VODACOM DURBAN JULY 2013 : ENTRIES

R3.5 MILLION VODACOM DURBAN JULY (Grade 1) Greyville, Turf, 2200m 6 July 2013 Entries as at 18 April 2013
#	Horse	Age	Sex	MR	Trainer
1	JACKSON	4	Colt	113	Brett Crawford
2	POMODORO	4	Colt	113	Sean Tarry
3	BEACH BEAUTY	5	Mare	112	Dennis Drier
4	HILL FIFTY FOUR	4	Gelding	112	Vaughan Marshall
5	MASTER PLAN	4	Gelding	111	Alec Laird
6	CAPETOWN NOIR	3	Colt	110	Dean Kannemeyer
7	WHITELINE FEVER	4	Gelding	109	Sean Tarry
8	BRAVURA	6	Gelding	108	Joey Ramsden
9	MUJAARIB (AUS)	4	Colt	108	Mike de Kock
10	SEAL	5	Gelding	108	Gavin van Zyl
11	GALILEO’S DESTINY	5	Gelding	107	Mike de Kock
12	TAIPAN	4	Gelding	107	Dean Kannemeyer
13	ZAMBUCCA	4	Colt	107	Saeed Mohideen
14	KING OF PAIN	3	Colt	106	Joey Ramsden
15	RUN FOR IT	5	Gelding	106	Justin Snaith
16	THUNDER DANCE	4	Filly	106	Brett Crawford
17	ICE MACHINE	4	Gelding	105	Garth Puller
18	TRIBAL DANCE	4	Colt	105	Vaughan Marshall
19	GOLD ONYX (NZ)	5	Gelding	104	Sean Tarry
20	SMANJEMANJE	6	Gelding	104	Tyrone Zackey
21	LOVE STRUCK	3	Gelding	103	Paul Lafferty
22	PESSOA	4	Gelding	103	Alec Laird
23	PIERRE JOURDAN	6	Gelding	103	Gary Alexander
24	TELLINA	3	Colt	103	Geoff Woodruff
25	VIVA MARIA	4	Filly	103	Mike de Kock
26	ASTRO NEWS	4	Gelding	102	Charles Laird
27	BULSARA	6	Gelding	102	Gavin van Zyl
28	E-JET	4	Gelding	102	Sean Tarry
29	JET AGLOW	3	Filly	102	Glen Kotzen
30	LIANCOURT ROCK (AUS)	4	Gelding	102	Dean Kannemeyer
31	GOLDEN CHATEAU (AUS)	4	Colt	101	Duncan Howells
32	DO YOU REMEMBER	3	Filly	100	Geoff Woodruff
33	ENCHANTED KINGDOM	5	Mare	100	Paul Peter
34	HEAVY METAL	4	Gelding	100	Sean Tarry
35	POTALA PALACE	4	Colt	100	Mike Azzie
36	PUNTA ARENAS	4	Gelding	100	Stan Elley
37	GLORIUS JET	4	Gelding	99	St John Gray
38	SANSHAAWES	3	Gelding	99	Mike de Kock
39	SHOGUNNAR	4	Gelding	99	Gavin van Zyl
40	WAGNER	4	Gelding	99	Joe Soma
41	CAYMAN ISLAND	7	Gelding	98	Yogas Govender
42	ILHA BELA	4	Filly	98	Mike de Kock
43	RED FORT	4	Gelding	98	Geoff Woodruff
44	WAR HORSE	3	Colt	98	Corne Spies
45	AMERICAN STORM	3	Gelding	97	Spike Lerena
46	PENHALIGON	4	Colt	97	Alyson Wright
47	PUTNEY FLYER	4	Gelding	97	Weiho Marwing
48	BARACAH	4	Gelding	96	Sean Tarry
49	LOCKHEED JETSTAR	4	Colt	95	Geoff Woodruff
50	PATRIOTIC REBEL	3	Gelding	95	Mike de Kock
51	YER-MAAN	4	Gelding	95	St John Gray
52	ABERCROMBIE	3	Colt	94	Mike Bass
53	CHERRY ON THE CAKE	5	Mare	94	Gavin van Zyl
54	SABADELL	3	Gelding	94	Geoff Woodruff
55	SILENT PARTNER	5	Gelding	94	Mike de Kock
56	YORKER	3	Colt	94	Geoff Woodruff
57	GENERAL SHERMAN	4	Gelding	93	Sean Tarry
58	ALEXANDRA PALACE	3	Colt	92	Mike de Kock
59	FOURTH ESTATE	5	Gelding	92	Colin Scott
60	HAMMIE’S DYNASTY	4	Gelding	92	Mike Bass
61	MEISSA	4	Gelding	91	Gary Alexander
62	SAFE HOUSE	3	Gelding	91	Mike Azzie
63	TERRITORIAL WATERS	4	Gelding	90	Tony Rivalland
64	TRUE MASTER	3	Colt	90	Justin Snaith
65	BIG CITY ANGEL	5	Gelding	89	Gavin van Zyl
66	IZORA	3	Filly	89	Mike de Kock
67	WILD ONE	3	Gelding	88	Jeff Freedman
68	PRICELESS JEWEL	3	Filly	86	Adam Marcus
69	TEQUILA SUNRISE	3	Gelding	86	Mike de Kock
70	WYLIE HALL (AUS)	3	Colt	86	Weiho Marwing
71	TIME OF SONG	3	Gelding	80	Deon Visser
72	SILVER SPRING	4	Colt	77	Gavin van Zyl
73	DREAMBYTHEMASTER	3	Gelding	76	Charles Laird
74	VERTICAL TAKEOFF	7	Gelding	101	Sean Tarry
Summerhill runners denoted by yellow First Supplementary Entries : Tuesday 14 May 2013 Final Supplementary Entries : Monday 10 June 2013 Weights : Tuesday 11 June 2013 Final Field and Barrier Draw : Tuesday 25 June 2013 Gallops : Thursday 25 June 2013 Vodacom Durban July : Saturday 6 July 2013 www.vodacomdurbanjuly.co.za

HAPPY HUNTING GROUND

Click above to watch Pierre Jourdan winning the 2010 Gauteng Guineas (Grade 2)
(Image : JC Photos - Footage : SuperSport)

EMPERORS PALACE SUMMER READY TO RUN SALE
School Of Excellence, Summerhill Stud, Mooi River
20 February 2013

The precincts of Jo’burg in general and Turffontein racecourse in particular, have been serendipitous venues for Summerhill-breds in recent years, contributing hoards to the lucre that’ve earnt us our championships. As lucrative a source as any of this bounty has been the Colts and Fillies versions of the Gauteng Guineas, where the past few seasons alone have produced victories for Imbongi, Pierre Jourdan and Fisani, and several place-getters. Scour the entries for these events any year you like, and you’ll find a slew of Summerhill-connected runners among them.

This year’s renewals are no different, with eleven (six colts and five fillies) slated to run in the first week in March. With the Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run scheduled for next Wednesday 20^th at the School of Excellence on Summerhill, it’s worth mentioning that seven of the ten are graduates of Ready To Run sales, and two of them were part of the small inaugural catalogue last year. While there are no guarantees in this game, it’s a fair bet there’ll be more than a few of those again in next week’s line-up.

Enquiries :
Tarryn Liebenberg +27 (0) 83 787 1982
or email tarryn@summerhill.co.za
www.summerhill.co.za

"V" IS FOR VICTORY

Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale
(Photo : Leigh Willson)

EMPERORS PALACE SUMMER READY TO RUN SALE
School Of Excellence, Summerhill Stud, Mooi River
20 February 2013

It was Winston Churchill that immortalised the two-fingered sign of triumph, yet those who’ve raised their catalogues at the past two editions of the Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale, would have good cause to do the same. Not only for the victories they have under their belts, but particularly for the value their intuitions have earned them.

Let it be said, this sale is about those that were left behind by reason of their immaturity, the odd injury on their way to the November version of the same sale, or an “unsold” sticker on their backsides at a previous vendue. Others for their flaws in the good Lord’s architecture which might’ve put buyers and customers off at conventional sales, where the benefit of seeing them run is never on the menu.

Horses are fascinating to look at, not only those with the “look of eagles”. More interesting are the ones that triumph despite their engineering or their lack of illustrious parents, like the Group One performers Pierre Jourdan, Hear The Drums, Black Wing and Imbongi, all unwanted urchins of an earlier era.

Often, the great ones do what they shouldn’t. In the age of computers, satellites and DNA, the racehorse is proof that the maths doesn’t always add up. The one thing good horses all have, is character. When they should’ve lost, they didn’t. No horse can be great without grit. The history of Summerhill at the Ready To Run, is littered with stories of racehorses that have made mockeries of their pedigrees and their prices.

The Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run is just two-years-old, the first draft consigned to Michael Holmes Bloodstock’s Horses-in-Training event at Shongweni, the second a popular party at Summerhill last February. Those that follow these columns will know that there are already 21 individual millionaires among Summerhill’s recent Ready To Run graduates, with numerous champions among them. Nonetheless, to satisfy the sceptics, we’ve published a list below of the bargain buys of 2011 and 2012, to illustrate the point. Some of these are just beginning their careers, others have been at it for a short while, none of them have reached the halfway point. Others, like Gida, have already been sold on to international interests for many times their original cost.

These are almost irresistible odds, if you go to the Summer Ready To Run page on our website (click here), you’ll understand why. They say there’s gold again in them “veins”, besides a “feed” by Visa/House & Leisure’s No.1 National restaurant.

P.S. There are seven entries which carry a “ticket” for the R3million Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup in November.

Enquiries :
Tarryn Liebenberg +27 (0) 83 787 1982
or email tarryn@summerhill.co.za
www.summerhill.co.za

IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS

Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale
(Photo : Leigh Willson)

EMPERORS PALACE SUMMER READY TO RUN SALE
School Of Excellence, Summerhill Stud, Mooi River
20 February 2013

The Washington Post is America’s most famous newspaper. When they talk, we listen. Just recently, their man in the food business said “Hartford House is one of the three best country restaurants on the planet” On the planet? Yes, and if he had the means, he’d hire a jet for his twelve best friends and head to Hartford for a long weekend.

Fortunately you don’t need a jet to get here. All you need do is turn up at the Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale on Wednesday 20^th February, and the team at Hartford House will cook your socks off. After that, we’ll show you a few horses, and if you’re in the mood, you may even go home with an Igugu, a Pierre Jourdan, an Imbongi or a Blueridge Mountain. They all came from here, and there are bound to be more of them.

P.S. If you haven’t already replied to the invitation we’ve sent you, please remember, there is only limited seating at our School of Excellence, and there are not even hotdogs for those who don’t have a reservation.

Enquiries :
Tarryn Liebenberg +27 (0) 83 787 1982
or email tarryn@summerhill.co.za
www.summerhill.co.za

PIERRE JOURDAN SEEKING SUMMER CUP SIZZLE

Pierre Jourdan poses with Phumza Tiya ahead of the 2012 Sansui Summer Cup
(Photo : Peter Morey Photography)

SANSUI SUMMER CUP (Grade 1)
Turffontein, Turf, 2000m
1 December 2012

David Thiselton
Gold CirclePierre Jourdan could be a big runner in tomorrow’s Grade 1 R2 Million Sansui Summer Cup in which he carries 58kg off a merit rating of 106 compared to topweight of 60kg off a merit rating of 116 last year. He is also long overdue a change in luck.

The Summerhill-bred gelding was slow away in his last start, the Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile, when squeezed out and then badly bumped by a horse coming across which made it hard for him to make up the ground in the fast going on the day. He also met interference in his previous start in the Grade 3 Joburg Spring Challenge over 1450m and could have finished second instead of fourth behind the classy Link Man.

The Gary Alexander yard must be wondering if Pierre Jourdan will ever get a clean race as he also had bad luck through the Champions Season, including in the Vodacom Durban July. However, he is now four points down the merit ratings since his last win in last year’s Charity Mile and he has the in-form maestro Piere Strydom aboard.

In last year’s Summer Cup, Pierre Jourdan finished last, but it appearedded on that occasion that he was over raced. Although Alexander said he would have preferred him to be a touch closer to the inside, the wide draw of 13 is just about ideal for Strydom who will be able to choose where he wants to be and is a master of slipstreaming. Alexander also hoped that he would at least have a chance of staying out of trouble from that draw and added that his first two runs of the season were preparation runs for this race and despite his rough race last time out, Pierre Jourdan had returned sound. “He is doing well and his prep has gone quite nicely,” Alexander said. “He hasn’t done too much wrong.”

Alexander felt he had a few other chances on the day. He reckoned the Trippi colt No Prisoners, with Strydom up, would be a “big runner in that field” in the second, where he is quoted as even money favourite. He gave Radiant Rock “a place shout” in the tenth, despite odds of 33-1, as she “always without fail tries her heart out.” He added that the 2000m trip would suit Mystic Tigress, a 10-1 shot in the eleventh.

Extract from Gold Circle