First there were 54, now there are 43 after Monday’s first declarations for the Gr1 Vodacom Durban July.
Significant casualties at the 10 May declarations cut-off include Jet Dark and Summer Pudding, who join Gr1 winners Malmoos and Captain’s Ransom on the July sidelines.
Jet Dark – will run in Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge (Pic -Chase Liebenberg)
Speaking to David Thiselton about Jet Dark, Snaith said: “It is his 130 merit rating which is the off putting factor for the Vodacom Durban July and I also think our next Cape Summer Season is going to be one of our best ever – so I plan to race all of my top horses not more than twice in the SA Champions Season. But if Jet Dark does something phenomenal in the Gold Challenge, we might still run him in the July.”
Snaith has obviously made up his mind.
Jet Dark is the highest rated three-year-old in the country at present and as things stand would have had to carry 56kg in the July and would have to give the like of Linebacker (124) and Kommetdieding (120) 3kg apiece.
It would appear that Paul Peter has taken a similar view with Summer Pudding after her disappointing effort in the Gr1 Premier’s Champions Challenge at Turffontein behind Got The Greenlight.
Summer Pudding – skips the July (Pic – JC Photos)
It was a race run at a muddling pace but both Malmoos and Summer Pudding are probably due a lengthy break, whereas Joey Soma has current ante-post favourite Got The Greenlight progressing towards turning the tables on Belgarion on Saturday, July 3.
Peter still has the progressive filly Netta entered, winner of the recent Gerald Rosenberg Stakes and third to War Of Athena in the SA Oaks.
| 0 | Rainbow Bridge | Accepted | (6G) | 0 | 134 | A | Eric Sands |
| 0 | Belgarion | Accepted | (5G) | 0 | 130 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 0 | Jet Dark | Scratched | (3C) | 0 | 130 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 0 | Do It Again | Accepted | (6G) | 0 | 129 | CA | Justin Snaith |
| 0 | Golden Ducat | Accepted | (4G) | 0 | 128 | A | Eric Sands |
| 0 | Got The Greenlight | Accepted | (4C) | 0 | 128 | AT | Joe Soma |
| 0 | Summer Pudding | Scratched | (4F) | 0 | 127 | A | Paul Peter |
| 0 | Captain’s Ransom | Scratched | (3F) | 0 | 126 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 0 | Malmoos | Scratched | (3C) | 0 | 125 | A | Mike de Kock |
| 0 | Second Base | Accepted | (3G) | 0 | 125 | A M | J A Janse van Vuuren |
| 0 | Linebacker | Accepted | (3G) | 0 | 124 | A | Vaughan Marshall |
| 0 | Sovereign Spirit | Accepted | (5G) | 0 | 124 | BA | Candice Bass-Robinson |
| 0 | Cirillo | Accepted | (5H) | 0 | 123 | A | Sean Tarry |
| 0 | ExpressFromTheUS | Accepted | (4G) | 0 | 122 | A | Stuart Pettigrew |
| 0 | War Of Athena | Accepted | (3F) | 0 | 122 | A | Paul Matchett |
| 0 | Kommetdieding | Accepted | (3C) | 0 | 120 | A | HWJ Crawford/M Rix |
| 0 | Netta | Accepted | (3F) | 0 | 120 | A | Paul Peter |
| 0 | Running Brave | Accepted | (5M) | 0 | 119 | A | Fanie Bronkhorst |
| 0 | Russian Rock | Accepted | (3C) | 0 | 119 | A | Dean Kannemeyer |
| 0 | Doublemint | Accepted | (6G) | 0 | 118 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 0 | Princess Calla | Accepted | (3F) | 0 | 118 | A | Adam Marcus |
| 0 | Barahin | Scratched | (5G) | 0 | 116 | BA | Mike de Kock |
| 0 | Tierra Del Fuego | Accepted | (5H) | 0 | 116 | A | Sean Tarry |
| 0 | Zillzaal | Accepted | (5G) | 0 | 116 | BAT | Sean Tarry |
| 0 | Atyaab (AUS) | Accepted | (5G) | 0 | 115 | A | Zietsman Oosthuizen |
| 0 | Crown Towers (AUS) | Accepted | (5G) | 0 | 115 | A M | Justin Snaith |
| 0 | Trip To Africa | Accepted | (4G) | 0 | 114 | BA | Duncan Howells |
| 0 | Tristful | Accepted | (5G) | 0 | 113 | A | Tony Rivalland |
| 0 | Youcanthurrylove | Scratched | (4G) | 0 | 112 | A | Fabian Habib |
| 0 | Rascallion | Accepted | (3G) | 0 | 111 | A | Vaughan Marshall |
| 0 | Shango | Accepted | (4G) | 0 | 111 | BAT | Sean Tarry |
| 0 | Blackball | Accepted | (6G) | 0 | 110 | A | Gavin van Zyl |
| 0 | Divine Odyssey | Accepted | (6G) | 0 | 110 | BA | J A Janse van Vuuren |
| 0 | Puerto Manzano (ARG) | Scratched | (3G) | 0 | 110 | A | J A Janse van Vuuren |
| 0 | Silver Host | Accepted | (4G) | 0 | 110 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 0 | The Gatekeeper | Accepted | (3C) | 0 | 110 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 0 | Tree Tumbo | Accepted | (4G) | 0 | 109 | A | Sean Tarry |
| 0 | Dr Doolittle | Accepted | (3C) | 0 | 108 | A | Paul Peter |
| 0 | Flying Carpet | Accepted | (3C) | 0 | 108 | AT | Sean Tarry |
| 0 | Hoedspruit | Scratched | (3G) | 0 | 108 | CA | Justin Snaith |
| 0 | Sachdev | Accepted | (4G) | 0 | 108 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 0 | Shah Akbar | Accepted | (3C) | 0 | 108 | AT | Sean Tarry |
| 0 | African Night Sky | Accepted | (7G) | 0 | 107 | A | Justin Snaith |
| 0 | Azores | Accepted | (4G) | 0 | 107 | A | Dean Kannemeyer |
| 0 | Pack Leader | Accepted | (6G) | 0 | 107 | AT | Alec Laird |
| 0 | Seehaam | Accepted | (4F) | 0 | 107 | A | Sean Tarry |
| 0 | Marchingontogether | Accepted | (5G) | 0 | 106 | A | Gavin van Zyl |
| 0 | Super Silvano | Accepted | (4G) | 0 | 104 | A | Brett Crawford |
| 0 | Legitimate | Scratched | (3G) | 0 | 101 | CA M | Dean Kannemeyer |
| 0 | Promiseofamaster | Scratched | (4G) | 0 | 101 | A | Candice Dawson |
| 0 | Matterhorn | Accepted | (4G) | 0 | 100 | A | Alyson Wright |
| 0 | Baby Shooz | Scratched | (4G) | 0 | 96 | AT | Peter Muscutt |
| 0 | She’s A Keeper | Accepted | (4F) | 0 | 90 | A | Gareth van Zyl |
| 0 | Full Blast | Accepted | (3G) | 0 | 86 | A | Michael Miller |
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