Get ready for the Grand Heritage cavalry charge
EIGHT: SEAN TARRY ENTERS A CLUTCH OF USEFUL PERFORMERS Stakes paid to the first 15 horses across the line.
Atotal of 58 horses have been entered for the R750,000 World Sports Betting Grand Heritage (Non-Black Type) – the event with the biggest field in South African racing – to be run over 1475m at the Vaal on Saturday 29 September.
There will be 28 starters for what has become known as “the cavalry charge”.
Former national champion trainer Sean Tarry has no fewer than eight nominations, including Africa Rising, Count Tassilo and London Secret.
Mike de Kock has entered just two horses, but they are quality individuals: Triple Crown performer Noble Secret and highly rated Australian import Dhabyaan.
Winner of the inaugural Grand Heritage in 2016, Irish Pride, from the Johan Janse van Vuuren stable, is among the hopefuls.
Others to catch the eye are veteran campaigner Killua Castle, from Geoff Woodruff’s yard, and a raider from KwaZulu-Natal in the shape of Shane Humby-trained Socrates.
The Grand Heritage is open to all horses and the final field is by way of invitation from racing operator Phumelela.
To be considered for inclusion in the final field, every horse nominated must have had a minimum of ONE run from the time of first entry up to and including the time of the final supplementary entry.
Base weights are determined by the handicapper prior to consideration of additional weights for Graded and Listed races.
Additional penalties for highest Graded/Listed win in the last 18 months are: Grade 1 3kg, Grade 2 2kg, Grade 3 1kg, Listed 0.5kg.
Thereafter, where applicable, amended weights for runs between first and final supplementary entries will be published on a weekly basis until final weights are published.
There is no sex allowance and no apprentice allowance.
Stakes are payable up to 15th position, provided 28 runners and two reserve runners are declared.
The first prize will be R406,250.
Entries for the R750,000 WSB Grand Heritage (Non-Black Type) (Open) over 1475m at the Vaal on Saturday 29 September:
18 AFRICA RISING (S G Tarry), 37 AFRICAN RULER (P A Peter), 15 BOCKSCAR (S G Tarry), 13 BOLD COAST (S M Ferreira), 20 BRONX BOMBER (A G Laird), 16 CERTIFIABLE (S J Gray), 25 CHAPEL JIVE (S J Gray), 43 CHEPARDO (A G Laird), 33 CLASSIFY (D Sham), 53 CLEVER GUY (S Moffatt), 52 COMBAT MUSTER (S J Gray), 41 COUNT TASSILO (S G Tarry), 57 DAFFIQ (G Terzi), 47 DAN THE LAD (P F Matchett), 11 DANZA (A G Laird), 56 DHABYAAN (M F de Kock), 44 DIVINE CONNECTION (A G Laird), 10 DIVINE ODYSSEY (J J van Vuuren), 31 FINCHATTON (G Terzi), 35 FLYING WINGER (A G Laird), 32 FULL OF ATTITUDE (J A Soma), 2 GALACTIC WARRIOR (M N Houdalakis), 46 HUYSSTEEN (M N Houdalakis), 3 IMAGE AWARD (S G Tarry), 23 IRISH PRIDE (J J van Vuuren), 8 JUBILEE LINE (F P Habib), 7 JUST ASK ME (C J Lensley), 42 KILLUA CASTLE (G V Woodruff), 24 KINGS ARCHER (S T Pettigrew), 12 LAKE KINNERET (S J Gray), 21 LONDON SECRET (S G Tarry), 50 MARDI GRAS (J J van Vuuren), 26 MOUNT KEITH (A B Fortune), 19 NOBLE SECRET (M F de Kock), 49 PILOU (S G Tarry), 29 PURPLE DIAMOND (S G Tarry), 6 REBUKED (S Moffatt), 34 RINGS AND THINGS (A B Fortune), 4 ROUGE ALLURE (S Moffatt), 27 SAIL FOR JOY (F P Habib), 28 SEVENTH OF JUNE (P A Peter), 17 SILVER COIN (G Terzi), 38 SILVER PEG (G M Alexander), 1 SOCRATES (S W Humby), 58 SOLDIER ON (S T Pettigrew), 22 SOVEREIGN REIGN (D Nieuwenhuizen), 14 STRAWBERRY PAVLOVA (S J Gray), 45 STREET FLYER (P F Matchett), 55 TALKTOTHESTARS (F C de Beer), 9 TANDAVA (G Terzi), 54 TOP SHOT (G M Alexander), 40 TORIO LAKE (J J van Vuuren), 5 TSITSIKAMMA DANCE (A B Fortune), 30 UNAGI (G M Alexander), 48 WILD CURVE (F P Habib), 51 WILLIAM NICOL (S J Gray), 39 YAMOTO (S G Tarry), 36 ZOUAVES (G V Woodruff).