Gauteng Guineas Final Fields

GAUTENG GUINEAS (Grade 2)
For 3 year-olds (1st Leg SA Triple Crown)

No Apprentice Allowance
0 13 Al Borak 60 91 BA D Schwarz M G Azzie/A A Azzie
0 9 Arapaho 60 99 T A ............... Paul Peter
0 8 Astrix 60 104 A C Murray Paul Peter
0 15 Bohica 60 94 T A N Juglall M G Azzie/A A Azzie
0 1 Eden Roc 60 114 T A ............... Sean Tarry
0 2 Frosted Gold (NZ) 60 114 A C Zackey Mike de Kock
0 4 Green Laser 60 96 BA M V'Rensburg Robbie Sage
0 6 Ikigai 60 114 A *L J Ferraris Sean Tarry
0 5 Leopold 60 98 A C Maujean J A Janse van Vuuren
0 14 Riverstown 60 108 A W Kennedy Paul Peter
0 7 Shango 60 120 TBA G Lerena Sean Tarry
0 3 Youcanthurrylove 60 108 A S Khumalo Fabian Habib

WILGERBOSDRIFT GAUTENG FILLIES GUINEAS (Grade 2)
3yo Fillies (1st Leg Wilgerbosdrift SA Triple Tiara)

No Apprentice Allowance
0 22 Christmas Flower 60 93 A Alec Laird
0 14 Flying High 60 93 A Alec Laird
0 26 Gaian Glory 60 99 A Gary Alexander
0 2 Just Kidding 60 88 A P Strydom Gary Alexander
0 8 Kayla's Champ 60 108 A D L Habib Paul Matchett
0 13 Keep Smiling 60 107 TBA R Danielson Sean Tarry
0 21 Machali 60 89 A N Juglall Candice Dawson
0 25 Magic School 60 107 BA D Schwarz Gary Alexander
0 4 Mary O 60 90 A S Moodley Lezeanne Forbes
0 18 Marygold 60 107 A Alec Laird
0 9 Mill Queen 60 112 A G Lerena David Nieuwenhuizen
0 17 Querari Ferrari 60 91 A *J Gates Erico Verdonese
0 12 Rio's Winter 60 96 T A ............... Stephen Moffatt
0 23 Risk Taker 60 102 A R Simons Mike de Kock
0 15 Shivers 60 110 A C Maujean Dorrie Sham
0 3 Snow Palace 60 105 A C Zackey Corne Spies
0 5 Spiritofthegroove 60 107 T A ............... Sean Tarry
0 1 Summer Pudding 60 110 A W Kennedy Paul Peter
0 10 Tartan Dancer 60 86 BA ............... St John Gray
0 27 Victoria Paige 60 107 A *L J Ferraris Sean Tarry
0 24 Virtuosa 60 95 BA C Murray Mike de Kock

25/1 Green Laser looks a big price

Ikigai 5/1 is a dream of a price. I'd price him as favourite so over the moon when I saw the betting.

Tend to agree MOMF plus Mill Queen could make it a super day.

Good Punting

Ikigai's price is insane!

Double with Mill Queen if you really want to be greedy...

A decent looking card and worth a trip to the track.
Would like to hear Tarry comment on his 2 runners in the GNS

Maybe the bookies have got it right, Ikigai was well weighted to beat Got The Greenlight last time, Got The Greenlight did that form no favours on Met day when he was supposedly well weighted, just saying.

bayern wrote: Maybe the bookies have got it right, Ikigai was well weighted to beat Got The Greenlight last time, Got The Greenlight did that form no favours on Met day when he was supposedly well weighted, just saying.

You can look at Got the Greenlight and come to that conclusion or you could look at John Hancock.

3 runs back, John Hancock gave Youcan'thurrylove 3.5kgs and won a short head(but keep in mind Youcan'thurrylove was ridden badly that day and should have won) - I still make him the unknown package.

In his penultimate start, he ran 5.75 lengths off Shango in the Dingaans(equal weights) - most of the principles other than Ikigai and Youcan'thurrylove comes from that formline.

In the Tony Ruffel, he got beat 5.25 lengths from Ikigai who was eased down at the line and over a further 200m(if the race was a mile), to my eye, i can only see that gap increasing. He carried level weights with Ikigai.

That line of form puts Ikigai right on top of Shango on the Dingaans run. With the extra furlong, I expect Ikigai to improve further. He has had 5 runs to Shango's 7 so I still think Ikigai has more improvement to come. Assessing the horses, to my eye, Ikigai's travels better and has a more lethal turn of foot than Shango who takes a bit of time to get into his stride - I think over a mile Ikigai might be too quick for him.

Therefore I would have priced Ikigai up at 16/10 or so - so at 5/1 I'm more than happy to take a risk. Youcan'thurrylove is my saver in the race. The unknown factor.

Good luck

I'll take you on with Frosted Gold

SHANGO scratched!

Big news did the lads take ante post on the other Tarry runner ?

Hearing rain?