Triple Crown champion Louis The King will be ridden by Piere Strydom
The final field for the R600,000 Peermont Emperors Palace Gr2 Charity Mile to be run at Turffontein on 1 November was announced on Wednesday at a function at Emperors Palace.
Geoff Woodruff holds an ace hand with five runners that includes last season’s Triple Crown hero Louis The King.
Log-topping multiple champion jockey Piere Strydom is an interesting booking for the ride on the son of Black Minnaloushe who has a big chance of getting back to winning ways on his home turf.
But he has drawn badly at 17, which will not be a major positive.
Emerald champ Tommy Gun steps from sand to turf
Trainer Corne Spies is enjoying a huge season and he throws punters a curved ball with Gr2 Emerald Cup winner Tommy Gun in the mix. The son of Sail From Seattle will have the experts debating as he goes a mile for the first time in his career.
Cape trainer Mike Bass has had a terrific start to his Highveld campaign and he pushes the envelope with the former Garth Puller-trained Midnight Run, a consistent 1200m specialist, who steps up to a mile, but has drawn very poorly.
Robbie Sage will be hoping that his regular jockey Gunter Wrogemann will bounce back in time from his recent injury to partner the fast progressing Judpot gelding Sovereign Mint, who makes his big league debut off 54,5kgs with a handy 4 draw.
The field:
Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T Jockey Trainer
1 TELLINA 60.0 110 (110) 7 A B Fayd’Herbe Geoff Woodruff
2 LOUIS THE KING 59.5 109 (109) 17 A P Strydom Geoff Woodruff
3 NO WORRIES 59.5 109 (109) 19 B A K de Melo Gavin van Zyl
4 TOMMY GUN 58.0 106 (106) 13 A S Chambers Corne Spies
5 KILLUA CASTLE 57.5 105 (105) 3 A A Aucharuz Geoff Woodruff
6 MIDNIGHT RUN 57.5 105 (105) 16 C A A Delpech Mike Bass
7 RAKE’S CHESTNUT 57.5 105 (105) 10 A A Marcus Geoff Woodruff
8 BEZANOVA 57.0 104 (104) 12 A W Marwing Alec Laird
9 JET JAMBOREE 57.0 104 (104) 9 A G Lerena Dominic Zaki
10 LOCKHEED JETSTAR 56.5 103 (103) 2 A T D David Geoff Woodruff
11 AS YOU LIKE 55.0 100 (100) 18 A M Mienie Alec Laird
12 TIGER’S RETREAT 55.0 100 (100) 14 A K Shea Sean Tarry
13 BROOKS-CLUB 54.5 99 ( 99) 15 B A T R Danielson Mike Azzie
14 GLORIOUS JET 54.5 99 ( 99) 8 B A T I Sturgeon St John Gray
15 SOVEREIGN MINT 54.5 99 ( 99) 4 A G Wrogemann Robbie Sage
16 BOUCLETTE TOP 54.0 98 ( 98) 11 A T S Khumalo Alec Laird
Reserve Runners
17 WINTER STAR 54.0 98 ( 98) 5 A T Reserve 1 Johan Janse van Vuuren
18 THE HANGMAN 53.5 97 ( 97) 6 A Reserve 2 Sean Tarry
19 SANTA CAROLINA 53.0 96 ( 96) 1 B A Reserve 3 Mike de Kock
Couplings: (1,2,5,7,10) (8,11,16) (12,18
