Selections

(4) Go Thuli Go, (2) Countess Var, (3) Queen Rachel, (1) Kick Butt (5) Battle Front, (2) Torpedo Officer, (3) Good Emperor, (1) Two Guns

(1) Hurricane Lass, (2) Juanito, (5) Savage Garden, (4) Prima Ballerina

(1) Pearl Of Siberia, (8) Queen Of War, (2) La Mer, (9) Big Smoke

(3) Brand New Cadillac, (1) Imoto, (4) Corrido, (7) Voodoo

(1) New Zealand, (2) Ezieza, (5) Generoso, (4) Camptata Mundi

(2) Rockstar Child, (1) Morland, (11) Candela, (3) Yaamen

(14) Alnasl, (3) Go Fuggi, (7) Until Dawn, (9) Petite Aime

July should be ideal. Snaith makes no secret of the fact that the country’s big races — the Sun Met during the Cape season and the July in Durban — are always his chief objective.

Gold Circle has just issued its first “July log” and it is clear that Snaith has a stronger hand than major rivals Sean Tarry and Mike de Kock.

Oh Susanna (merit-rating 121) tops the log followed by Premier’s Champions Challenge victor Coral Fever (120), Tarry’s Sansui Summer Cup winner Liege (110), Stuart Pettigrew’s talented three-year-old Surcharge (109) and Do It Again (110).

Surprisingly, for a trainer with two July wins under his belt, Tarry has only one horse, Liege, in the first 18 on the log, but it is worth noting that the champion trainer bypassed the Premier’s Challenge to keep his charge fresh for the July. De Kock has withdrawn two his star females, Nother of