursday 28 June 2012 Vodacom Durban July : Saturday 7 July 2012 www.vodacomdurbanjuly.co.za

VODACOM DURBAN JULY 2012 : LOG AS AT 9 MAY

VODACOM DURBAN JULY (Grade 1) Greyville, Turf, 2200m 7 July 2012 Log as at 9 May 2012
#	Horse	Age	Sex	MR	Trainer
1	JACKSON	3	Colt	116	Brett Crawford
2	DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL	5	Mare	116	St John Gray
3	EUROPA POINT (IRE)	5	Mare	109	Mike de Kock
4	POMODORO	3	Colt	108	Sean Tarry
5	ROYAL BENCHER	3	Gelding	108	Alec Laird
6	BEACH BEAUTY	4	Filly	107	Dennis Drier
7	PIERRE JOURDAN	5	Gelding	114	Gary Alexander
8	BRAVURA	5	Gelding	113	Joey Ramsden
9	TALES OF BRAVERY	5	Gelding	113	Vaughan Marshall
10	TOP SELLER	4	Colt	107	Vaughan Marshall
11	CHESALON	4	Gelding	110	Mike Bass
12	THUNDER DANCE	3	Filly	104	Brett Crawford
13	ILHA BELA	3	Filly	104	Mike de Kock
14	POLAR BOUND	4	Gelding	108	Brett Crawford
15	SILVER FLYER	3	Colt	108	Mike de Kock
16	SEAL	4	Gelding	110	Gavin van Zyl
17	ILSANPIETRO (BRZ)	5	Gelding	111	Mike de Kock
18	EBONY FLYER	4	Filly	107	Justin Snaith
19	SMANJEMANJE	5	Gelding	108	Tyrone Zackey
20	BULSARA	5	Gelding	106	Gavin van Zyl
	Next 10
21	GOLDEN CHATEAU (AUS)	3	Colt	102	Mike de Kock
22	FLIRTATION	5	Mare	103	Mike de Kock
23	ASTRO NEWS	3	Gelding	107	Greg Ennion
24	ENGLISH GARDEN	4	Gelding	107	Mike Bass
25	GOLD ONYX (NZ)	4	Gelding	101	Sean Tarry
26	GORGONGOSA (IRE)	5	Mare	101	Mike de Kock
27	BERRY BLAZE (IRE)	4	Filly	104	Mike de Kock
28	PRINCESS OF LIGHT	4	Filly	100	Geoff Woodruff
29	LION IN WINTER	5	Gelding	108	Joey Ramsden
30	GALANTHUS	5	Gelding	106	Tyrone Zackey
Log Update : Wednesday 23 May 2012 Log Update : Tuesday 5 June 2012 Final Field and Barrier Draw : Thursday 21 June 2012 Gallops at Greyville Racecourse : Thursday 28 June 2012 Vodacom Durban July : Saturday 7 July 2012 www.vodacomdurbanjuly.co.za

JOIN THE CLUB

Variety Club - KRA Guineas (Grade 2)
(Photo : Gold Circle)

“Imagine a day when
Variety Club and Camelot face off…”

The first of the Classics in the Northern Hemisphere’s most important racing countries, the United States and the United Kingdom, were staged on Saturday. The Derby (pronounced “dirby,” as in “birdy” in America) fell to I’ll Have Another, and while his form going into the race was solid, most fans would say they were surprised at the ease of his victory. Last year’s winners, Team Valor, can take solace in the fourth place of Went The Day Well, who put in a dead honest charge. Across the pond, there was any amount of hype around the performance in Newmarket’s 2000 Guineas, of the hitherto unbeaten Camelot, whose late surge for a neck victory suggested that while he’s a good colt at a mile, he could be an exceptional one come the mile and a half of the Investec Derby in June. The beginning of another legend?

But the horse that arguably put up the Classic performance of the weekend was South Africa’s Variety Club, who bolted clear under the Jooste silks, crushing a top class horse in Jackson in the closing furlongs of the KZN Guineas (Gr.2). While this was on the short side for Jackson, (and he’d not been seen since his facile Investec Derby (Gr.1) victory in January,) not even the benefit of a run was likely to have put him alongside Variety Club in this one. Jackson will have his day when they stretch out for the 2000m of the Daily News, but Variety Club looks ready to take on the world at a mile.

Whilst plans for the Guineas hero are obviously fluid, Joey Ramsden, who deserves credit for his handling of the horse, hinted in his victory speech that he was ripe for some globe-trotting, and somewhere in that conversation December’s Hong Kong Mile (Gr.1) crept in. The ludicrous impasse over South Africa’s export protocols at present, means that together with Igugu and Soft Falling Rain, he would have to exit via Mauritius (three months quarantine) before embarking for the UK, and then onto Hong Kong. Nonetheless, these are three horses that will stand their ground with the best anywhere, and if they can overcome the rigours of such an arduous travel schedule, they’ll make us proud down the track. Imagine a day when Variety Club and Camelot face off - all hell will let loose.

COUNTDOWN TO THE CLASSICS

Gimmethegreenlight enjoying training on a Cape Town beach before departing for Gauteng
(Photo : Raheen Stud / Justin Snaith)

SA CLASSIC AND SA FILLIES CLASSIC
Turffontein, 31 March 2012

While the world’s attention is largely focussed on the Dubai World Cup and its associated events in Dubai this coming weekend, that meeting has a happy coincidence every year in Gauteng’s SA Classic (Gr.1) and SA Fillies Classic (Gr.1) (both at 1800m for three-year-olds), which share the billing with the H.F. Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes (Gr.1), a weight-for-age contest at 1600m.

The three-year-old colts have a “deep” look to them this year, with L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate ace Gimmethegreenlight and Investec Cape Derby hero, Jackson, rated among the best horses in the land. You can always rely on Hassan Adams for enterprise, and the R2 million prize for the Classic obviously had particular appeal in the knowledge that Jackson would not be making the journey to Johannesburg. For those readers who don’t know it, Cape trainers have generally had something of a complex about sending horses to Johannesburg, though it’s not for any lack of success among those who’ve attempted it on the odd occasion, even at the highest level.

KZN horses regularly raid the old Transvaal, and while altitude always has to be seen as a factor in these events, no less so in racing than rugby, all of these things are eminently “do-able”. Just a fortnight ago, the Blues upset the Bulls at their Loftus Versveld stronghold, and Gimmethegreenlight gave notice of his wellbeing in his first outing on the Rand, when he pummelled his field into submission almost three furlongs out. He’s not well drawn, and he faces some formidable opponents, but somehow he stands out like a sore thumb, and it’ll take a real horse to beat him. As a son of the Vinery “shuttler” More Than Ready, he shares his sire with the current favourite for Australia’s Golden Slipper (two Saturdays hence,) the world’s richest race for two-year-olds. The unbeaten filly is called Samaready, who trotted up by two Saturday in Randwick’s Riesling Stakes (Gr.2).

There’ll be more on these events and obviously, there’ll be plenty of coverage on the World Cup meeting in Dubai as the week advances, but for the time being, here are the Group One fields for the day. The World Cup dovetails neatly with the Classic programme, and bettors with an interest in both, have a day to remember.

SA CLASSIC (Grade 1)
Turffontein, Turf, 1800m
31 March 2012

FINAL FIELD

#	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT (AUS)	58.0	117	16	P Strydom	Justin Snaith
2	SILVER FLYER	58.0	110	17	G Hatt	Mike de Kock
3	POTALA PALACE	58.0	105	9	G Lerena	Mike Azzie
4	WHITELINE FEVER	58.0	105	15	A Marcus	Sean Tarry
5	MUSHREQ (AUS)	58.0	103	8	R Fradd	Mike de Kock
6	GOLDEN CHATEU (AUS)	58.0	102	10	D David	Mike de Kock
7	POMODORO	58.0	102	5	W Marwing	Sean Tarry
8	BROOKS-CLUB	58.0	101	14	R Simons	Gavin van Zyl
9	SLUMDOGMILLIONAIRE	58.0	100	13	M Mienie	Gavin van Zyl
10	HEAVY METAL	58.0	95	3	R Fourie	Sean Tarry
11	ROYAL RIDGE	58.0	95	2	A Delpech	Mike de Kock
12	WINTER MISCHIEF	58.0	95	4	K Latham	Herman Brown / Frank Robinson
13	BARACH	58.0	93	6	S Brown	Sean Tarry
14	E-JET	58.0	93	1	S Cormack	Sean Tarry
15	GOVERNOR GENERAL	58.0	92	18	T Appie	Mike de Kock
16	INDIAN HAWK	58.0	91	7	S Randolph	Ivan Moore
	Reserve Runners
17	ZAMBUCCA	58.0	90	12	Reserve 1	Saeed Mohideen
18	CARNABY STREET	58.0	89	11	Reserve 2	Spike Lerena

SA FILLIES CLASSIC (Grade 1)
Turffontein, Turf, 1800m
31 March 2012

FINAL FIELD

#	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	AMANEE (AUS)	58.0	101	14	G Hatt	Mike de Kock
2	CONTROL FREAK	58.0	101	4	G Lerena	Lisa Harris
3	FELIX THE CAT	58.0	101	3	W Marwing	Duncan Howells
4	KATY’S LANE	58.0	99	6	P Strydom	Tyrone Zackey
5	GO INDIGO	58.0	98	7	S Brown	Leon Erasmus
6	ILHA BELA	58.0	97	11	A Marcus	Mike de Kock
7	BLUROUTE (AUS)	58.0	94	13	D David	Mike de Kock
8	TRESCO	58.0	91	1	S Cormack	Sean Tarry
9	AWESOME BEAUTY	58.0	90	5	R Simons	Kumaran Naidoo
10	AVENUE OF GOLD	58.0	89	10	R Fradd	Weiho Marwing
11	KALAMI	58.0	89	9	G Wrogemann	Robbie Sage
12	WINGED FOOT	58.0	85	8	A Delpech	Mike de Kock
13	BAMBINA STRIPES (ARG)	58.0	83	12	A Forbes	Dennis Drier
14	CLASSIC ILLUSION	58.0	80	2	R Fourie	Gary Alexander

J&B MET 2012 : FINAL SUPPLEMENTARY ENTRIES

J&B MET (Grade 1) Kenilworth, Turf, 2000m 28 January 2012 FINAL SUPPLEMENTARY ENTRIES
Horse	Age	Sex	MR		Trainer
BRAVURA	5	Gelding	113	60.0	Joey Ramsden
THE APACHE	4	Colt	114	59.5	Gavin van Zyl
SOLO TRAVELLER	4	Gelding	106	59.5	Mike de Kock
TOP SELLER	4	Colt	106	59.5	Vaughan Marshall
GOLDEN SWORD (GB)	5	Horse	114	58.0	Mike de Kock
TALES OF BRAVERY	5	Gelding	113	58.0	Vaughan Marshall
ILSANPIETRO (BRZ)	5	Gelding	111	58.0	Mike de Kock
LION IN WINTER	5	Gelding	109	58.0	Joey Ramsden
DAN DE LAGO	6	Horse	108	58.0	Brett Crawford
SMANJEMANJE	5	Gelding	108	58.0	Tyrone Zackey
CASK	5	Gelding	107	58.0	Stephen Page
FABIANI	6	Gelding	107	58.0	Glen Kotzen
BUY AND SELL	8	Gelding	105	58.0	Sean Tarry
CURVED BALL (AUS)	5	Horse	104	58.0	Joey Ramsden
SUPER STORM	5	Gelding	104	58.0	Mike Bass
CREE LODGE	5	Gelding	101	58.0	Dean Kannemeyer
PADDY O’REILLY	5	Gelding	101	58.0	Glen Kotzen
LEAGUE OF HONOUR	5	Gelding	96	58.0	Piet Steyn
BROWN PENNY	5	Gelding	95	58.0	Mike Bass
DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL	5	Mare	116	57.5	St John Gray
CHESALON	4	Gelding	100	57.5	Mike Bass
RUN FOR IT	4	Colt	106	57.5	Justin Snaith
GALILEO’S DESTINY	4	Colt	104	57.5	Mike de Kock
MYSTIC MOON	4	Gelding	103	57.5	Justin Snaith
FLIRTATION	5	Mare	99	57.5	Mike de Kock
PERANA (AUS)	4	Gelding	95	57.5	Mike de Kock
IGUGU (AUS)	4	Filly	117	57.0	Mike de Kock
EMERALD COVE	4	Filly	106	57.0	Justin Snaith
BEACH BEAUTY	4	Filly	108	55.0	Dennis Drier
RAIN GAL (AUS)	4	Filly	79	55.0	Darryl Hodgson
GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT (AUS)	3	Colt	117	54.0	Justin Snaith
VARIETY CLUB	3	Colt	118	53.0	Joey Ramsden
ASTRO NEWS	3	Gelding	107	52.0	Greg Ennion
MUSHREQ (AUS)	3	Colt	103	52.0	Mike de Kock
JACKSON	3	Colt	102	52.0	Brett Crawford
LIANCOURT ROCK (AUS)	3	Colt	102	52.0	Dean Kannemeyer
DIVINE JET	3	Colt	101	52.0	Dean Kannemeyer
Final Declarations : 11h00 Monday 16 January 2012 Final Field and Barrier Draw Announcement : To be advised www.jbmet.co.za