Final Field Post Merchants

Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T Jockey Trainer
1 TALKTOTHESTARS 60.0 113 (113) 3 B A T B Fayd'Herbe Coenie de Beer
2 GULF STORM 58.0 106 (106) 17 A R Fourie Brett Crawford
3 SEARCH PARTY 58.0 106 (106) 9 A C Orffer Brett Crawford
4 BARBOSA 56.0 104 (104) 4 B A A Forbes Dennis Drier
5 CAPTAIN'S CAUSEWAY 56.0 104 (104) 7 A ............... Sean Tarry
6 PIVOTAL PURSUIT 56.0 104 (104) 6 B A ............... Gary Alexander
7 CAPTAIN SWAROVSKI 56.0 103 (103) 10 A D Dillon Justin Snaith
8 TOP FORM 56.0 101 (101) 8 B A A Marcus Charles Laird
9 REDCARPET CAPTAIN 56.0 100 (100) 11 A W Kennedy Gareth van Zyl
10 AMAZING STRIKE 54.0 99 ( 99) 2 B A A Delpech Alec Laird
11 LORD BALMORAL 54.0 99 ( 97) 15 A M Byleveld Vaughan Marshall
12 JOAN RANGER 53.5 101 (101) 14 A M V'Rensburg Lucky Houdalakis
13 JUST AS I SAID 52.0 94 ( 94) 1 A T M Yeni Lucky Houdalakis
14 PROFESSOR BRIAN 52.0 91 ( 91) 12 A G van Niekerk Joey Ramsden
Reserve Runners
15 MR ROY 54.0 95 ( 95) 16 A Reserve 1 Alyson Wright
16 SEVENTH PLAIN 54.0 97 ( 97) 5 A T Reserve 2 Dennis Drier
17 DONNY G 54.0 96 ( 96) 13 A Reserve 3 Sean Tarry
Couplings: (2,3) (4,16) (5,17) (12,13)

Here's Prof Brian's big test. Come on boy!

Journalist: Richard McMillan – Gold Circle Publishing Department

MEDIA RELEASE

5 JUNE 2017

They filled the next three places behind surprise winner Bull Valley in the Grade 1 Tsogo Sun Sprint at Scottsville a week ago and they will go to battle again in the R400 000, Grade 2 Post Merchants over 1 200m at Greyville on Friday, June 16.

Two of them, Search Party and Gulf Storm, that finished second and fourth respectively, are from the stable of top Cape trainer Brett Crawford who triumphantly won both the Grade 1 Daily News 2000 and the Woolavington 2000 at Greyville last weekend and will be on a high with strong hopes of snatching the honours in this top sprint event also.

Separating them at the line in the Tsogo Sun Sprint is the Dennis Drier-trained gelding Barbosa that showed a return to form in the Scottsville race with the promise of potential further improvement when he steps out on the polytrack for this race.

A full field of 14 runners will face the starter, with three reserves, with the Overlord gelding Talktothestars from the Coenie De Beer stable topping the weights and nicely drawn at three. While he disappointed in the Tsogo Sun Sprint, his previous effort when second to superstar Rafeef in the Grade 1 Computaform Sprint was confirmation that he had not lost the enthusiasm for racing and at the weights he has a 1.5kg advantage over his rivals on merit.

Search Party could be the Crawford stable elect with Corne Orffer in the irons and with steady improvement in each of his recent races he could be one of the strongest contenders in the race. Stable companion Gulf Storm, however, will have a major task ahead of him from the widest draw but cannot be discounted.

The Drier stable is in top form and in addition to the success in the Tsogo Sun Gold Medallion at Scottsville, the five-year-old Seventh Rock gelding Guiness gave his opposition a hiding in a MR 95 handicap over 1 000m at Greyville at the weekend confirming the form of the stable.

Gareth van Zyl fields the Captain Al gelding Redcarpet Captain that has won his last two starts over 1 200m on the Poly and the Alec Laird-trained Amazing Strike, winner of his last two starts, will be out to strike again.

Professor Brian from the Joey Ramsden yard has won his last three starts, the most recent over the course and distance in comfortable fashion and in a good time and with a light weight to shoulder again could put the cat among the pigeons in what has the makings of a thrilling speed encounter.

Bob Brogan wrote: Journalist: Richard McMillan – Gold Circle Publishing Department

MEDIA RELEASE

5 JUNE 2017

They filled the next three places behind surprise winner Bull Valley in the Grade 1 Tsogo Sun Sprint at Scottsville a week ago and they will go to battle again in the R400 000, Grade 2 Post Merchants over 1 200m at Greyville on Friday, June 16.

Two of them, Search Party and Gulf Storm, that finished second and fourth respectively, are from the stable of top Cape trainer Brett Crawford who triumphantly won both the Grade 1 Daily News 2000 and the Woolavington 2000 at Greyville last weekend and will be on a high with strong hopes of snatching the honours in this top sprint event also.

Separating them at the line in the Tsogo Sun Sprint is the Dennis Drier-trained gelding Barbosa that showed a return to form in the Scottsville race with the promise of potential further improvement when he steps out on the polytrack for this race.

A full field of 14 runners will face the starter, with three reserves, with the Overlord gelding Talktothestars from the Coenie De Beer stable topping the weights and nicely drawn at three. While he disappointed in the Tsogo Sun Sprint, his previous effort when second to superstar Rafeef in the Grade 1 Computaform Sprint was confirmation that he had not lost the enthusiasm for racing and at the weights he has a 1.5kg advantage over his rivals on merit.

Search Party could be the Crawford stable elect with Corne Orffer in the irons and with steady improvement in each of his recent races he could be one of the strongest contenders in the race. Stable companion Gulf Storm, however, will have a major task ahead of him from the widest draw but cannot be discounted.

The Drier stable is in top form and in addition to the success in the Tsogo Sun Gold Medallion at Scottsville, the five-year-old Seventh Rock gelding Guiness gave his opposition a hiding in a MR 95 handicap over 1 000m at Greyville at the weekend confirming the form of the stable.

Gareth van Zyl fields the Captain Al gelding Redcarpet Captain that has won his last two starts over 1 200m on the Poly and the Alec Laird-trained Amazing Strike, winner of his last two starts, will be out to strike again.

Professor Brian from the Joey Ramsden yard has won his last three starts, the most recent over the course and distance in comfortable fashion and in a good time and with a light weight to shoulder again could put the cat among the pigeons in what has the makings of a thrilling speed encounter.

made me laugh :lol: :lol:

MasterOfMyFate wrote:

Bob Brogan wrote: Journalist: Richard McMillan – Gold Circle Publishing Department

MEDIA RELEASE

5 JUNE 2017

They filled the next three places behind surprise winner Bull Valley in the Grade 1 Tsogo Sun Sprint at Scottsville a week ago and they will go to battle again in the R400 000, Grade 2 Post Merchants over 1 200m at Greyville on Friday, June 16.

Two of them, Search Party and Gulf Storm, that finished second and fourth respectively, are from the stable of top Cape trainer Brett Crawford who triumphantly won both the Grade 1 Daily News 2000 and the Woolavington 2000 at Greyville last weekend and will be on a high with strong hopes of snatching the honours in this top sprint event also.

Separating them at the line in the Tsogo Sun Sprint is the Dennis Drier-trained gelding Barbosa that showed a return to form in the Scottsville race with the promise of potential further improvement when he steps out on the polytrack for this race.

A full field of 14 runners will face the starter, with three reserves, with the Overlord gelding Talktothestars from the Coenie De Beer stable topping the weights and nicely drawn at three. While he disappointed in the Tsogo Sun Sprint, his previous effort when second to superstar Rafeef in the Grade 1 Computaform Sprint was confirmation that he had not lost the enthusiasm for racing and at the weights he has a 1.5kg advantage over his rivals on merit.

Search Party could be the Crawford stable elect with Corne Orffer in the irons and with steady improvement in each of his recent races he could be one of the strongest contenders in the race. Stable companion Gulf Storm, however, will have a major task ahead of him from the widest draw but cannot be discounted.

The Drier stable is in top form and in addition to the success in the Tsogo Sun Gold Medallion at Scottsville, the five-year-old Seventh Rock gelding Guiness gave his opposition a hiding in a MR 95 handicap over 1 000m at Greyville at the weekend confirming the form of the stable.

Gareth van Zyl fields the Captain Al gelding Redcarpet Captain that has won his last two starts over 1 200m on the Poly and the Alec Laird-trained Amazing Strike, winner of his last two starts, will be out to strike again.

Professor Brian from the Joey Ramsden yard has won his last three starts, the most recent over the course and distance in comfortable fashion and in a good time and with a light weight to shoulder again could put the cat among the pigeons in what has the makings of a thrilling speed encounter.

made me laugh :lol: :lol:

I had that horse as my only win bet in the compo and 200m out I thought he would be run out - did he watch the race?

Looks like he stopped watching when they turned for home :lol:

Very hard to read through one of these articles without a glaring mistake lately. I appreciate reading them but really more effort should be put into checking their facts - it isn't that hard to do

Talk to the stars will be in the 1st 3 IMO.I think chase didn't ride the best races in his last two starts,

Bernard up so Im sure he will get a well timed ride

Slightly disappointing field based on the huge amount I'd entries and even supplementary entries. Still should be a good race. Will be interesting to see how Prof. Brian gets on as he got in at a great weight(by that I mean as best as possible for the race) , at the bottom of the field.
Likewise Lord Balmoral showed promise but disappointed last time from a wide draw at Scottsville ...which can happen and he drew wide again here.
Otherwise i reckon it looks like the stalwarts at the top of the weights could fight it out.

YET again i must read an article with major mistakes .does anybody check this shit or do they check it and not see the errors?read the article he thinks the damn race is on the polytrack

Search Party 9/2

Professor Brian 5/1

Amazing Strike 11/2

Joan Ranger 7/1

Talktothestars 8/1

Gulf Storm 10/1

Top Form 10/1

Barbosa 11/1

Lord Balmoral 12/1

Captain''s Causeway 14/1

Just As I Said 14/1

Pivotal Pursuit 18/1

Redcarpet Captain 18/1

Captain Swarovski 25/1

Mr Roy
S.P.

Seventh Plain
S.P.

Donny G
S.P.

Always a tough race this

Taken some 8/1 on Amazing Strike. He has a nice galloping mass, a jockey with a good record aboard him and a lovely draw. Looks a very open race but will take my changes on Amazing Strike.