July Day Trainer comments

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Charles Laird has a number of feature race opportunities on Vodacom Durban July day, but he made Waltzed Home in the eleventh, the Non-Black Type eThekwini Sprint over 1200m, his best runner at the meeting.



Dylan's Promise only just missed out on selection for the Vodacom Durban July field and runs in the Gr 2 Gold Vase over 3000m instead.



Laird said, “It is not easy for a filly to carry 56,5kg in open company. I believe she will get the trip. Kevin (Shea) rode her this morning (Tuesday) and she worked very well.”



He runs Gr 1 Allan Robertson runner up Rich Girl in the Gr 1 Zulu Kingdom Golden Slipper over 1400m with Anton Marcus up from draw eight.



He said, “She showed last time the way she raced that she will stay the trip. You can’t really have a plan from that draw, but she is doing very, very well and came out of that last race without any problems.”



The hard-knocking maiden Nisa’s Machine represents the yard in the Gr 1 Durban Golden Horseshoe over 1400m from draw six with Sean Cormack up and Laird said, “He is up against winners, but has strong form and I still think Anton went too early on him last time out, so he could place.”



Delaware Bay runs in the Listed Thukela over 1600m and Laird said, “He is very well and has won at the track, but I’m not sure that he’s in that league.”



Laird feels that both Resolution in the first and Waltzed Home in the eleventh would go well on the polytrack based on their good homework on the sand.

Neil Bruss is expecting a better run from his only Vodacom Durban July day meeting entrant, Guest El Grande, who runs in the first race over 1400m on the polytrack from draw seven with Karl Neisius up.



He used to train the five-year-old Fan Club’s Mister mare and she has returned to his yard for this last race before going to stud.



He said, “This is a better trip than last time (1200m). She was cramped and squeezed in that race and the jockey stopped riding. She has been doing well.”

Geoff Woodruff remained buoyant this week about his chances of landing the Vodacom Durban July where he has three runners, Louis The King, Rake’s Chestnut and Tellina.



Tellina arrived at Clairwood from the Highveld earlier this week and Woodruff said he had travelled well and was “nice and fresh”.



He said, “His last run can be ignored as he generally takes one run to come back.”



Tellina is way out at 40-1 on the Betting World boards, while the three-year-old pair Louis The King and Rake’s Chestnut are both in single figures.



Rake’s Chestnut gave the Triple Crown hero Louis The King a lead in the July gallops last week and they both strode out very well under their respective big race riders Anton Marcus and Kevin Shea.



It is not surprising that Louis The King has shortened into 4-1 favourite with Betting World since the gallop as he moved and quickened effortlessly. Rake’s Chestnut has meanwhile drifted out to 15/2. However, coming from behind gave Louis The King the advantage in terms of creating a better impression, so Rake’s Chestnut’s should certainly not be forgotten about.



Rake’s Chestnut finished just a short-head back in the Gr 1 Daily News 2000 in just his fourth racecourse appearance and, despite being hampered at a crucial stage, beat Louis The King by 1,25 lengths.



However, Shea has no doubt that Louis The King will improve on that run as he was looking around and not concentrating fully in his first appearance at Greyville, while he had also been freshened up by Woodruff after his Triple Crown exploits with the July in mind.



Shea said on Tuesday last week, “I would like him to bring his Gauteng Guineas form. I was on a top horse that day (Forest Indigo) and he went past me like I was standing still.’’


Marcus and Woodruff discussed Rake’s Chestnut’s well-being that same day last week and commented on how his coat was improving. It looks likely that the Horse Chestnut gelding is going to peak at just the right time.



Woodruff describes Rake’s Chestnut as a “sensible horse”, so his relative lack of experience shouldn’t be a problem.



Louis The King, a colt by Black Minnaloushe, is one of the yard favourites not only due to his money-making success, but also due to his laid back and easy going nature. He appears to enjoy everything he does and has a perfect racing temperament.



Woodruff is thrilled with both of their draws, which will see Rake’s Chestnut come into draw three and Louis The King into draw eight.



This should allow them to find midfield positions without exerting too much energy early.



They both carry 55,5kg and will receive 0,5kg from Daily News winner Legislate.



Woodruff would have fancied his Gr 3 tabGold 2200 runner Master Sabina with 53kg if he had made it into the July and added last week that his work had “been outstanding.’’


This son of Jet Master’s form dipped when he was found to be haemo-concentrating, but he has bounced back to his best after gelding.


He was unplaced in the Gr 3 Cup Trial, which ruined his chances of qualifying for the July, but Woodruff put that down to him being “stuck three wide too far back.’’


He also had some traffic problems early in the straight. Woodruff added, “He had the fastest finish and made up six lengths, but the race was already over.’’



He runs Lockheed Jetstar in the Listed Thukela Handicap over 1600m and revealed that he had put in very good work at Clairwood on Tuesday. Marcus rides from draw three and he must have a fine chance considering he beat Rake’s Chestnut last time out over this trip at Turffontein, although the latter would have needed that outing, his first after gelding.



Woodruff said that the Woolavington 2000 trip had been too far for Arcetri Pink and that this tough filly, who has endured a gruelling campaign, was doing well. He said, “It’s a tough race and I think she only has a place shout up against the like of Beach Beauty and Hammie’s Hooker. Love Vivien is better than rated but is an optimistic entry to say the least.”

Justin Snaith continues to be happy with his Vodacom Durban July pair Legislate and In The Fast Lane and he has some other chances on the day too.



Jockey Richard Fourie didn’t hide his confidence when speaking to Cape Town-based racing journalist Michael Clower earlier this week about the chances of Legislate, who likely has the best turn of foot in the field and should easily get the trip.



Fourie declared himself to be about 90% fit on Tuesday this week at Clairwood, following his nasty fall off Jet Explorer in the Gr 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge, but that didn’t stop him from winning the Listed Winter Oaks over 2200m on the Snaith-trained Irish Myth on Saturday.



Snaith was happy with Legislate’s draw of eleven.



He said, “In the July a good draw can become a bad draw very quickly. The Daily News was his second run after a rest and he will easily get the 2200m trip. You don’t need a stayer to win the July.



In The Fast Lane is meanwhile reminding everybody down at Clairwood of the feisty but brilliant former Mike Bass-trained Jet Master filly River Jetez.



Snaith had battled a bit with In The Fast Lane in her first couple of months at Clairwood as she had appeared to be homesick, but she is now thriving. He said about the dual Gr 1-winning three-year-old Jet Master filly, “She is extremely well and is kicking and biting and behaving like a two-year-old.”



He added, “I think 2200m is probably her maximum trip.”



In The Fast Lane is drawn superbly in three and Grant van Niekerk rides.



Snaith’s Readytogorightnow is the first reserve and he said he was doing “very well”.

The yard have the Captain Al filly Eros’s Girl in the Gr 1 Zulu Kingdom Golden Slipper over 1400m.



She won her first two starts in Cape Town over 1200m without coming off the bit, but Snaith admitted last week that he was having the same uphill battle with her at Clairwood that he initially had with In The Fast Lane.



He said that he would never make the same mistake of running a two-year-old from a wide draw over the Clairwood 1450m that he made when running her in the Listed Devon Air Stakes last time out. She found little extra in the straight after being brought around them to the front.



However he revealed that she had put up an “exceptional” gallop when he took her to Greyville recently.



She is drawn nine if the reserve runner comes out and has Bernard Fayd’Herbe up. Snaith gives her a winning chance provided she settles and has some luck in running.



Snaith also said last week that “a line could be drawn through” the last run of his Var colt Harry Lime, who finished unplaced from an unfavourable draw in the Gr 1 Tsogo Sun Medallion over 1200m at Scottsville.



He said, “He is back to his best. For that last start he was over trained and his blood readings were all wrong. He will give a very good account of himself and will stay the trip on his coconut.”



Richard Fourie will ride Harry Lime from draw 10.



Snaith said this week that the second race over 1400m on the polytrack looked the right race for True Master despite a drop in trip as he faced weaker and had a good draw at last. His jockey Anton Marcus has been riding him in work.



Snaith said about his other runners on the day, “Diva’s Daughter (first race) likes the polytrack and the 1400m is perfect, so she will run a big race. Ottimo (Listed Thukela Handicap over 1600m) is in a good place, had a good prep run and has a good draw. He has a lot going for him and will have no excuses. Casual Var (10th over 1000m on the poly) is having his first run after a break, but usually runs well fresh. We took him to run on the poly and he enjoyed it. I am expecting a good run from November Rain in that race. He is working exceptionally well and the race being under the lights is the only concern. Widgit (KZN Yearling Sale Million) ran a flat race last time and is now doing well. It’s R1 million race on July day so we will have a go.”

The Dean Kannemeyer yard are bullish about their chances of reaping Graded race rewards on Vodacom Durban July day where they have a small but powerful team of three runners, Capetown Noir, Hot Ticket and Afrikaburn.



The four-year-old Western Winter colt Capetown Noir has his second crack at the July and will be wearing first time blinkers.



He had the headgear on when putting in impressive work under big race jockey Karl Neisius at the July gallops last Thursday and Kannemeyer’s assistant trainer Albie Going said, “We are thrilled with his work and he seemed very relaxed at the gallops. He is a more mature horse this year so has a better chance of getting the distance and he was running on well last year anyway. With the turn of speed he’s got, he’s got a shout if he’s up there in the last 200m.”



Capetown Noir has unfortunately drawn wide again and will come into barrier 12 in the 16 horse field if the reserve runners come out, which is similar to his draw of 15 in the 20 horse field last year.



The three-time Gr 1 winner has to carry second top-weight of 59kg off a merit rating of 112, as opposed to 55kg off a merit rating of 107 as a three-year-old last year.



He appeared a bit flat footed at the top of the straight in the slow run Gr 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge over 1600m last time out and has also taken a while to get going in his four previous outings at Greyville, so the blinkers make him a very interesting prospect indeed. This is especially in the light of his Gr 1 Investec Cape Derby win last year, where he showed an electric turn of foot and hit the front too soon, before plugging on bravely.



There is little doubt that Kannemeyer has the best stayer in the country in the form of the four-year-old Silvano gelding Hot Ticket, who will have to carry 60kg from draw nine with Neisius up in the Gr 2 Nokia Gold Vase over 3000m.



He won the Gr 2 Betting World Stakes over 2450m at Clairwood in facile fashion three weeks ago and his main mission will be the Gold Cup over 3200m in three weeks’ time.



However, Kannemeyer has described the strapping chestnut as “really tough”, so he is not asking him to do too much.



In fact Going said on Tuesday that Hot Ticket had still needed that last outing and would be better this time.



He said, “He is a classy stayer, the 3000m will suit him down to the ground and he is in with a very big shout.”



Afrikaburn by Trippi is unbeaten in two starts over 1400m and 1200m respectively and this colt is being tipped by a few pundits to win the Gr 1 Durban Golden Horseshoe over 1400m.



He is drawn very well in four with Neisius up and Going said, “If he improves like he did from his first to his second start he must be in with a very big shout.”

Joey Ramsden said that Gr 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge winner King Of Pain was primed to run to his best in the Vodacom Durban July, but was philosophical about his chances.



He said, “He came out of the Gold Challenge exceptionally well and is in really good form, but whether he is good enough to carry top-weight is another matter. Before the Gold Challenge we thought that he might still need it as he had a foot abscess that took far longer to heal than we had hoped for. It looked, according to the log, that they didn’t want him in the July and we were running out of time, so we obviously did a better job than we thought we had done.”



The four-year-old Greys Inn gelding was given a fine tactical ride in the Gold Challenge by Bernard Fayd’Herbe, who took him to the front in a race that always looked to lack pace. He rallied when joined by the brilliant Beach Beauty before finding extra in impressive style to repel her and the high class Yorker. The win was no fluke as it was the second time that he had beaten both Beach Beauty and Capetown Noir in a weight for age mile.



The July also looks to lack pace, but Ramsden was not sure a repeat of the Gold Challenge tactics would be employed by Fayd’Herbe.



He said, “From his wide draw it is very hard for him to have a plan and it is also a tough ask for the horse to carry that weight. King Of Pain is actually a better horse coming from off the pace. In the Queen’s Plate he moved up and was taken out. He had a very good prep going into the Met, but didn’t travel well early and ended up too far out of his ground, so maybe I was guilty on the tactical side that time.”



He ran on well enough in the Met and Ramsden consequently put blinkers on in his next start in the Magnum Mile. This time he travelled well throughout and in a driving finish prevailed by a short-head over the useful Night Trip, despite giving him 7kg.



The blinkers were kept on for the Gold Challenge and they are on again for the July.



He is certainly a runner to be reckoned with as his Gold Challenge win was the sort of performance that both Ramsden and Fayd’Herbe had always believed him capable of and the July trip will be no problem, as he lost narrowly in the Winter Derby over 2400m last year when carrying 0,5kg overweight in soft ground.



Fayd’Herbe allowed the powerful grey to stand still on the back straight for a while at the July gallops last Thursday and survey the course and thereafter he enjoyed his workout. He was also striding out very nicely on the sand at Clairwood on Tuesday.



King Of Pain will come into draw eleven if the reserves come out and with 60kg on his back will have to go one step better than last year’s winner, Heavy Metal, who carried 59,5kg.



Ramsden said of the dangers, “Futura has a good draw, good jockey and good trainer and has a lot in his favour receiving weight from the other three-year-olds.”



Ramsden implied that the shock defeat of Futura in the Cup Trial last time out would be a good learning curve in the horse’s career as the difficulty of facing tough older handicappers with an inexperienced horse running in his first feature could never be underestimated.



Ramsden runs the interestingly bred grey filly Grey Light in the Gr 1 Zulu Kingdom Golden Slipper over 1400m. She is by the sort after sire Tapit, who stands on the USA stud farm Gainesway, which is owned by the family of the late Graham Beck. Grey Light was bred to Southern Hemisphere times and consigned by Highland Farm Stud at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale.



Grey Light won in good style first time out on the Greyville polytrack and looks to be a strongly made individual. Ramsden said, “We don’t know a lot about her after just one run and are chucking her in at the deep end. We will know more after Saturday.”



He gives the widely drawn Disco Al a chance in the Gr 3 tabGold 2200 and said, “From a nice draw I would have liked him a lot as his recent form lines are good.”

David must have not slept for a week with all the work that`s gone into writing all these articles

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> David must have not slept for a week with all the
> work that`s gone into writing all these articles
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> Massive (tu)(tu)(tu) Tipster

good guy (tu)

great effort