There’s No Beating The Panel!
The Vodacom Durban July selection panel will face a tough task when they sit down on Monday
13th June 2017
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The Vodacom Durban July selection panel will face a tough task when they sit down on Monday
Slumdogmillionaire put up one of the grittiest displays of frontrunning that we will see all season to win the SA Classic over 1800m at Turffontein (standside course).
Dancewiththedevil recorded her fifth Gr 1 success – and her fourth against male rivals – when she trounced seven opponents to record a second successive triumph in the Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes
Gr1 SA Fillies Classic – Bambina Stripes
Bambina Stripes may have been one of the less experienced runners in a field of 13 for the SA Fillies Classic, but that didn’t stop her from snatching a virtually last-gasp victory.
War Horse paid unbeaten Soft Falling Rain a huge compliment when he had to overcome a less-than-smooth passage to win the Protea Stakes for two-year-olds over 1100m.
Trippi’s first South African crop has had buyers clamouring for his progeny like they are the answer to everybody’s prayers and his daughter Franny justified odds of 3/10 to easily win the Pretty Polly Stakes for two-year-old fillies over 1000m.
Mike de Kock, who saddled the first two finishers, although most punters would not have shared in his delight as it was 14/1 outsider Checcetti who gunned down her much more fancied stable companion Flirtation to land the spoils
The Caradoc Gold Cup over 2850m produced the day’s second 1-2 finish for the Mike de Kock yard when Atyeb held off stable companion Ilsanpietro to land the honours after a dour struggle
Deliver The Power appeared to stand head-and-shoulders above his six rivals in the Man O’War Sprint for three-year-olds over 1100m and promptly recorded his fifth win.
Golden Chateau handed bookmakers a Christmas present exactly ten months early when he sprung a 100/1 upset in the Betting World Gauteng Guineas over 1600m at a damp and grey Turffontein on Saturday.
Following up on her success in the Gr3 Three Troikas, Go Indigo took another step up in class and emerged narrowly victorious in the Gauteng Fillies Guineas on Saturday.
