Vodacom Durban July Entries Announced Share With 79 days to go the first entries for the Vodacom Durban July have been announced, with the big race being run on Saturday 7 July at Greyville. The theme for the Vodacom Durban July this year is "A Material World", while the July Gallops will be taking place 28 June. KZN has an exciting time of year coming up that includes the KZN Yearling Sale taking place at Suncoast on the 5 and 6 July before the big race day. With the recent announcement of the KZN Breeders exciting new Triple Million Challenge, a yearling that passes through the KZN Yearling Sale (with T&C's) at Suncoast Casino this year will be eligible to run in a R1-million race on Vodacom Durban July day next year, a huge incentive to get involved and buy a KZN-bred racehorse. The KZN-breds once again are a force to be reckoned with this year, headed up with gutsy champion mare Dancewiththedevil (Graystone Stud) who has a very real chance of taking this one home. The KZN Breeders Horse-Of-The-Year has won five Grade 1 races to date and earned herself almost R4-million in stakes; she is not shy to take on the best of the boys and win. Pierre Jourdan was recently auctioned for an amount of R1,6 million to dissolve a partnership. A Summerhill-bred R60 000 Two Year Old, he has earned over R4-million in stakes, and clearly his new owners feel there is still a lot more to come out of him. He ran a close second to winner Igugu last year. Bush Hill-bred Grade 1 winner Seal has also been nominated. He ran just two lengths off the winner in the Grade 2 Colorado King Stakes on 7 April and Gavin Van Zyl should be quite excited about his chances here. Baracah, a R190 000 yearling, consigned by Aldora Stud and trained by Sean Tarry, is a half-brother to the ill-fated Goat by King Of Kings. He finished 5 lengths off Slumdogmillionaire in the SA Classic Grade 1 recently. Soul Master, a son of KZN-bred Jet Master and a R275 000 yearling consigned again by Aldora Stud, won the Pinnacle Stakes by over a length on 15 April over a distance of 2600m carrying a hefty amount of weight(66kgs), with the horses all placing behind him only carrying 58kgs. He ran a third in the Caradoc Gold Cup Grade 3 in March. He is certainly going to be one to watch. Checcetti, another Summerhill-bred was a R320 000 Ready-To-Run graduate of 2009. A daughter of Kahal (a stallion also being represented by Tales Of Bravery) she recently won the Jacaranda Handicap Grade 3 over 1800m, defeating Flirtation by over a length. First Entries: BRAVURA (5G) 0.0 116 B Joey Ramsden DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL (5M) 0.0 116 St John Gray JACKSON (3C) 0.0 116 Brett Crawford PIERRE JOURDAN (5G) 0.0 114 B Gary Alexander TALES OF BRAVERY (5G) 0.0 113 Vaughan Marshall ILSANPIETRO (BRZ) (5G) 0.0 111 C Mike de Kock CHESALON (4G) 0.0 110 Mike Bass SEAL (4G) 0.0 110 B Gavin van Zyl SILVER FLYER (3C) 0.0 109 B Mike de Kock SLUMDOGMILLIONAIRE (3C) 0.0 109 Gavin van Zyl CASTLETHORPE (AUS) (4G) 0.0 108 Mike Bass ENGLISH GARDEN (4G) 0.0 108 Mike Bass EUROPA POINT (IRE) (5M) 0.0 108 B Mike de Kock LION IN WINTER (5G) 0.0 108 Joey Ramsden POMODORO (3C) 0.0 108 Sean Tarry SMANJEMANJE (5G) 0.0 108 B Tyrone Zackey ASTRO NEWS (3G) 0.0 107 Greg Ennion BEACH BEAUTY (4F) 0.0 107 Dennis Drier EBONY FLYER (4F) 0.0 107 Justin Snaith JET JAMBOREE (4C) 0.0 106 Dominic Zaki SOLO TRAVELLER (4G) 0.0 106 Mike de Kock TOP SELLER (4C) 0.0 106 B Vaughan Marshall EMERALD COVE (4F) 0.0 105 Justin Snaith EMPENOSO HENN (ARG (4G) 0.0 105 Mike de Kock GALANTHUS (5G) 0.0 105 Tyrone Zackey TRIBAL DANCE (3C) 0.0 105 Vaughan Marshall BERRY BLAZE (IRE) (4F) 0.0 104 Mike de Kock BULSARA (5G) 0.0 104 B Gavin van Zyl E-JET (3C) 0.0 104 Sean Tarry GALILEO'S DESTINY (4C) 0.0 104 Mike de Kock THUNDER DANCE (3F) 0.0 104 Brett Crawford CAPTAIN'S WILD (5G) 0.0 103 Mike de Kock FLIRTATION (5M) 0.0 103 Mike de Kock SAFWAN (AUS) (5G) 0.0 103 Mike de Kock WITHOUT MALICE (4F) 0.0 103 George Scott CAYMEN ISLAND (6G) 0.0 102 Yogas Govender GOLDEN CHARIOT (7G) 0.0 102 Sean Tarry GOLDEN CHATEAU (AU (3C) 0.0 102 B Mike de Kock WHITELINE FEVER (3G) 0.0 102 Sean Tarry BUY AND SELL (8G) 0.0 101 Sean Tarry BAY ROUTE (5G) 0.0 100 Deon Visser HOUSE OF WAX (4G) 0.0 100 B Geoff Woodruff ILHA BELA (3F) 0.0 100 Mike de Kock POLAR BOUND (4G) 0.0 100 Brett Crawford PRINCESS OF LIGHT (4F) 0.0 100 Geoff Woodruff SOUL MASTER (4G) 0.0 100 Geoff Woodruff GOLD ONYX (NZ) (4G) 0.0 99 Sean Tarry ATLANTIC OAK (GB) (5M) 0.0 98 Mike de Kock CHECCETTI (4F) 0.0 97 B Mike de Kock RIGHT BEAUTY (3G) 0.0 97 Mike de Kock NORTHERN EMPEROR ( (3G) 0.0 96 Charles Laird RED BARREL (3G) 0.0 96 Mike de Kock RIO CARNIVAL (AUS) (3C) 0.0 96 Charles Laird SAGE THRONE (4G) 0.0 96 Colin Scott ZAMBUCCA (3C) 0.0 96 Saeed Mohideen HEAVY METAL (3G) 0.0 95 Sean Tarry ROYAL BENCHER (3G) 0.0 95 Alec Laird GORONGOSA (IRE) (5M) 0.0 94 B Mike de Kock TAIPAN (3C) 0.0 94 Dean Kannemeyer BARACAH (3C) 0.0 93 B Sean Tarry MASTER PLAN (3G) 0.0 93 Greg Ennion GREY COSSACK (5G) 0.0 91 Herman Brown/Frank Robinson ICE DIAMOND (5G) 0.0 88 Glen Puller STORM SAGAZ (ARG) (5G) 0.0 88 B Yogas Govender EXTRA COVER (5G) 0.0 86 Alec Laird IRON GREY (4G) 0.0 86 Mike de Kock PREMIUM WOOD (3G) 0.0 85 Yogas Govender CANTERBURY TALE (3G) 0.0 83 Mike de Kock MAIN DANE (AUS) (3G) 0.0 83 Mike de Kock VETTEL (ARG) (3C) 0.0 83 Mike de Kock MOZART'S GIOVANNI (3C) 0.0 82 Mike de Kock *BOLD DENOTES KZN-BRED RACEHORSES OR BY KZN RESIDENT STALLIONS (71 Entries ) Important dates to diarise: Thursday, 19 April 2012 - Announcement of Entries Tuesday, 15 May 2012 - First Supplementary Entries Monday, 11 June 2012 - Final Supplementary Entries Tuesday, 12 June 2012 - Weights Published Wednesday, 20 June 2012 - Declarations close Thursday, 21 June 2012 - Announcement of Final Field and Barrier Draw NB: Two Reserve Runners will be announced which will replace any horse withdrawn on or before 12:00 on Tuesday, 26 June 2012 Thursday, 28 June 2012 - Vodacom Durban July Gallops at Greyville Racecourse Information courtesy www.goldcircle.co.za

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