Final Fields Daily News & Woolavington

DAILY NEWS 2000 (Grade 1)


1 2 Hawwaam 60 121 A A Marcus Mike de Kock
2 5 Twist Of Fate 60 117 A S Khumalo Joey Ramsden
3 3 Bunker Hunt 60 112 A R Fourie Justin Snaith
4 8 Thanksgiving 60 106 A B Fayd'Herbe Duncan Howells
5 6 Zillzaal 60 105 TBA L Hewitson Sean Tarry
6 7 Atyaab (AUS) 60 104 BA R Simons Mike de Kock
7 1 Charles 60 104 BA C Orffer Brett Crawford
8 4 Capoeira 60 81 A G Lerena Andre Nel

WOOLAVINGTON 2000 (Grade 1)

1 10 Front And Centre 60 112 A A Marcus Brett Crawford
2 11 Santa Clara 60 112 A B Fayd'Herbe Candice Bass-Robinson
3 1 Return Flight 60 109 A L Hewitson Sean Tarry
4 7 Silvano's Pride 60 106 A R Fourie Justin Snaith
5 8 Blossom 60 103 A G Lerena Mike de Kock
6 6 Seville Orange 60 99 A C Zackey Lucky Houdalakis
7 2 Bize 60 97 A R Danielson Alec Laird
8 12 Chitengo 60 95 BA R Simons Alec Laird
9 5 Princess Irene 60 95 BA C Orffer Brett Crawford
10 9 Madonna 60 82 A *L J Ferraris Justin Snaith
11 4 Snapscan 60 81 A W Kennedy Glen Kotzen
12 3 Count Dubucks 60 79 A K de Melo Glen Kotzen

The Woolavington will be interesting with both Santa Clara and Front And Centre draw wide (again), and front running Return Flight drawn on the paint.

On a lighter note, can see Chicken & Chips sharpening his claws should Marcus not win.

Will be a good race all the same.

Hawwaam and Marcus stay together albeit Lerena is riding on the day, should we read anything into it regards Hawwaam running or not running in the July.

DAILY NEWS 2000 FINAL FIELD AND SUPPORTING FEATURES

Dual Grade 1 winner Hawwaam has drawn two for Saturday’s Grade 1 Daily News 2000 at Greyville which has eight acceptors in all including the Andre Nel-trained supplementary entry Capoeira.

Twelve runners will face the starter in the Grade 1 Woolavington 2000 including dual Grade 1 winner Return Flight, Grade 1 WSB Cape Fillies Guineas winner Front And Centre and Grade 2 KRA Fillies Guineas winner Santa Clara.

Hawwaam’s stablemate Soqrat will not be running in the Daily News 2000 and this was likely due to him landing a good draw of five in the weight for age Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge, which attracted a star studded field of 12.

Mike de Kock has kept Anton Marcus aboard Hawwaam for the Daily News.

Hawwaam is going to have his toughest task to date as he is up against the 117 merit rated Twist Of Fate, who comes off a fine win in the Grade 2 KRA Guineas, where the widely drawn three-times Grade 1-winning miler Soqrat could only manage fourth.

Twist Of Fate, trained by Joey Ramsden and drawn five, finished second to Soqrat in the Grade 1 Cape Guineas but perhaps his most eye-catching trial for Saturday’s race was in the Grade 3 Politician Stakes over 1800m at Kenilworth where he gave away lumps of weight and won easily.

The 112 merit rated Bunker Hunt has always been well regarded by the Justin Snaith yard and this big horse caught the eye in no uncertain terms when staying on strongly for third in the KRA Guineas. He is drawn in three and this trip will be ideal.

The Sean Tarry-trained Zillzaal, merit rated 105, stayed on resolutely for second in the Grade 1 SA Derby over 2450m, but on Champions Challenge form over this trip he has 6,1 lengths to make up on Hawwaam. The local hopes rest with the Duncan Howells-trained Thanksgiving, who has drawn widest of all. He stayed on well for fifth in the KRA Guineas and earlier finished a 3,40 length second to Hawwaam in the Dingaans over 1600m. His Cape Derby run over this trip can be ignored as he pulled up lame behind. He has always struck as one who is looking for this trip.

Atyaab won the Grade 1 Cape Derby, although among the defeated were the neck runner up Charles and the 2,65 length fourth-placed Bunker Hunt.

Bunker Hunt has clearly improved since then. Atyaab has since been beaten 17,55 lengths in the SA Classic by Hawwaam, where Zillzaal was beaten 11,25 length, and Atyaab was then fourth in the SA Derby, 0.70 lengths behind Zillzaal.

Charles needed the run in the KRA Guineas when forced wide at the top of the straight from a handy position and not finding much. This expensive Trippi colt was wearing second time blinkers there and is progressive so could earn on Saturday.

Capoeira has only had five runs and showed improvement last time when a narrow second to Our Coys over 1750m at Scottsville in a Progress Plate. However, he will need to make dramatic further improvement to be a factor here. – Journalist: David Thiselton

Barahin nominated for the Jubilee.

Stepping stone to winning july imo

i hope so.

rolands song wrote: Stepping stone to winning july imo

This and the Rising Sun his target

Barahin not in the rising sun

Bob Brogan wrote: This and the Rising Sun his target