CHIMICHURI RUN leapt to the top of the Charity Turf Challenge leader board with a stylish victory in the first of the competition bonuses, the Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint, and now looks to be the dominant sprinter of his generation.
On a day that belonged to the Sean Tarry yard, CELTIC SEA, flew up late to take top honours in the Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint ahead of the ever consistent SNOWDANCE who advertised her well being for the remainder of the season.
And, in Cape Town, VARDY staked his claim for a possible tilt at the Vodacom Durban July when easily accounting for ONE WORLD in the Gr.3 Winter Classic, earning his supporters a valuable 9 points in the process.
See the leaderboard per 26 May – click here
On the “human” leader board, there was some shuffling of the pack and now NEIL MOODLEY 10 leads by 4 on 159 points from DURBAN 14 who is another 4 points clear of the joint third placed SHIVI3ZN 21 and LETS GO BIG 19.
The top ten is currently:
- NEIL MOODLEY 10 – 159 POINTS
- DURBAN 14 – 155 POINTS
- SHIVI3ZN 21 – 151 POINTS
LETS GO BIG 19
- DURBAN 12 – 149 POINTS
KEVIN A 12
- SHIVI3ZN 23 – 146 POINTS
- IN MEMORY OF THE LATE ASHLEN SEVLALL 1 – 144
- SHIVI3ZN 19 – 143 POINTS
- CCP 2 – 140 POINTS
| 2019 CHARITY TURF CHALLENGE by LEADING HORSES (26 May) | ||
| NAME of HORSE | POINTS | |
| 1. | CHIMICHURRI RUN | 35 |
| 2. | CELTIC SEA | 20 |
| HAWWAAM | 20 | |
| PACIFIC TRADER | 20 | |
| 5. | CASCAPEDIA | 14 |
| EYE’S WIDE OPEN | 14 | |
| FREEDOM CHARTER | 14 | |
| RETURN FLIGHT | 14 | |
| SANTA CLARA | 14 | |
| SCHIPPERS | 14 | |
| SNOWDANCE | 14 | |
| TRIP TO HEAVEN | 14 | |
| TWIST OF FATE | 14 | |
| UNDERCOVER AGENT | 14 | |
| 15. | DIVINE ODYSSEY | 10 |
| 16. | FRONT AND CENTRE | 09 |
| MAGNIFICENT SEVEN | 09 | |
| MIGHTY HIGH | 09 | |
| NATIONAL PARK | 09 | |
| RAINBOW BRIDGE | 09 | |
| SUNSHINE SILK | 09 | |
| VARDY | 09 | |
| 23. | BUNKER HUNT | 06 |
| CIRILLO | 06 | |
| GREEN PLAINS | 06 | |
| MADE TO CONQUER | 06 | |
| SECRET POTION | 06 | |
| TEMPLE GRAFFIN | 06 | |
| 29. | ELUSIVE HEART | 05 |
| ONE WORLD | 05 | |
| 31. | MAJESTIC MOZART | 03 |
| SUGAR GIRL | 03 | |
| 33. | HELEN’S IDEAL | 02 |
| RUN FOX RUN | 02 | |
| ROY’S RIVIERA | 02 | |
| ST VLADIMIR | 02 | |
| 37. | CLOUDS UNFOLD | 01 |
| HUDOO MAGIC | 01 | |
| INFAMOUS FOX | 01 | |
| MATADOR MAN | 01 | |
| NEXUS | 01 | |
| PERFECT TIGRESS | 01 | |
| READY STEADY GO | 01 | |
| SOLDIER ON | 01 | |
| THE SULTANS BAZAAR | 01 | |
| WONDERWALL | 01 | |
| WYNKELDER | 01 | |
This weekend, the action moves to Greyville for the historic and prestigious running of the two Gr1’s for the country’s best middle distance three year olds, the Daily News 2000 and the Woolavington for fillies.
The Gr3 Lonsdale Stirrup Cup offers the older stayers in the competition a chance to get on the leader board, but all eyes will be on the fascinating KZN debut of HAWWAAM who is likely to start a very short priced favourite in the Daily News 2000.
FRONT AND CENTRE made a very encouraging start to her local season and is the top rated filly in the Woolavington Stakes.
Snaith’s Strathdon
In the Lonsdale, STRATHDON returns to action in preparation for a tilt at the eLan Gold Cup on 26 July. A racemeeting not to be missed!
The winners of this week’s R500 betting vouchers kindly donated by TabGold are:
NARESH GHIRDHARI
PRISH 007 – 3
Congratulations! You will be contacted in due course by the TabGold team.
The next leader board will be released on Monday, 3 June.
