It’s a big weekend of feature racing ahead, starting with the East Cape Nursery and Milkwood Stakes, both Listed events, at Fairview on Friday and rounding up with the launch of the SA Champions Season at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday.
Sandwiched in between on Saturday, Turffontein will host three feature races from Champions Day originally scheduled for 4 April – the Gr1 SA Derby over 2450m, the Gr1 HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes over 1600m and the Gr2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Oaks over 2450m.
Callan Murray will partner Hawwaam in the Horse Chestnut Stakes, wheree he forms a three-way Mike de Kock assault with Soqrat and Queen Supreme
Champion Hawwaam with Anton Marcus up (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Paul Peter’s undefeated star Summer Pudding bids to win the SA Triple Tiara when she contests the last-mentioned race.
The other races postponed from Champions Day will be run at Turffontein on Saturday 27 June, including the Gr1 Premier’s Champions Challenge, the Gr1 Computaform Sprint and the Gr1 HSH Princess Charlene Empress Club Stakes. Other feature races that day comprise the Gr2 SA Nursery, SA Fillies Nursery and Camellia Stakes and the Gr3 Gold Bowl.
The SA Champions Season in KwaZulu-Natal will kick off on Sunday on the Hollywoodbets Greyville turf track with the running of the Gr2 Independent On Sunday Drill Hall Stakes plus the Gr2 WSB Guineas and WSB Fillies Guineas.
These features declare on Tuesday.
The Turffontein feature fields:
1st R255000, 2nd R106250, 3rd R42500, 4th R21250
H F OPPENHEIMER HORSE CHESTNUT STAKES (Grade 1)
Weight for Age
WFA: 2yrs-10.5kgs 3yrs-1.5kgs
| 1 | 10 | Soqrat (AUS) | 60 | 133 | A | R Simons | Mike de Kock | |
| 2 | 5 | Hawwaam | 60 | 131 | AM | C Murray | Mike de Kock | |
| 3 | 3 | Cirillo | 60 | 127 | A | *L J Ferraris | Sean Tarry | |
| 4 | 7 | Chijmes | 60 | 120 | A | D Schwarz | Gary Alexander | |
| 5 | 2 | Tierra Del Fuego | 60 | 120 | A | G Lerena | Sean Tarry | |
| 6 | 6 | Hero’s Honour | 60 | 117 | A | C Maujean | Gary Alexander | |
| 7 | 11 | Infamous Fox (AUS) | 60 | 117 | A | D De Gouveia | Candice Dawson | |
| 8 | 1 | Zouaves | 60 | 117 | A | P Strydom | Geoff Woodruff | |
| 9 | 4 | Green Haze | 60 | 116 | BA | S Khumalo | Alec Laird | |
| 10 | 12 | Tilbury Fort | 60 | 112 | T A | L Hewitson | Sean Tarry | |
| 11 | 9 | Queen Supreme (IRE) | 57.5 | 122 | A | M V’Rensburg | Mike de Kock | |
| 12 | 8 | Running Brave | 57.5 | 114 | A | D L Habib | Paul Matchett | |
| Same Trainer – Not Coupled on Tote | ||||||||
| (1,2,11) (3,5,10) (4,6) | ||||||||
1st R255000, 2nd R106250, 3rd R42500, 4th R21250
S A DERBY (Grade 1)
3 year olds (3rd Leg SA Triple Crown)
| 1 | 1 | Shango | 60 | 120 | TBA | G Lerena | Sean Tarry | |
| 2 | 8 | Got The Greenlight | 60 | 116 | T A | C Murray | Joe Soma | |
| 3 | 5 | Youcanthurrylove | 60 | 114 | A | S Khumalo | Fabian Habib | |
| 4 | 4 | Leopold | 60 | 111 | A | C Maujean | J A Janse van Vuuren | |
| 5 | 2 | Imperial Ruby | 60 | 102 | A | P Strydom | Corne Spies | |
| 6 | 11 | Master Supreme | 60 | 100 | A | D Schwarz | Candice Dawson | |
| 7 | 9 | Western Fort | 60 | 95 | CA | M Yeni | Paul Peter | |
| 8 | 7 | Cornish Pomodoro | 60 | 91 | T A | *L J Ferraris | Sean Tarry | |
| 9 | 6 | Out Of Your League | 60 | 90 | A | R Danielson | Fabian Habib | |
| 10 | 3 | General Jackson | 60 | 85 | A | C Habib | Gary Alexander | |
| 11 | 10 | Nebraas | 60 | 84 | A | L Hewitson | Sean Tarry | |
| Same Trainer – Not Coupled on Tote | ||||||||
| (1,8,11) (3,9) | ||||||||
1st R90000, 2nd R37500, 3rd R15000, 4th R7500
WILGERBOSDRIFT S A OAKS (Grade 2)
For 3 year-old Fillies (3rd Leg of SA Triple Tiara)
| 1 | 13 | Summer Pudding | 60 | 114 | A | G Lerena | Paul Peter | |
| 2 | 10 | Marygold | 60 | 112 | CA | S Khumalo | Alec Laird | |
| 3 | 1 | Victoria Paige | 60 | 112 | A | *L J Ferraris | Sean Tarry | |
| 4 | 6 | Keep Smiling | 60 | 104 | T A | L Hewitson | Sean Tarry | |
| 5 | 2 | Snow Palace | 60 | 100 | A | P Strydom | Corne Spies | |
| 6 | 5 | Pomander | 60 | 90 | A | C Murray | Mike de Kock | |
| 7 | 9 | Machali | 60 | 89 | A | M Thackeray | Candice Dawson | |
| 8 | 8 | Just Kidding | 60 | 88 | A | D Schwarz | Gary Alexander | |
| 9 | 11 | Ballet Shoes | 60 | 87 | A | D De Gouveia | Candice Dawson | |
| 10 | 14 | Magic Mila | 60 | 85 | A | C Maujean | Paul Peter | |
| 11 | 4 | Smoking Hot | 60 | 81 | A | M V’Rensburg | Candice Dawson | |
| 12 | 12 | Crime Scene | 60 | 79 | A | C Habib | Paul Peter | |
| 13 | 3 | Adorable Alley | 60 | 78 | A | M Yeni | Weiho Marwing | |
| 14 | 7 | Irish Dame | 60 | 77 | A | *J R Syster | Dianne Stenger | |
| Same Trainer – Not Coupled on Tote | ||||||||
| (1,10,12) (3,4) (7,9,11 | ||||||||
