Final Field Gold eLan Gold cup

This is so unfortunate considering your horse had a real lively chance

Nickname wrote:

Bob Brogan wrote: Please be advised that the following horses have been scratched from this year’s eLan Property Group Gold Cup by trainer Gavin van Zyl.



HEART OF A LION (Reason: Injured Near Fore Tendon Time: 10:47 Date: 16 July 2015)



Kolkata is now a runner, jockey to be advised.

History repeating itself... Got injured a few weeks before the Triple Crown, after running second a nose length behind Louis the King. Finally after a year and a half he is coming back to his best, finding his feet.... And now this...

This game makes you sick...

Yip - not for the feint-hearted - bad luck indeed

By Richard Mcmillan

Super Saturday has developed into a super, super Saturday with the quality of fields carded for the final meeting of Champions Season that will also bring the curtain down on the feature programme of the 2014-2015 official racing season.

Outstanding fields will face the starter for the R1.25-million, Grade 1 eLan Property Group Gold Cup and the R1-million, Grade 1 Champions Cup and when the final fields for the two Grade 1 races for juveniles – the R600 000 Premier’s Champion Stakes and the R600 000 Thekwini Stakes, both over 1 600m – the bar for the overall quality of the meeting was raised even higher.

A full field of two-year-old colts and geldings will go to post for the Premier’s Champion Stakes headed by the exciting unbeaten Brave Tin Soldier colt Rabada from the Mike Azzie stable. Owned by Ingrid and Markus Jooste and ridden by Anton Marcus, the colt has toyed with his opposition in his two races to date over 1 400m, the most recent being the Gatecrasher Stakes at Greyville.

Azzie also runs another unbeaten colt, the son of Go Deputy Abashiri that was put over 1 600m on debut and ran out a very easy winner.

Paul Peter runs the Mogok colt Mogok Master that finished less than two lengths fourth to the star Seventh Plain in the Grade 1 Durban Golden Horseshoe on Vodacom Durban July day while the winner of the KZN Yearling Sale Million, Cutting Edge from the Dennis Bosch stable will be looking to complete a big day double.

In the Thekwini Stakes there are some fabulous fillies including the daughter of Horse Chestnut Chestnuts ‘n Pearls that caused a major upset when she powered home for trainer Dennis Drier in the Grade 1 Zulu Kingdom Explorer Golden Slipper on July day.

Neil Bruss runs his unbeaten Go Deputy filly Flying Ice that just beat Almashooqa in the Devon Air Stakes and Mike de Kock fields his unbeaten daughter of Ideal World, Persian Rug that looks like she could be another special individual emerging from this powerful stable.

These two races look very competitive and things will not be any easier in the Grade 2 Gold Bracelet over 2 000m where the Joey Ramsden-trained Silvano filly Gallica Rose takes on some top staying fillies. She was only just beaten by Ash Cloud in the Gold Circle Oaks and that filly contests the major event on the day, the eLan Property Group Gold Cup, and if overcoming her wide draw at 13 she will be a major runner.

Zante from the Bruss stable, fourth in the Grade 1 Woolavington 2000, will be a major player along with Paddock Stakes winner Athina and the winner of the Poinsettia Stakes, Jet Belle.

Gold Cup betting with HollywoodBets

First trip to greyville on Gold cup day, very excited!
Hopefully some winners 2! Really like the chances of solid speed,
Will be shouting him home!

Imho - lots of value in the current betting - for me, Solid Speed should be favorite; big value on both Storm Warning and Savage Wind (and going by names alone, could be a 'fun' exacta/swinger)

By David Thiselton


Glen Kotzen has two outsiders in Gr 1s on Super Saturday at Greyville this weekend, Gone Baby Gone in the eLan property Group Gold Cup over 3200m and Light The Lights in the Champions Cup over 1800m. However, his classy Jet Master mare Jet Belle looks to have an excellent chance of defending her crown in the Gr 2 Gold Bracelet over 2000m.

He said about Jet Belle, who is 2,5kg better off with any other horse in the Gold Bracelet according to official merit ratings, “Her sprint (Gr 1 SA Fillies Sprint over 1200m) was an incredible run, she was awfully unlucky as she couldn’t get a run three times, she should have possibly won. Obviously we were disappointed with her run in the Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Stakes (4,6 length 7th over 1600m at Greyville) last time. She ran a bit of a flat race and we pulled a blood, but nothing was untoward. But she is flying at home, so I can’t really explain that below par run. She’s doing exceptionally well and we’ve got Anton Marcus up and I think it’s the right field for her.” She jumps from a plum draw of four.

He said about the four-year-old Greys Inn gelding Gone Baby Gone, who is 4kg under sufferance in the Gold Cup according to official merit ratings, “If you haven’t got a ticket you haven’t got a chance. The winner of the Gold Vase (Heart Of A Lion) is out so that’s one less to beat. At his best he definitely stays the trip, he was beaten three-quarters-of-a-length over this trip in the Chairman’s Cup in Cape Town. We also pulled a blood for him after the SABC Gold Vase (Gr 2 over 3000m at Greyville on July day) as we thought he would run a little closer than he did and we found he was a little bit anaemic. His blood picture showed he could use a little help so we’ve been working on that and hopefully we will see a horse who is going to finish off his race on Saturday.” Gone Baby Gone has a favourable draw of six with Warren Kennedy up.

The three-year-old Western Winter colt Light The Lights is officially 5,5kg under sufferance with the best weighted horse in the Champions Cup, Futura. He has been a touch disappointing during the Champions Season and in his last start in the Gr 2 tabGold 2200 he finished 5,5 lengths back in 6th. Kotzen said, “We do feel he needs gelding. We fitted him with a pair of blinkers last time out and I thought he ran an okay race. That day he went down the inside and the going appeared to be much better on the outside. But in saying that he really needs to find his best form. We’re just going for the lucky last now and are going to geld him afterwards. But he’s very well in himself and anything from a mile upwards is a good trip for him.” He is drawn eleven with Johnny Geroudis up.

Kotzen’s four-year-old Kahal filly Euthalia returns from a four month break to run in a handicap over 1400 on the polytrack. She won her last start over 1600m on the poly and is now five points higher in the merit ratings. He said, “She ran an absolute cracker to win her last start and we had her lined up for her next run, but she threw a temperature, so we had to back off her for two weeks. But she’s fit and well again.” This looks to be a stronger field than she faced last time.

The yard run the three-year-old Fort Wood colt New Fort in a MR 78 handicap over 2400m on the turf ten days after he finished third over 1950m at Scottsville and Kotzen said, “He needs a nice fast pace or further because he takes time to unwind. He couldn’t really go with them last time and started coming back at them again towards the end. He will definitely strip a fitter horse and is going to love the 2400m.” This galloping type is starting to come into his own now and has a chance with Richard Fourie up but he has a tricky draw of eight to overcome in the 13 horse field.

For me the highlight will be seeing Abashiri going past Rabada like he is standing and still on a tight hold climb in boys :whistle:

Marcus Jooste to clean up and score a quick feature double on Saturday.

Rabada to cruise in and Strydom to follow up on Coltrane.

Coltrane will go extremely close and is excellent value at 16/1 for the Gold Cup.

DC wrote: First trip to greyville on Gold cup day, very excited!
Hopefully some winners 2! Really like the chances of solid speed,
Will be shouting him home!

great DC here's to a good day
ps have a tenner on Ivan's in the opener

I have a feeling their strike rate at Greyville may be 100%,that's Peter and Piere Strydom ?

I have never used the sh%t phrase but Night Trip in the tenth should do that