Quality field for Grade 2 Hawaii Stakes
Jack Milner
The R400,000 Hawaii Stakes over 1400m at Turffontein on Saturday might only comprise nine runners but is a quality field.
Saturday sees the running of the R1-million Betting World Gauteng Guineas (Grade 2) and the R500,000 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas (Grade 2) which are also the first leg of the SA Triple Crown and Wilgerbosdrift Triple Tiara respectively.
Talktothestars is the highest rated runner in this Grade 2 race but the best-weighted pair are Kangaroo Jack and French Navy. However, the horse to beat could well be New Predator. He loves Final field for the R400,000 Hawaii Stakes (Grade 2) over 1400m 1 - 6 TALKTOTHESTARS (F C de Beer) R Simons 2-9 KANGAROO JACK (G M Alexander) A Fortune 3-1 NEW PREDATOR (J A Janse van Vuuren) G Lerena 4-7 FRENCH NAVY (S G Tarry) W Marwing 5 - 4 WILL PAYS (M G Azzie) C Zackey 6- 8 ROMANY PRINCE (O A Ferraris) R Danielson 7 - 5 BULLETING HOME (S G Tarry) S Khumalo 8 - 2 RAFEEF (M F de Kock) C Murray 9 - 3 FORT EMBER (P A Peter) L Hewitson Same Trainer: (4,7)
Final field for the R250,000 Acacia Handicap (Grade 3) over 1600m 1 - 1 FLYING ICE (O A Ferraris) G Lerena 2 - 3 POLYPHONIC (A G Laird) P Strydom
this course and has won both his races over the distance, which includes the Grade 2 Drill Hall Stakes at Greyville. 60.0 59.0 59.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.0 55.5 61.5 59.0 114 113 110 111 107 103 101 95 104 103 98
The other Graded races on the Guineas Day card is the R250,000 Acacia Handicap for fillies and mares over 1600m. A full field of 15 3-8 BELLA SONATAq 4- 6 KILAUEA 5 - 5 TAHINI 6 - 10 SENSIBLE LOVER 7 - 13 CASSIE O’MALLEY 8 - 14 OFF THE MARK 9 - 15 NOTHER RUSSIA 10 - 9 SHAAMA 11 - 12 BANKING APRIL 12 - 7 PENNINGTON SANDS 13 - 2 SILVER CLASS 14 - 4 WORK ETHIC 15 - 11 LEISURE TRIP (G H van Zyl) (D J Nieuwenhuizen) (S G Tarry) (W H Marwing) (G H van Zyl) (S G Tarry) (M F de Kock) (M F de Kock) (M N Houdalakis) (T Zackey) (J A Janse van Vuuren) (J A Janse van Vuuren) (W A Nel)
Same Trainer: (3,7) (5,8) (9,10) (13,14)
runners is carded for this Grade 3 race and it looks extremely competitive.
Topping the weights is Ormond W Kennedy C Maujean L Hewitson W Marwing K Zechner S Khumalo C Zackey C Murray M v Rensburg M Yeni R Simons J Greyling J P v d Merwe 58.0 57.5 57.5 55.5 54.5 54.5 54.0 54.0 53.0 53.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 96 95 95 91 89 89 88 88 86 86 84 84 81 Ferraris-trained Flying Ice. She might have 61.5kg on her back but has the benefit of jumping from No 1 draw.