Final Fields Drill Hall and Guineas

Fillies Guineas

1 3 INARA 60.0 110 A G van Niekerk Mike Bass

2 6 TROPHY WIFE 60.0 103 A R Danielson Sean Tarry

3 10 ATAAB (AUS) 60.0 101 A J Geroudis Mike de Kock

4 7 ONE FINE DAY 60.0 100 A A Delpech Mike de Kock

5 8 SENSIBLE LOVER (AU 60.0 99 A B Fayd'Herbe Weiho Marwing

6 5 ALEXIS 60.0 97 A C Orffer Brett Crawford

7 4 REAL PRINCESS 60.0 94 A K Neisius Dean Kannemey

8 2 SILVER CLASS 60.0 92 T A D Mansour Johan J van Vuuren

9 11 ZANTE 60.0 92 A S Khumalo Neil Bruss

10 9 CATHY SPECIFIC 60.0 82 A G Cheyne Glen Kotzen

11 1 JUST LUCKY 60.0 80 A M Yeni Duncan Howell

Guineas

1 2 HARRY'S SON (AUS) 60.0 113 T A P Strydom Paul Lafferty

2 9 KINGVOLDT 60.0 111 A B Fayd'Herbe Joey Ramsden

3 6 FOREST FOX 60.0 102 T A K de Melo Paul Peter

4 3 LIGHT THE LIGHTS 60.0 102 A G Cheyne Glen Kotzen

5 15 JAYYED 60.0 101 T A J Geroudis Mike de Kock

6 8 THE CONGLOMERATE ( 60.0 100 A A Marcus Joey Ramsden

7 13 ILLUMINATI 60.0 98 A G Lerena Weiho Marwing

8 14 HEARTLAND 60.0 97 A S Cormack Justin Snaith

9 12 AMAZING STRIKE 60.0 96 T A K Neisius Alec Laird

10 4 ANJAAL (AUS) 60.0 95 BA A Delpech Mike de Kock

11 10 EASY LOVER 60.0 95 A S Randolph Duncan Howell

12 5 ULTIMATE DOLLAR 60.0 94 A R Fourie Justin Snaith

13 1 MAC DE LAGO (AUS) 60.0 86 T A S Khumalo Weiho Marwing

14 7 RAMPANT ICE 60.0 86 A I Sturgeon Weiho Marwing

15 11 RIFF RAF 60.0 79 A D Dillon Jeff Freedman

Drill Hall

1 9 LEGISLATE 60.0 117 A R Fourie Justin Snaith

2 10 KING OF PAIN 60.0 114 BA B Fayd'Herbe Joey Ramsden

3 12 CHEKILLI 59.0 108 A F Herholdt Alec Laird

4 3 ICE MACHINE 59.0 105 A A Marcus Charles Laird

5 4 HELDERBERG BLUE 58.0 110 A G van Niekerk Mike Bass

6 11 ASHTON PARK 58.0 108 A A Delpech Mike Bass

7 5 BOUCLETTE TOP (ARG 58.0 107 BA G Lerena Alec Laird

8 1 SABADELL 58.0 103 A S Khumalo Kumaran Naidoo

9 2 NIGHT TRIP 58.0 101 BA K Neisius Mike Bass

10 8 MOUNTAIN MASTER 58.0 96 TBA G Cheyne Mike Bass

11 6 TIGER TIGER 58.0 95 A D Dillon Paul Reeves

12 7 ZE KAISER 58.0 95 BA C Orffer Mike Bass

Bob Brogan wrote: Guineas

1 2 HARRY'S SON (AUS) 60.0 113 T A P Strydom Paul Lafferty

2 9 KINGVOLDT 60.0 111 A B Fayd'Herbe Joey Ramsden

3 6 FOREST FOX 60.0 102 T A K de Melo Paul Peter

4 3 LIGHT THE LIGHTS 60.0 102 A G Cheyne Glen Kotzen

5 15 JAYYED 60.0 101 T A J Geroudis Mike de Kock

6 8 THE CONGLOMERATE ( 60.0 100 A A Marcus Joey Ramsden

7 13 ILLUMINATI 60.0 98 A G Lerena Weiho Marwing

8 14 HEARTLAND 60.0 97 A S Cormack Justin Snaith

9 12 AMAZING STRIKE 60.0 96 T A K Neisius Alec Laird

10 4 ANJAAL (AUS) 60.0 95 BA A Delpech Mike de Kock

11 10 EASY LOVER 60.0 95 A S Randolph Duncan Howell

12 5 ULTIMATE DOLLAR 60.0 94 A R Fourie Justin Snaith

13 1 MAC DE LAGO (AUS) 60.0 86 T A S Khumalo Weiho Marwing

14 7 RAMPANT ICE 60.0 86 A I Sturgeon Weiho Marwing

15 11 RIFF RAF 60.0 79 A D Dillon Jeff Freedman

One hell of a draw for Jayyed to overcome, jumping from shoprite checkers.. Can't catch a break!

Gone missing:

• Same Jurisdiction
• Act Of War
• Futura
• Kochka

Guineas still a strong field:

• Harry's Son
• Jayyed
• The Conglomerate
• Heartland
• Anjaal

Drill Hall - weak

• Joburg

From David Thiselton



The reigning Vodacom Durban July champion Legislate moved well in light work at Summerveld yesterday, but will probably need his Gr 2 Independent On Saturday Drill Hall Stakes outing, a race that his equally illustrious stablemate Futura will be avoiding.

Legislate put in some light work on the sand under Sean Cormack, who reported him to be “moving well.” He put in a good gallop on Monday, but was “blowing a bit” afterwards and this prompted trainer Justin Snaith to say, “I take it that he will need his first run and he is drawn in the bush anyway (9 out of 12 runners).”

Stable jockey Richard Fourie retains the ride and if Legislate is anywhere near his best he should fight out the Drill Hall with the only other Gr 1-winner involved, King Of Pain, who is also drawn wide in 10.

Snaith has decided to avoid the Drill Hall Stakes with the J&B Met and L’Ormarin’s Queen’s Plate winner Futura, having been thrilled with his recent Greyville grass gallop, and race fans will have to wait until the Gr 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge at Greyville on June 6 before seeing him clash with Legislate for the first time this Champions Season. Snaith has already noticed that the thoroughly professional Futura is a dream to train and one of his positive characteristics is that he “saves himself” and doesn’t extend to the maximum in his workouts. The Dynasty colt put in some fluent work on his own on the top sand track at Summerveld yesterday under Cormack.

Snaith said that his two KRA Guineas contestants Heartland and Ultimate Dollar had both come on since their first KZN outings. They both crossed the line first in their respective Champions Season pipe openers, but Ultimate Dollar was demoted after an objection by the connections of St. Tropez.

Snaith said, “Heartland has gears and is the closest thing to the two big horses (Legislate and Futura) that we have. He is a serious horse.”

Ultimate Dollar has an impressive stride but appears to take a while to wind up. Snaith felt that the Gr 1 Daily News 2000 would give him a better chance of classic victory than the Guineas. However, Ultimate Dollar has drawn in five on Saturday compared to Heartland’s 14.

Snaith said that generally all of his Champions Season string had not had gallops in Cape Town before travelling to Durban so would likely need their first outings in KZN. He said that all seven of his runners from Scottsville on Sunday had pulled up well, including Dynamic, whom he felt was unlucky to have been beaten into second in the Listed Sledgehammer over 1750m by fellow Vodacom Durban July entry, the Dean Kannemeyer-trained Solar Star, as he had received a bump at a crucial stage.

Snaith said that he would be aiming a lot of his other July entries, including the like of Jet Explorer, at the Betting World 1900 on May 15.

Snaith made special mention of his promising New Zealand-bred colt French Revolution, an eye-catching grey whose lightly coloured mane would make him an instant housewive’s favourite. He said, “He has really come well and is thriving. The idea for him is the eLan Property Group Gold Cup, but we want to try and do as little as we can before then as you need a sound horse for that race.”

The KRA Fillies Guineas contestant Alexis put in a superb bit of work on the Summerveld beach sand yesterday morning and will give high flying Cape trainer Brett Crawford an outstanding chance of landing this race for the second year in succession. However, Mike de Kock’s Summerveld assistant trainer Nathan Kotzen was also very happy with the well-being of one of Alexis’s chief rivals on Saturday, One Fine Day.

Yesterday, Alexis cruised at a comfortable gait alongside the speedy Cuvee Brut, who appeared to have her work cut out to keep up, and Crawford’s assistant trainer Barry Donnelly was thrilled by the workout. Cuvee Brut won her last start in a MR 78 Handicap for fillies and mares over 1200m by an impressive three lengths, which puts Alexis’s class into perspective. Alexis has plenty of speed but Donnelly pointed out that on pedigree she should get Saturday’s 1600m trip. Indeed, she has a blistering turn of foot and has invariably finished strongly over shorter. In her last start over 1400m at Greyville in a small but classy field of six, she came from last and after being switched inward she had to then be switched outward again for a clear run and was doing excellent late work. She finished just 1,75 and one length respectively behind One Fine Day and Silver Class and will face both of them on 2kgs better terms in the KRA Fillies Guineas at Greyville on Saturday.

It has to be said that One Fine Day quickened effortlessly and won with a bit in hand, although she was probably more forward than Alexis as it was her third run after a rest compared to the latter’s comeback run. Donnelly confirmed yesterday that Alexis had needed the run and had “come on plenty” since then. Meanwhile, Kotzen said about One Fine Day, “She is doing very well and seems to be flying. If we have her the same as she was for that last race I will be happy.”

Delmar Sherrel is now the sole owner of Alexis. Delmar is the mother of former Springbok flyhalf Lance Sherrel and also has a share in the Crawford-trained stalwart Captain America, who was an easy winner of last month’s WFA Gr 1 HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes over 1600m at Turffontein.

2015

The champion Paul Lafferty-trained Australian-bred colt Harry’s Son put in some fine work on Summerveld’s top sand track yesterday morning ahead of his engagement in Saturday’s Gr 2 KRA Guineas at Greyville and this followed an outstanding gallop at Scottsville last Friday.

Harry’s Son worked with a two-year-old yesterday and drew clear effortlessly while showing his usual fine action and his relatively low head carriage.

On Friday at Scottsville he worked with the stable’s useful Listed Easter Handicap winner Double Clutch over 1400m, of which 1200m was run at racing pace, and after being switched out from behind his companion at the 200m mark he finished a remarkable six lengths clear, an indication of his good turn of foot.

A turn of foot is one of the prerequisites at Greyville and Harry’s Son has proved suited to the tight track, having won the Gr 1 Premier’s Champion Stakes over 1600m last season, following an unlucky third at the same course over 1400m in the Gr 1 Golden Horseshoe.

Harry’s Son only has one chink in his armour, soft ground, which he hates. Lafferty said he was still able to quicken in soft ground, but was then unable to “grip it” and his finishing speed was therefore blunted. His form shows that his only below par runs have been in the soft when beaten 4,25 lengths into second by Unparalleled in the Investec Dingaans over 1600m at Turffontein and when finishing fifth in the Gr 1 SA Classic over 1800m at Turffontein. He also had an excuse for his only other defeat this season in the Gr 1 Grand Parade Cape Guineas at Kenilworth as he was unusually keen in the running having spent three hours on the tarmac at King Shaka airport early that morning due to a delayed flight and then having to endure a two-legged flight via Port Elizabeth. The laid back colt’s subsequent win in the Gr 2 Gauteng Guineas on good ground was impressive and the form was franked as the runner-up French Navy followed up by winning the SA Classic. Harry’s Son’s seasonal reappearance in the Gr 3 Graham Beck Stakes over 1400m at Turffontein last November was possibly the best performance by a three-year-old male this season as he gave lumps of weight to some classy horses and beat them easily by two lengths.

Harry’s Son came out of the gruelling SA Classic, run in “very soft” going, in fine shape and it was a measure of his “engine” that he only lost 1kg in weight during the race. It was also apparent after his workout yesterday that his recovery rate is outstanding and that is often the way top class athlete’s performance capacities are measured by the experts.

Harry’s Son has landed a plum draw of two for Saturday’s big race and with his regular rider Piere Strydom aboard he is going to be hard to beat, despite facing a quality field of 15 runners.
By David Thiselton

Inara
Harry
Ice Machine

The odds aren't out yet so here's mine before the bookies publish theirs
Priced up to a 100% book:

FILLIES GUINEAS:

1 INARA 33/10
4 ONE FINE DAY 13/2
2 TROPHY WIFE 13/2
7 REAL PRINCESS 8/1
3 ATAAB 10/1
5 SENSIBLE LOVER 11/1
6 ALEXIS 12/1
8 SILVER CLASS 18/1
9 ZANTE 20/1
10 CATHY SPECIFIC 44/1
11 JUST LUCKY 60/1


GUINEAS:

2 KINGVOLDT 75/20
6 THE CONGLOMERATE 15/2
5 JAYYED 8/1
10 ANJAAL 9/1
8 HEARTLAND 10/1
4 LIGHT THE LIGHTS 11/1
3 FOREST FOX 13/1
9 AMAZING STRIKE 17/1
11 EASY LOVER 22/1
12 ULTIMATE DOLLAR 22/1
13 MAC DE LAGO 27/1
14 RAMPANT ICE 40/1
7 ILLUMINATI 100/1
15 RIFF RAF 125/1

DRILL HALL:

1 LEGISLATE 9/2
2 KING OF PAIN 11/2
5 HELDERBERG BLUE 11/2
6 ASHTON PARK 17/2
7 BOUCLETTE TOP 17/2
8 SABADELL 10/1
3 CHEKILLI 13/1
12 ZE KAISER 19/1
9 NIGHT TRIP 30/1
11 TIGER TIGER 33/1
4 ICE MACHINE 60/1
10 MOUNTAIN MASTER 60/1

I seen John Freeman reply to a guy on twitter about Legislates run on Saturday

"that it`s only a gallop"

@Mac

i will take some 60s on ICE MACHINE , my bet for the day :evil: