Power King – thrilling win
Saturday was a massive day in the competition with a total of 141 points up grabs in the many feature races which was headed by the running of Africa’s Greatest Horseracing Event the Gr1 Vodacom Durban July.
Power King (Silvano)scored 25 points plus 5 bonus for paying R21.20 on the TOTE.
Same Jurisdiction (Mambo In Seattle) won the Gr1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Stakes earning 20 points.
The Gr2 SABC Gold Vase was won by Heart Of A Lion (Seul Amour) scoring 14 points and in the Gr3 tabGOLD 2200 it was Ultimate Dollar (Jet Master) that found the winners enclosure, scoring 9 points.
A full breakdown of the points scored on the day is as follows:
| 4 July | Greyville | tabGOLD 2200 (Gr.3) | ULTIMATE DOLLAR | 1st | 9 |
| ST TROPEZ | 2nd | 5 | |||
| DYNAMIC | 3rd | 3 | |||
| SABC Gold Vase (Gr.2) | HEART OF A LION | 1st | 14 | ||
| WILD ASH | 2nd | 9 | |||
| SOLID SPEED | 3rd | 6 | |||
| Vodacom Durban July (Gr.1)* | POWER KING | 1st | 30 | ||
| PUNTA ARENAS | 2nd | 14 | |||
| TELLINA | 3rd | 10 | |||
| Garden Province (Gr.1) | SAME JURISDICTION | 1st | 20 | ||
| SMART CALL | 2nd | 14 | |||
| MAYBE YES | 3rd | 10 | |||
| Ethekwini Sprint | GENERALISSIMO | 1st | 1 | ||
| *bonus race |
Jonathan Lutchanna aka “Jonathan Lutchanna 1” wins Vodacom Durban July Stand Alone Prize!
Jonathan produced the right combination with one of his three entries in the Charity Turf Challenge competition to score 64 points on Vodacom Durban July Day and walks away with R20 000, Congratulations Jonathan!
Below is the winning entry, points included for VDJ day only:
Horse1: ACT OF WAR Points: 0
Horse2: HARRY’S SON(AUS) Points: 0
Horse3: SAME JURISDICTION Points: 20
Horse4: PINE PRINCESS Points: 0
Horse5: FUTURA Points: 0
Horse6: HOT TICKET Points: 0
Horse7: POWER KING Points: 30
Horse8: WHITELINE FEVER Points: 0
Horse9: PUNTA ARENAS Points: 14
Horse10: MOUNTAIN MASTER Points: 0
TOTAL POINTS: 64
Provisional leader board – 6 July – TOP 50 (subject to verification during final audit):
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Whilst its valuable points in the bag for the top 10, the competition is definitely not done and dusted as there is 44 points that can be scored in the Gr.1 Mercury Sprint on Saturday, 18 July leading into the last bonus race of the competition, the Gr.1 eLan Property Group Gold Cup which also features the Gr.1 Champions Cup and the Gr.2 Gold Bracelet on “Super Saturday”, 25 July and judging by the selection of horses that the TOP 50 have in the competition, the 2015 competition is in for a nail biting finish.
The leading horses by points of the competition thus far are:
| 2015 CHARITY TURF CHALLENGE by LEADING HORSES (6 JULY) | ||
| NAME of HORSE | POINTS | |
| 1 | POWER KING | 39 |
| 2 | SMART CALL | 34 |
| 3 | PUNTA ARENAS | 29 |
| SAME JURISDICTION | 29 | |
| 5 | CAPTAIN OF ALL | 25 |
| LEGISLATE | 25 | |
| 7 | THE CONGLOMERATE | 24 |
| 8 | CARRY ON ALICE | 20 |
| FRENCH NAVY | 20 | |
| WILLOW MAGIC | 20 | |
| 11 | DYNASTIC POWER | 19 |
| 12 | HEART OF A LION | 17 |
| MAYBE YES | 17 | |
| 14 | SOLID SPEED | 16 |
| 15 | ALBORAN SEA | 14 |
| ALEXIS | 14 | |
| ASH CLOUD | 14 | |
| DARING DAVE | 14 | |
| ERTIJAAL | 14 | |
| GULF STORM | 14 | |
| HAMMIE’S HOOKER | 14 | |
| PINE PRINCESS | 14 | |
| ST TROPEZ | 14 | |
| 24 | BEZANOVA | 11 |
| 25 | FLY BY NIGHT | 10 |
| SHEIK’S BRASHEE | 10 | |
| TELLINA | 10 | |
| TROPHY WIFE | 10 | |
| 29 | ACT OF WAR | 9 |
| BOUCLETTE TOP | 9 | |
| HOT TICKET | 9 | |
| INARA | 9 | |
| LEGAL EAGLE | 9 | |
| MAC DE LAGO | 9 | |
| MOOFEED | 9 | |
| POWER KING | 9 | |
| ULTIMATE DOLLAR | 9 | |
| 38 | VINO VERITAS | 7 |
| 39 | ASHTON PARK | 6 |
| ATAAB | 6 | |
| DYNAMIC | 6 | |
| KINGSTON MINES | 6 | |
| LIGHT THE LIGHTS | 6 | |
| SAVAGE WIND | 6 | |
| 45 | JUDICIAL | 5 |
| 46 | KILLUA CASTLE | 3 |
| 47 | DYNASTIC | 2 |
| GREASEPAINT | 2 | |
| SARATOGA DANCER | 2 | |
| SARVE | 2 | |
| YOSHIE | 2 | |
| 52 | AFRICAN DREAM | 1 |
| AMBER ORCHID | 1 | |
| AZINCOURT | 1 | |
| BALANCE SHEET | 1 | |
| BELONG TO ME | 1 | |
| BE MINE TONIGHT | 1 | |
| BRUTAL FORCE | 1 | |
| CATHY SPECIFIC | 1 | |
| CHOIR MAIDEN | 1 | |
| COME FLY WITH ME | 1 | |
| COPPER PARADE | 1 | |
| CUVEE BRUT | 1 | |
| DOING IT FOR DAN | 1 | |
| ENCHANTED SILK | 1 | |
| EUPHORIA | 1 | |
| FAH FEE | 1 | |
| FIRE WHEEL | 1 | |
| FUTURA | 1 | |
| GENERALISSIMO | 1 | |
| HALVE THE DEFICIT | 1 | |
| IT IS WRITTEN | 1 | |
| KINGSTON BOY | 1 | |
| KRAMBAMBULI | 1 | |
| KWINTA | 1 | |
| LAZER STAR | 1 | |
| LERTASHA | 1 | |
| MASTER JAMES | 1 | |
| MOD BARLEY | 1 | |
| PEACE AGAIN | 1 | |
| PEJ | 1 | |
| REAL PRINCESS | 1 | |
| SEA FEVER | 1 | |
| TRIP TEASE | 1 | |
On Vodacom Durban July Day there were 5 spot prize draws on Tellytrack. This is a computer generated, random draw from all entrants and not dependent on points earned.
Each winner receives a R500 telephone betting deposit kindly sponsored by TAB GOLD “The Intelligent Bet”. The winners are:
- King William
- Jermaine Joseph 2
- Geeracing
- Tazzy 3
- Melvi 2
Congratulations to the 5 winners!
