Greyville Saturday 6th June...

Plenty to discuss so early thread

FINAL Field


Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T Jockey Trainer

1 FUTURA 60.0 120 (120) 10 A S Cormack Justin Snaith

2 LEGISLATE 60.0 117 (117) 12 A R Fourie Justin Snaith

3 ICE MACHINE 60.0 113 (113) 9 A A Marcus Charles Laird

4 NO WORRIES 60.0 111 (111) 8 B A K de Melo Gavin van Zyl

5 KING OF PAIN 60.0 110 (110) 6 A B Fayd'Herbe Joey Ramsden

6 HALVE THE DEFICIT 60.0 109 (109) 4 A R Danielson Sean Tarry

7 ASHTON PARK 60.0 108 (108) 5 A G Cheyne Mike Bass

8 BOUCLETTE TOP 60.0 108 (108) 7 B A W Marwing Alec Laird

9 BEZANOVA 60.0 105 (105) 11 A G Lerena Alec Laird

10 WILLOW MAGIC 60.0 103 (103) 3 A P Strydom Sean Tarry

11 NIGHT TRIP 60.0 101 (101) 2 B A A Delpech Mike Bass

12 ZE KAISER 60.0 95 ( 95) 1 B A C Orffer Mike Bass

Cup trial final field

1 GOLD ONYX 60.0 110 (110) 5 A T G Behr Sean Tarry
2 HELDERBERG BLUE 59.5 109 (109) 1 A A Marcus Mike Bass
3 ATHINA 58.0 106 (106) 4 A T R Fourie Joe Soma
4 PUNTA ARENAS 58.0 106 (106) 12 C A I Sturgeon Stan Elley
5 WHITELINE FEVER 57.5 105 (105) 6 A P Strydom Sean Tarry
6 KOCHKA 56.5 103 (103) 2 A G Lerena Alyson Wright
7 BOLD INSPIRATION 55.5 101 (101) 3 A S Randolph Charles Laird
8 DYNASTIC POWER 55.5 101 (101) 10 A G Cheyne Stan Elley
9 THE HANGMAN 55.5 101 (101) 9 A ........... Sean Tarry
10 DYNAMIC 55.0 100 (100) 11 A S Cormack Justin Snaith
11 WILD ONE 54.5 99 ( 99) 8 B A A Delpech Mike de Kock
12 IT IS WRITTEN 53.0 96 ( 96) 7 A S Khumalo Dean Kannemeyer
13 BEEWITHMEE 52.0 93 ( 93) 13 A L Mohapi Duncan Howells

The two best horses in South Africa, stable companions Futura and Legislate, will make Saturday’s R1-million, Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge over 1 600m at Greyville one of the best races of the decade.



Justin Snaith is pitting last year’s Vodacom Durban July winner Legislate against the winner of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and J&B Met winner Futura and at level weights with both being drawn towards the outside, it could be called the match race of all time. Under these conditions, the race should decide which is the better, something that has been the centre of speculation since they first met in the Cape as three-year-olds when Futura was in the Brett Crawford stable.



The two are among the 12 runners that stood their ground for this famous race with the field including the winner of the Independent On Saturday Drill Hall Stakes Ice Machine as well as the second and third in that race, Bouclette Top and Ashton Park. Also in the field is the five-year-old No Worries that finished third to Wylie Hall in the Premier’s Champion Challenge at Turffontein.



Thirteen runners will face the starter for the R250 000, Grade 3 Cup Trial, the second race on the card featuring Vodacom Durban July candidates hoping to impress the big race selection panel.



Topping the handicap over 1 800m is the J&B Met runner-up Gold Onyx and Helderberg Blue that finished third as well as the runner-up in the Grade 1 Paddock Stakes Athina from the Gauteng stable of Joe Soma.



Stan Elley’s July candidate Punta Arenas, that ran a great race in the Betting World 1900 to finish third behind his stable companion Dynastic Power, will be hoping to make enough impression to sway the July selection panel to give him another crack at the big race by turning the tables on his stablemate.



Mike de Kock is running the Mogok gelding Wild One that won the Lonsdale Stirrup Cup and placed in both the Gold Vase and the eLan Group Gold Cup at Greyville last year.



The R250 000, Grade 2 Tibouchina Stakes will see the Duncan Howells-trained filly Same Jurisdiction in action against top Cape fillies and mares like Helderberg Blue and Maybe Yes. Same Jurisdiction won the Thekwini Stakes and the Flamboyant Stakes before being beaten from a wide draw in the Gauteng Fillies Guineas and failing by a neck to beat Siren’s Call in the SA Fillies Classic.



The De Kock pair of Ataab and One Fine Day, third and fourth to Alexis in the KRA Fillies Guineas will add spice to a very competitive race.

By Richard Mcmillan

The R250 000, Grade 2 Tibouchina Stakes will see the Duncan Howells-trained filly Same Jurisdiction in action against top Cape fillies and mares like Helderberg Blue and Maybe Yes. Same Jurisdiction won the Thekwini Stakes and the Flamboyant Stakes before being beaten from a wide draw in the Gauteng Fillies Guineas and failing by a neck to beat Siren’s Call in the SA Fillies Classic.

This is a gelding and is running in the CUP TRIAL not Tibouchina - i presume he means Hammie's Hooker

Will have my eye on No Worries as a roughie going into the july, I think a placing should be enough to see him in the final field..

SJ no race in the TIBOUCHINA STAKES.
Anton to bring her home.

It's worth remembering that except for his poor run in the queens plate , which is very obviously not his best form, Legislate was coming off a 5 win in a row streak including 4 g1 races coming into that. Futura was behind him in 2 of those . Not sure that Legislate will be at his best having missed his prep run and not having run since that poor run. Both poor draws but hopefully both will have a clear passage and give us all a race to remember.

8/10 Futura and 9/4 Legislate with sportingbet

www.sportingbet.co.za/sports-horse-racin...8231b_36795c_20303d_

Should be a cracking race

Bob Brogan wrote: 8/10 Futura and 9/4 Legislate with sportingbet

www.sportingbet.co.za/sports-horse-racin...8231b_36795c_20303d_

Legislate 3.75/1 with Hollywood

bayern wrote:

Bob Brogan wrote: 8/10 Futura and 9/4 Legislate with sportingbet

www.sportingbet.co.za/sports-horse-racin...8231b_36795c_20303d_

Legislate 3.75/1 with Hollywood

massive price because ive just been told that this is Legislates target, they want to win a grade 1 mile before stud

ps HB are only 7/10 futura