Entries For Classic Day Share Entries are in for the Grade 1 SA Classic and SA Fillies Classic to be run over 1800m at Turffontein on Saturday 31 March, and a significant number of KZN-bred horses appear throughout the nominations. There is a R2-million bonus for any horse who can win the Triple Crown – the Guineas, SA Classic and SA Derby – while a R1-million bonus will be paid out to a Triple Tiara champion – Fillies Guineas, SA Fillies Classic and SA Oaks. The R2-million SA Classic and R1-million SA Fillies Classic are among the eight Graded races to be run on the Turffontein standside track on 31 March. Also on the card will be the Grade 1 HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes over 1600m, the Caradoc Gold Cup over 2850m, Man O’ War Sprint, Protea Stakes – all over 1100m – and the Jacaranda Handicap over 1800m. These last five events are all Grade 3 races. Supplementary entries close at 11am on Monday 19 March. Final declarations close at 11am on Thursday 22 March. Grade 1 SA Classic R2-Million over 1800m 8 Baracah (S G Tarry) 2 Borodino(M F De Kock) 17 Brooks-Club(G H Van Zyl) 13 Captain Vedici (O A Ferraris) 14 Carnaby Street (R P Lerena) 1 E-Jet (S G Tarry) 4 Frontino Gold (M F De Kock) 19 Gimmethegreenlight (J S Snaith) 12 Golden Chateau (M F De Kock) 21 Governor General (M F De Kock) 5 Heavy Metal (S G Tarry) 9 Indian Hawk (I S Moore) 10 Mushreq (M F De Kock) 7 Pomodoro (S G Tarry) 11 Potala Palace (Mg Azzie) 3 Royal Ridge (M F De Kock) 20 Silver Flyer (M F De Kock) 16 Slumdogmillionaire (Gh Van Zyl) 18 Whiteline Fever (S G Tarry) 6 Winter Mischief (H/F Brown/Robinson) 15 Zambucca (S Mohideen) Baracah, a R190 000 graduate of the 2010 Emperor's Palace National Yearling Sale, is a half-brother to Goat by leading National Two-Year Old sire, King Of Kings. He has had 10 starts and a win and two places, and ran just four lengths off Potala Palace in the Premiers Champion Stakes Grade 1. Winter Mischief, bred by Scott Bros, was a R600 000 yearling, also a graduate of the 2010 National Yearling Sale. He has had 7 starts, won 1 and placed in every other. Grade 1 SA Fillies Classic R1-Million over 1800m 21 Amanee (M F De Kock) 8 Amur Affair (M F De Kock) 14 Avenue Of Gold (W H Marwing) 7 Awesome Beauty (K Naidoo) 17 Bambina Stripes (D R Drier) 18 Bluroute (M F De Kock) 4 Classic Illusion (G M Alexander) 6 Control Freak (A I Harris) 11 Dance Alley (S J Gray) 5 Felix The Cat (D C Howells) 10 Go Indigo (L J Erasmus) 15 Ilha Bela (M F De Kock) 13 Kalami (R R Sage) 9 Katy’s Lane (T Zackey) 16 Markofdistinction (O A Ferraris) 1 Mount Carmel (R R Sage) 2 Salsabeel (M F De Kock) 3 Tresco (S G Tarry) 20 Uptothemoon (W H Marwing) 19 Viva Maria (M F De Kock) 12 Winged Foot (M F De Kock) Dance Alley is a half-sister by Jam Alley to the immensely talented KZN Breeders Horse-Of-The-Year Dancewiththedevil. Like her half-sister she is bred, owned and trained by St John Gray. She has 7 starts, a win and four places. Awesome Beauty, a daughter of the now deceased Cataloochee, has had 10 starts, won once and placed four times. She is trained by Kom Naidoo. Classic Illusion, bred by Summerhill Stud is a daughter of Kahal. She has had three starts and win to date. Markofdistinction is a daughter of Mogok. She has had 6 starts and has had two wins, including one on debut and placed once. Grade 1 Horse Chestnut Stakes R1-Million over 1600m 5 Antious (H/F Brown/Robinson) 11 Buy And Sell (S G Tarry) 8 Dancewiththedevil (S J Gray) 6 Empenoso Henn (M F De Kock) 12 Galanthus (T Zackey) 7 Galileo’s Destiny (M F De Kock) 3 Gibraltar Blue (M F De Kock) 13 Kavanagh (M F De Kock) 4 Pierre Jourdan (G M Alexander) 9 Rudra (M F De Kock) 1 Run For It (J S Snaith) 2 Solo Traveller (M F De Kock) 10 Welwitschia (M F De Kock) After her sensational win in the Grade 1 Sansui Summer Cup, Dancewiththedevil ran just 3.5 lengths of Kavanagh in the Grade 2 Hawaii Stakes. Pierre Jourdan ran a fourth in the same race, just two lengths off Kavanagh, and placed third in his previous start - just 1.25 lengths off Smanjemanje in the London News Grade 3. Spring-Valley bred Buy And Sell ran a second in the Pinnacle Plate. This son of National Emblem has previously won the Daily News 2000 Grade 1, as well as the Champions Cup Grade 1. Gr3 Caradoc Gold Cup R200,000 over 2850m - Nominations Atyeb (M F De Kock) Dunraven (M F De Kock) Ilsanpietro (M F De Kock) Magical (O A Ferraris) Princess Of Light (G V Woodruff) Radiant Rock (G M Alexander) Reconcile (S G Tarry) Winning Leap (D Zaki) Magical, a son of Labeeb, has won three times and placed nine times. He has placed second in the 2009 Grade 1 Sansui Summer Cup and recently placed in the 2450m Aquanaut Handicap. Winning Leap, yet another son of the ill-fated Labeeb, has had five wins including the Grade 2 Gold Bowl, and placed twice. Grade 3 Man O’ War Sprint R200,000 over 1100m - Nominations Americano (P F Matchett) Cash Lord (D R Drier) Dawn Light (C E Erasmus) Dazzling Moon (G J Maroun) Deliver The Power (D Zaki) Extra Zero (S G Tarry) General Sherman (S G Tarry) Jackodore (S G Tarry) Legal Action (C E Erasmus) Mary Stuart (S G Tarry) Midnight Serenade (D N Stenger) Second Tycoon (M F De Kock) Unannounced (C Laird) Cash Lord, a son of Scott Bros' Overlord, has had two wins and placed 7 times from just 11 starts. Dawn Light is also a son of another Scott Bros stallion making his mark, Miesque's Approval. He has had 11 starts, a win and three places. Extra Zero, a Summerhill-bred daughter of Way West and a R240 000 purchase at the 2010 Ready-To-Run Sale, was also the winner last year of the KZN Breeders Awards Outstanding Two Year Old Filly. She has had two wins and six places, running two lengths off to another KZN-bred Variometer on the 13 March 2012 in the Bauhinia Listed. Legal Action, a son of the sadly deceased Second Empire and owned by Midlands Thoroughbreds, won the recent Var Gold Rush Sprint, beating the next horse mentioned Midnight Serenade by just over a length. In total Legal Action has had three wins and four places. Midnight Serenade, yet another KZN Breeders Award winner for Outstanding Two Year Old Colt, was bred by Clifton Stud and is a son of Malhub. He won his first two starts, including the Storm Bird Stakes Listed, and has placed seven times, most of them being second - including an unlucky quarter of length in the Grade 2 SA Nursery to Delago Deluxe. Grade 3 Protea Stakes (2YO) R200,000 over 1100m - Nominations American Storm (R P Lerena) Jade Bay (D Zaki) Jid Dah (L J Erasmus) Men And Mountains (L J Erasmus) Peanuts (R R Magner) Reign As Kings (M F De Kock) Ryder Cup (L J Erasmus) Valberg (D Zaki) Viking Hero (G J Maroun) War Horse (C Spies) Yukon Gold (D J Nieuwenhuizen) Reign As Kings, another winning son of King Of Kings, has had just two starts and missed his debut win by a short head. He anihilated the field in his next start by 5.25 lengths. Grade 3 Jacaranda Handicap (F&M) R165,000 over 1800m - Nominations African Icon (S G Tarry) Atlantic Oak (M F De Kock) Checcetti (M F De Kock) Europa Point (M F De Kock) Filly Bushwacker (G H Van Zyl) Flirtation (M F De Kock) Gorongosa (M F De Kock) Hawker Hunter (O A Ferraris) Las Ramblas (J M Goodman) Lizzie Arden (A G Laird) Only Achiever (G V Woodruff) Queen’s Bay (M G Azzie) Secret Babe (D R Drier) Varlet (B O Wiid) Without Malice (G B Scott) African Icon is a daughter of Jallad with two wins and five places under her belt. Checcetti, a daughter of Kahal is a three-time winner and has placed 9 times. Her last start at the end of February resulted in her running just 4 lengths off the winner in the Grade 3 Acacia Handicap. Filly Bushwacker, a daughter of Bezrin, ran a length off Las Ramblas in her last start at then end of February. She has had 4 wins and 9 places to date. Las Ramblas, yet another KZN Breeders Award winner for Outstanding Three Year Old Filly, won her last start over 2000m. She is a consistent filly and has had four wins and 11 places, including second to champion filly Igugu in the Grade 1 SA Fillies Classic. Backworth-bred Varlet, a R190 000 yearling purchase from the 2009 National Yearling Sale, is a three-time winner, winning on debut and finding form again, she has won her last two starts out and placed five times. *Bold denotes KZN-bred horses or horses associated with KZN-bred stud farms Information source courtesy of www.sportingpost.co.za

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