Entries Rising Sun Challenge

DR HORSE A/S WGT M/R TRAINER

15 FUTURA (4C) 60.0 120 Justin Snaith

20 LEGISLATE (4C) 60.0 117 Justin Snaith

12 ICE MACHINE (6G) 60.0 113 Charles Laird

11 NO WORRIES (5G) 60.0 111 B Gavin van Zyl

10 GOLD ONYX (NZ) (7G) 60.0 110 Sean Tarry

8 KING OF PAIN (5G) 60.0 110 Joey Ramsden

6 HALVE THE DEFICIT (6G) 60.0 109 Sean Tarry

2 HEAVY METAL (6G) 60.0 109 Sean Tarry

5 HELDERBERG BLUE (4G) 60.0 109 Mike Bass

7 ASHTON PARK (5G) 60.0 108 Mike Bass

9 BOUCLETTE TOP (ARG (4G) 60.0 108 B Alec Laird

16 BEZANOVA (4G) 60.0 107 Alec Laird

19 JET EXPLORER (6G) 60.0 106 Justin Snaith

18 POWER KING (4G) 60.0 106 B Dean Kannemeyer

21 PUNTA ARENAS (6G) 60.0 106 C Stan Elley

13 WHITELINE FEVER (6G) 60.0 105 Sean Tarry

4 WILLOW MAGIC (AUS) (4C) 60.0 104 Sean Tarry

14 KOCHKA (4G) 60.0 103 Alyson Wright

3 NIGHT TRIP (5G) 60.0 101 B Mike Bass

1 ZE KAISER (5G) 60.0 95 B Mike Bass

22 ACT OF WAR (3C) 58.5 117 Joey Ramsden

17 ATHINA (4F) 57.5 106 Joe Soma

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Please Note:

· Supplementary Entries closes @ 11:00 on Friday, 29 May 2015

· Declarations closes @ 11:00 on Monday, 1 June 2015

The stars are set to glitter at Greyville Racecourse in two weeks’ time, Saturday 6 June 2015, when they form a galaxy at the 1 600m starting post for the R1-million, Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge.

It is where the country’s two best colts, Futura and Legislate, will go up against one another in what could be seen as a match race with the balance of the field seeing a third place as likely their best possibly finishing position.

Trainer Justin Snaith, who now has the J&B Met winner Futura - formerly with Brett Crawford - in his yard, has indicated that they will both run in the race which will make this one of the most exciting races of the season. Both are Vodacom Durban July entries and are guaranteed their positions in that field but the Rising Sun Gold Challenge will not be used as a warm-up and both will be racing to lift the R625 000 first place cheque.

The entry list for this race, previously the premier event at the now defunct Clairwood course, includes some top performers including the highly rated three-year-old Dynasty colt Act Of War from the Joey Ramsden stable. The colt has won seven of his nine starts including the Cape Classic, Selangor Cup, Cape Guineas and Winter Guineas and finished second to Ertijaal in the Investec Cape Derby.

Also among the entries is the runner-up in the J&B Met Gold Onyx from the Sean Tarry stable that won the Drill Hall Stakes along with Bouclette Top and Ashton Park that followed him home and runners-up in the Betting World 1900 Power King and Punta Arenas. Third and fourth in the Premiers Champion Challenge at Turffontein, No Worries and Halve The Deficit, are also among the nominations.

The Grade 3 Cup Trial over 1 800m has drawn a massive entry of 41 including some of those entered for the Rising Sun Gold Challenge, but the winner of the Betting World 1900, Dynastic Power from the Stan Elley stable, has only been entered in the Cup Trial. Elley is probably looking to have both his July entries putting up top performances to improve their chances of a big race run.

Also drawing a large entry for the June 6 meeting is the Grade 2 Tibouchina Stakes with more than half the 31 nominees being three-year-old fillies headed by the daughter of Mambo In Seattle from the Duncan Howells stable, Same Jurisdiction. She is the winner of the Thekwini Stakes and the Flamboyant Stakes and was second in the SA Fillies Classic at Turffontein.

Alexis from the Brett Crawford stable, winner of the KRA Fillies Guineas is among the entries along with Ataab and One Fine Day that finished third and fourth in that race.

By Richard Mcmillan

The three best horses, Futura, Legislate and Act of War draw 15;20;22 out of 22. If we get a maximum field, on this track, it's unlikely that all three will have trouble free passages. Makes the race trickier than if it were run at a fair course like Clairwood.

Bit of a joke having no track in the champions season which is regarded as being " fair". While good horses can win from any draw, good horses can also get beaten by other good horses with a distinct advantage. To me this race was always the best indicator of the champion miler when run at Clairwood where no matter what running style or draw, I can't say that this will be the case anymore. I'm much less excited about this race than I normally am.

The four-year-old Fort Wood filly Athina has been supplemented into the R250 000, Grade 2 Cup Trial over 1 800m at Greyville on June 6 by Gauteng trainer Joe Soma.



At the supplementary entry stage for the Rising Sun Gold Challenge meeting, Justin Snaith withdrew his Jet Master gelding Jet Explorer from the R1-million, Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge over 1 600m but left the six-year-old in contention for a run in the Cup Trial.



Athina, which is also an entry for the Rising Sun Gold Challenge, has a lot of talent and showed it during the Cape summer season when finishing a close second by about a long head to Inara in the Grade 1 Paddock Stakes.



The entry list for the R250 000, Grade2 Tibouchina Stakes over 1 400m on the same day has not changed.



Final Declarations for all three races are due at 11am on Monday, June 1, after which the final fields will be revealed.

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Look for a beeg run from Half the Deficit, going to take a few small ew bets on him for the JULY