Grade 1 Speed Feast On Saturday

Saturday 3 June at Hollywoodbets Scottsville

The final fields for South Africa’s premier speed raceday, incorporating a jackpot of Grade 1 races, was published on Monday and includes the best of the local fast set!

Gold Circle report that Dean Kannemeyer star Gimme A Prince will be looking to stake a claim for the Equus Champion Sprinter crown by lifting the coveted R850 000 Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint title on Saturday at Hollywoodbets Scottsville as he takes on a quality field of 16 runners.

Gimme A Prince and Rio Querari bump heads again on Saturday at Hollywoodbets Scottsville (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)

Rio Querari finished second to Gimme a Prince in the Pongracz Gr1 Cape Flying Championship in January and won his prep run in the Champagne Stakes in the Cape in early May.

Both he and We’re Jamming  will be having their first runs in KZN for the season.

Last year’s Gold Medallion winner, Thunderstruck, will be looking to recapture his form from a year ago.

R850 000 1200m 16:00 Ref-812
1st R531250, 2nd R170000, 3rd R85000, 4th R42500, 5th R21250
GOLDEN HORSE SPRINT (Grade 1)
Handicap
WFA: 2yrs-8.5kgs 3yrs-1kgs
No Apprentice / Female Sex Allowance
1 1 Bartholdi 57 119 BA Craig Zackey M G Azzie/A A Azzie
2 2 Full Velocity 54 110 BA Kabelo Matsunyane Sean Tarry
3 3 Seeking The Stars 59.5 124 BA Robert Khathi Vaughan Marshall
4 4 We’re Jamming 55 117 BA Grant van Niekerk Justin Snaith
5 5 Surjay 56 117 A Luyolo Mxothwa Brett Crawford
6 6 Supreme Warrior 57 119 BA Diego De Gouveia M G Azzie/A A Azzie
7 7 Good Traveller 54 113 A #Rachel Venniker Michael Roberts
8 8 Thunderstruck 54 115 TBA S’manga Khumalo Sean Tarry
9 9 Countdown 54 109 T A Serino Moodley Glen Kotzen
10 10 William Robertson 60 125 JA Gavin Lerena Corne Spies
11 11 After The Rain 54 105 A Athandiwe Mgudlwa Gareth van Zyl
12 12 Gladatorian 54 110 T A Sean Veale Stuart Ferrie
13 13 Rio Querari 59.5 124 A Richard Fourie Justin Snaith
14 14 Gimme A Prince 60 125 A Keagan de Melo Dean Kannemeyer
15 15 Taikonaut 55 117 A Muzi Yeni Roy Magner
16 16 Under Your Spell 54.5 114 T A Calvin Habib Sean Tarry
17 0 Pearl Of Asia 54 105 TBA Reserve 1 Robbie Hill
18 0 Tread Swiftly 54 103 BA Reserve 2 Gareth van Zyl
Same Trainer
(1,6) (2,8,16) (4,13) (11,18)

Seeking The Stars had his first run in a year in the IOS Drill Hall Stakes and only faded late, so will not be without a chance over the 1200m straight.

The very versatile champion filly, Under Your Spell, has chosen to take on the boys rather than take her place in the South African Fillies Sprint.

Other notable entries are Bartholdi and William Robertson who ran aecond in the Golden Horse Sprint and Mercury Sprint last year.

The South African Fillies Sprint, brought to you by The Witness, has attracted a small but high-quality field of 10 runners.

R750 000 1200m 15:25 Ref-811
1st R468750, 2nd R150000, 3rd R75000, 4th R37500, 5th R18750
SOUTH AFRICAN FILLIES SPRINT (Grade 1)
For Fillies and Mares at Weight-For-Age
WFA: 2yrs-8.5kgs 3yrs-1kgs
No Apprentice / Female Sex Allowance
1 1 Princess Calla 60 127 A Richard Fourie Sean Tarry
2 2 Aunty Lizzy 60 102 A Grant van Niekerk Lorenzo Karriem
3 3 Cold Fact 60 112 PA Denis Schwarz Tony Peter
4 4 Stiptelik (AUS) 60 108 A Luyolo Mxothwa Brett Crawford
5 5 Whoa Whoa Whoa (AUS) 60 108 Ae Kabelo Matsunyane Brett Crawford
6 6 Ameena 59 112 A Serino Moodley Glen Kotzen
7 7 Iphiko 60 107 BA Athandiwe Mgudlwa Mike de Kock
8 8 Gimme A Shot 59 113 A Keagan de Melo M G Azzie/A A Azzie
9 9 Golden Hostess 59 119 TBA Aldo Domeyer Candice Bass-Robinson
10 10 Desert Miracle 60 124 A Craig Zackey Mike de Kock
Same Trainer
(4,5) (7,10)

Princess Calla and Desert Miracle renew their rivalry, but Golden Hostess, Cold Fact and Stiptelik will be looking establish their Grade 1 credentials in this highly competitive sprint.

The Jackpot of Grade 1 Sprints is kicked off by the two 2-year-old races.

The Allan Robertson Championship for fillies has the unbeaten Mrs Geriatrix who won the WSB SA Fillies Nursery last time out, taking on the very well related Winter Cloud.

Mrs Geriatrix faces her biggest test on Saturday (Pic-JC Photos)

R700 000 1200m 14:20 Ref-809
1st R437500, 2nd R140000, 3rd R70000, 4th R35000, 5th R17500
ALLAN ROBERTSON CHAMPIONSHIP (Grade 1)
For 2 year-old Fillies
No Apprentice / Female Sex Allowance
1 1 Moving In 60 0 A Gavin Lerena J A Janse van Vuuren
2 2 Golden Tatjana 60 0 A Grant van Niekerk Glen Kotzen
3 3 Rascova 60 0 A Keagan de Melo Glen Kotzen
4 4 Captain’s Christy 60 0 A S’manga Khumalo Mark Dixon
5 5 Global Thunder 60 0 A Muzi Yeni Corrie Lensley
6 6 Troppo Veloce 60 0 A Raymond Danielson Ashley Fortune
7 7 Red Hot Rose 60 0 BA Calvin Habib Mike de Kock
8 8 Elegant Ice 60 0 A Craig Zackey Lucky Houdalakis
9 9 Cullinan Blue 60 0 A Kabelo Matsunyane Brett Crawford
10 10 Winter Cloud 60 0 A Aldo Domeyer Candice Bass-Robinson
11 11 Hot Pearl 60 0 A Serino Moodley Wendy Whitehead
12 12 Mrs Geriatrix 60 0 A Richard Fourie Sean Tarry
Same Trainer
(2,3)

With many of the field of 12 fillies only having run a few times, there is likely to be a lot of improvement from many of the fillies in the first Grade 1 two-year-old race of the season.

The R700 000 Gr1 Gold Medallion has Red Bomber, Cliff Hanger and Lucky Lad who are joined by the only filly in the race, Egyptian Mau as four of the eleven runners yet to taste defeat.

R700 000 1200m 14:55 Ref-810
1st R437500, 2nd R140000, 3rd R70000, 4th R35000, 5th R17500
GOLD MEDALLION (Grade 1)
For 2 year-olds
No Apprentice / Female Sex Allowance
1 1 Icy Blast 60 0 BA Sean Veale Vaughan Marshall
2 2 Let The Flag Fly 60 0 BA Tristan Godden Tienie Prinsloo
3 3 Guy Gibson 60 0 A Muzi Yeni Roy Magner
4 4 Red Bomber 60 0 A Gavin Lerena J A Janse van Vuuren
5 5 Outlaw King 60 0 A Keagan de Melo Dean Kannemeyer
6 6 The Africa House 60 0 A S’manga Khumalo Sean Tarry
7 7 Warrior Of Royalty 60 0 A Robert Khathi Nathan Kotzen
8 8 Egyptian Mau 57.5 0 A Craig Zackey Lucky Houdalakis
9 9 Cliff Hanger 60 0 A Billy Jacobson J A Janse van Vuuren
10 10 The Abdicator (IRE) 60 0 Ae Luyolo Mxothwa Brett Crawford
11 11 Lucky Lad 60 0 A Richard Fourie Sean Tarry
Same Trainer
(4,9) (6,11)

Once again, Sean Tarry, who has been so successful at this race day in the recent past, has a very strong hand in each of the Grade 1 sprints with Mrs Geriatrix, Lucky Lad, Princess Calla and Under Your Spell leading his charge this year.

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