Re:Final Fields Champions Day

TAB THE PREMIER'S CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE (Grade 1)

1 3 Kommetdieding 60 129 A Gavin Lerena HWJ Crawford/M Rix
2 9 Mk's Pride 60 122 A Muzi Yeni Paul Peter
3 5 Puerto Manzano (ARG) 60 120 BA Anton Marcus J A Janse van Vuuren
4 1 Second Base 60 118 BAM Keagan de Melo J A Janse van Vuuren
5 8 Zillzaal 60 117 T A Richard Fourie Sean Tarry
6 2 Flying Carpet 60 116 TBA Calvin Habib Sean Tarry
7 10 Astrix 60 112 BA Juan Paul v'd Merwe Paul Peter
8 6 Johnny Hero 60 110 BA Denis Schwarz Tyrone Zackey
9 13 Shango 60 109 TBA Luyolo Mxothwa Sean Tarry
10 12 Shangani 60 108 A Warren Kennedy Paul Peter
11 4 Savannah Storm 60 97 A Marco V'Rensburg Phillip Vermeulen
12 7 Sparkling Water 57.5 115 A S'manga Khumalo Mike de Kock
13 11 Zeus 56.5 108 A Craig Zackey Fabian Habib

COMPUTAFORM SPRINT (Grade 1)

1 13 Bohica 60 125 TBA S'manga Khumalo M G Azzie/A A Azzie
2 12 Winter Stories 60 114 BA Corne Orffer Paul Peter
3 3 Mr Cobbs 60 113 A Richard Fourie Candice Bass-Robinson
4 6 Real Gone Kid (AUS) 60 112 BA Anton Marcus Brett Crawford
5 15 Bold Ransom 60 110 BA Luyolo Mxothwa Paul Peter
6 9 Master Archie 58 120 A Gavin Lerena Paul Peter
7 10 Alesian Chief 58 116 A Calvin Habib Corrie Lensley
8 8 African Rain 58 113 A Aldo Domeyer Candice Bass-Robinson
9 2 Val d'Orcia 58 105 BA Craig Zackey Paul Peter
10 14 Hello Winter Hello 57.5 114 A Keagan de Melo J A Janse van Vuuren
11 4 True To Life 57.5 114 BA Kabelo Matsunyane J A Janse van Vuuren
12 5 Anna Capri 57.5 112 A Juan Paul v'd Merwe David Nieuwenhuizen
13 1 Ecstatic Green 57.5 99 A Denis Schwarz Sean Tarry
14 11 Big Burn 55.5 122 A Warren Kennedy Paul Peter
15 7 Heavens Girl 55.5 111 A Muzi Yeni Paul Peter

Surprised there are no sponsors for these races

The Champion’s Challenge used to be SA’s richest race. Yip, you see, KZN has already become SA’s racing capital.


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4RACING MEDIA RELEASE
SUBJECT: Final fields for Champions Day
DATE: Monday 25 April 2022
RELEASED BY: 4Racing
Kommetdieding heads up the final field for the R2-million TAB The Premier’s Champions
Challenge over 2000m.
The Grade 1 race is the main event on Saturday’s Champions Day card on the Standside
track at Turffontein.
There are two Grade 1 races taking place at the meeting, the second being the
Computaform Sprint over 1000m.
There are also four Grade 2 events – the Heineken SA Nursery and 4Racing SA Fillies Nursery
for Juveniles, the 4Racing Gerald Rosenberg Stakes for fillies and mares over 2000m and the
Racing 240 Camelia Stakes for fillies and mares over 1160m – as well as the Grade 3 The
Citizen Gold Bowl over 3200m.
The TAB The Champion’s Challenge is one of the “Big Four” races in the country and it looks
all systems go for Kommetdieding to add the third of these to the two he has already won,
the Durban July and Cape Town Met. The fourth is the Summer Cup.
Kommetdieding, trained by the father and daughter team of Harold Crawford and Michelle
Rix, is the best handicapped runner under the weight-for-age conditions and has a 3.5kg
advantage over MK’s Pride.
Paul Peter’s charge did finish in front of Kommetdieding in the Wilgerbosdrift HF
Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes but that was over 1600m and has yet to prove he will
see out 2000m.
Peter also has Shangani and Astrix in the line-up.
Puerto Manzano, who will see out the distance and will have Anton Marcus in the irons,
finished second in the Horse Chestnut with Kommetdieding in third, but the champion was
having his first race on the Highveld and will be a different proposition this time.
Gavin Lerena will be back in the irons,
Sean Tarry has three runners – Zillzaal, Shango and Summer Cup winner Flying Carpet –
Mike de Kock will be represented by Sparkling Water, while Johan Janse van Vuuren has
Puerto Manzano and Second Base.
The Computaform Sprint is always a thriller and 15 runners have accepted to take on this
1000m dash.
Peter has a strong hand with six speedsters, the best of whom appear to be Master Archie
and filly Big Burn.
Brett Crawford has brought talented Real Gone Kid, a winner of six of his 11 races in the
Western Cape, to the Highveld for this race while Mike and Adam Azzie send out Bohica,
winner of the Grade 1 Cape Flying Championship at Kenilworth in January.
Another highlight of the meeting comes up in Race 10, where the work riders will take on
the jockeys in a Maiden Plate over 1160m.
Bettors will also have the opportunity to bet into a massive Pick 6 pool. There is a Pick 6
carryover of R1-million which is likely to produce a pool of R5 million.
Final field for the R2-million TAB The Premier’s Champions Challenge (Grade 1) over 2000m
1 - 3 KOMMETDIEDING (H/M Crawford/Rix) G Lerena 60.0 - 129
2 - 9 MK'S PRIDE (P A Peter) M Yeni 60.0 - 122
3 - 5 PUERTO MANZANO (J J van Vuuren) A Marcus 60.0 - 120
4 - 1 SECOND BASE (J J van Vuuren) K de Melo 60.0 - 118
5 - 8 ZILLZAAL (S G Tarry) R Fourie 60.0 - 117
6 - 2 FLYING CARPET (S G Tarry) C Habib 60.0 - 116
7 - 10 ASTRIX (P A Peter) J P v'd Merwe 60.0 - 112
8 - 6 JOHNNY HERO (T Zackey) D Schwarz 60.0 - 110
9 - 13 SHANGO (S G Tarry) L Mxothwa 60.0 - 109
10 - 12 SHANGANI (P A Peter) W Kennedy 60.0 - 108
11 - 4 SAVANNAH STORM (P P Vermeulen) M V'Rensburg 60.0 - 97
12 - 7 SPARKLING WATER (M F De Kock) S Khumalo 57.5 - 115
13 - 11 ZEUS (F P Habib) C Zackey 56.5 - 108
Same Trainer: (2,7,10) (3,4) (5,6,9)
Final field for the R1-million Computaform Sprint (Grade 1) over 1000m
1 - 13 BOHICA (M/A Azzie) S Khumalo 60.0 - 125
2 - 12 WINTER STORIES (P A Peter) C Orffer 60.0 - 114
3 - 3 MR COBBS (C Bass-Robinson) R Fourie 60.0 - 113
4 - 6 REAL GONE KID (B Crawford) A Marcus 60.0 - 112
5 - 15 BOLD RANSOM (P A Peter) L Mxothwa 60.0 - 110
6 - 9 MASTER ARCHIE (P A Peter) G Lerena 58.0 - 120
7 - 10 ALESIAN CHIEF (C J Lensley) C Habib 58.0 - 116
8 - 8 AFRICAN RAIN (C Bass-Robinson) A Domeyer 58.0 - 113
9 - 2 VAL D'ORCIA (P A Peter) C Zackey 58.0 - 105
10 - 14 HELLO WINTER HELLO (J J van Vuuren) K de Melo 57.5 - 114
11 - 4 TRUE TO LIFE (J J van Vuuren) K Matsunyane 57.5 - 114
12 - 5 ANNA CAPRI (D Nieuwenhuizen) J P v'd Merwe 57.5 - 112
13 - 1 ECSTATIC GREEN (S G Tarry) D Schwarz 57.5 - 99
14 - 11 BIG BURN (P A Peter) W Kennedy 55.5 - 122
15 - 7 HEAVENS GIRL (P A Peter) M Yeni 55.5 - 111
Same Trainer: (2,5,6,9,14,15) (3, (10,11)
Final field for the R400,000 Grade 2 Heineken SA Nursery (Grade 2) over 1160m
1 - 6 COOL WINTER (P A Peter) M Yeni 60.0 - 89
2 - 7 KARANGETANG (J J van Vuuren) K de Melo 60.0 - 109
3 - 1 LAGUNA VERDE (M N Houdalakis) C Zackey 60.0 - 89
4 - 3 MAGIC TATTOO (S G Tarry) C Habib 60.0 - 93
5 - 2 SET TO GO (P A Peter) W Kennedy 60.0 - 91
6 - 8 THUNDERSTONE (R R Magner) R Danielson 60.0 - 87
7 - 5 UNION SQUARE (M F De Kock) R Fourie 60.0 - 90
8 - 4 VAR PARK (G J Maroun) D De Gouveia 60.0 - 78
9 - 9 MISS COOL (P A Peter) G Lerena 57.5 - 94
Same Trainer: (1,5,9)
Final field for the R300,000 4Racing Gerald Rosenberg Stakes (Grade 2)(F&M) over 2000m
1 - 1 PINK TOURMALINE (B Crawford) L Mxothwa 60.0 - 101
2 - 3 DINDINGWE (P F Matchett) J P v'd Merwe 60.0 - 97
3 - 2 OPERA GLASS (S Moffatt) S Khumalo 60.0 - 91
4 - 5 RAIN IN HOLLAND (S G Tarry) R Fourie 58.5 - 118
5 - 6 SPRINKLES (P A Peter) W Kennedy 56.5 - 110
6 - 4 PERFECT WITNESS (C Dawson) G Lerena 56.5 - 109
7 - 7 TINDER DRY (F Bronkhorst) R Munger 56.5 - 78
Final field for the R300,000 Racing 240 Camellia Stakes (Grade 2)(F&M) over 1160m
1 - 4 GALLIC PRINCESS (C Dawson) K de Melo 60.0 - 115
2 - 5 SWEET FUTURE (M/A Azzie) S Khumalo 60.0 - 110
3 - 1 WINTER SMOKE (A B Fortune) R Munger 60.0 - 107
4 - 8 MAY QUEEN (H E Adamson) M Yeni 60.0 - 98
5 - 6 MILL QUEEN (D Nieuwenhuizen) M V'Rensburg 60.0 - 96
6 - 9 KAYLA'S CHAMP (F Bronkhorst) D Schwarz 60.0 - 89
7 - 3 FREED FROM DESIRE (P A Peter) W Kennedy 58.0 - 116
8 - 7 SOUND OF WARNING (S G Tarry) R Fourie 58.0 - 111
9 - 2 KISSING POINT (B Crawford) K Matsunyane 58.0 - 99
Final field for the R300,000 4Racing SA Fillies Nursery (Grade 2) over 1160m
1 - 8 MAGIC TYCOON (P F Matchett) K Matsunyane 60.0 - 88
2 - 2 MAHARANEE (P A Peter) W Kennedy 60.0 - 102
3 - 7 NONE OTHER (M N Houdalakis) C Zackey 60.0 - 86
4 - 4 QUEEN OF GAUL (P A Peter) M Yeni 60.0 - 91
5 - 6 SHOW TIME (C J Lensley) C Habib 60.0 - 95
6 - 1 SIMPLE SIMPLE (M F De Kock) R Fourie 60.0 - 0
7 - 5 STRIKE A MATCH (F Bronkhorst) J P v'd Merwe 60.0 - 97
8 - 3 TIME FOR GLORY (W C Marwing) M V'Rensburg 60.0 - 84
Same Trainer: (2,4)
Final field for the R250,000 The Citizen Gold Bowl (Grade 3) over 3200m
1 - 2 NEBRAAS (S G Tarry) R Fourie 60.0 - 110
2 - 8 IMPERIAL RUBY (C Spies) C Zackey 58.0 - 104
3 - 4 AFRICAN ADVENTURE (J A Soma) J P v'd Merwe 58.0 - 102
4 - 7 BLACK THORN (S G Tarry) K de Melo 52.0 - 91
5 - 1 BARAK (M F De Kock) K Matsunyane 52.0 - 87
6 - 3 AFRAAD (S Moffatt) S Khumalo 52.0 - 82
7 - 5 SHE'S A CRACKER (R R Sage) M Yeni 50.0 - 76
8 - 6 SMILEY RIVER (P P Labuschagne) J R Syster 50.0 - 71
Same Trainer: (1,4)

The HEINEKEN SA Nursery. Interesting. Open Your World.


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Mac wrote:

The HEINEKEN SA Nursery. Interesting. Open Your World.


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The sponsor is trying to catch them young !!:whistle:

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Some retro Heineken ads. Hope Bob does not mind.


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TNaicker wrote:

Mac wrote:

The HEINEKEN SA Nursery. Interesting. Open Your World.


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The sponsor is trying to catch them young !!:whistle:

Haha, clever


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