Vodacom Durban July Entries Announced
| Vodacom Durban July Entries Announced |
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
