Top three year olds set to clash
YOUNGSTERS: LEADING THREE-YEAR-OLDS SOQRAT AND CHIMICHURI RUN COULD CLASH Garden Province winner Redberry Lane lands wide draw.
Agroup of highly rated three-year-olds have been nominated to run in the Grade 2 Joburg Spring Challenge and Joburg Spring F&M Challenge over 1450m on Saturday 6 October.
If all goes according to plan, Sean Tarry’s new stable sensation, Chimichuri Run, could come up against Grade 1 winner Soqrat and Alyaasaat, both from the Mike de Kock yard. However, while De Kock will be delighted that his charges have drawn in barriers No 5 and No 4 respectively, Tarry’s runner has drawn No 19 of the 30-strong entry.
In the fillies’ race, De Kocktrained Ghaalla, well regarded by the stable, drew barrier No 2 while unbeaten Nafaayes is drawn No 9 and will improve. Dagmar, however, drew wide at No 20.
There are a lot of other top horses who could be making their seasonal comebacks in this race, including Coral Fever from the Robbie Sage yard, Grade 1 Mercury Sprint winner Will Pays and last year’s Grade 2 Charity Mile winner Hat Puntano, both from the Mike and Adam Azzie yard.
Another runner who is sure to attract a lot of interest is Grade 1 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic winner Takingthepeace, also from the De Kock yard. She has been nominated for both races but the fact that she is drawn No 18 in the Challenge and No 1 in the fillies’ race will probably make the decision easy for De Kock.
Both she and Noble Secret are also among the De Kock group of 10 entered to run in the R2-million G-Bet Gauteng Summer Cup on Saturday 1 December.
Tarry has also entered Garden Province Stakes winner Redberry Lane in the fillies’ event but she fared badly in the draw at No 22.
Entries for the R400,000 Joburg Spring Challenge (Grade 2) over 1450m at Turffontein on Saturday 6 October. 13 CORAL FEVER (R R Sage) 60.0 26 WILL PAYS (M/A Azzie) 60.0 1 CHAMPAGNE HAZE (G M Alexander) 59.0
21 HAT PUNTANO (M/A Azzie) 59.0
14 WONDERWALL (S G Tarry) 58.5
15 AFRICA RISING (S G Tarry) 58.0
2 ALWAYS IN CHARGE (C Dawson) 58.0 17 ARCTICA (M/A Azzie) 58.0 6 CAPTAIN ALDO (S J Gray) 58.0 24 CATKIN (J Ramsden) 58.0 25 DOOSRA (J J van Vuuren) 58.0 28 IRISH PRIDE (J J van Vuuren) 58.0
10 NEW PREDATOR (J J van Vuuren) 58.0
20 ROCKY VALLEY (C Dawson) 58.0
9 ROMANY PRINCE (O A Ferraris) 58.0 23 UNAGI (G M Alexander) 58.0 27 ZOUAVES (G V Woodruff) 58.0 30 CAPTAIN AND MASTER (S G Tarry) 57.5 12 FULL MAST (M/A Azzie) 57.5 8 GREEK FIRE (M/A Azzie) 57.5 22 NOBLE SECRET (M F De Kock) 57.5 16 ORPHEUS (M/A Azzie) 57.5 18 TAKINGTHEPEACE (M F De Kock) 57.0
11 CASCAPEDIA (M F De Kock) 55.5 7 EMILY JAY (B O Wiid) 55.5 3 WRECKING BALL (G J Maroun) 55.5 5 SOQRAT (M F De Kock) 52.0 4 ALYAASAAT (M F De Kock) 50.0
19 CHIMICHURI RUN (S G Tarry) 50.0 Entries for the R400,000 Joburg Spring F&M Challenge (Grade 2) over 1450m
22 REDBERRY LANE (S G Tarry) 60.0
1 TAKINGTHEPEACE (M F De Kock) 59.5
18 DESERT RHYTHM (S G Tarry) 58.5
23 AL DANZA (G V Woodruff) 58.0
7 CASCAPEDIA (M F De Kock) 58.0 24 EMILY JAY (B O Wiid) 58.0 16 MY FRIEND LEE (M N Houdalakis) 58.0 6 POOL PARTY (R R Magner) 58.0 15 SHELLY (D Little) 58.0 8 SYLVAN ON FIRE (C Dawson) 58.0
5 WRECKING BALL (G J Maroun) 58.0
19 CASHEL PALACE (A G Laird) 57.5 13 FOLK DANCE (P A Peter) 57.5 17 GREEN TOP (A G Laird) 57.5 21 MRS O (M/A Azzie) 57.5 14 ROSE IN BLOOM (J Ramsden) 57.5 12 SAN FERMIN (M/A Azzie) 57.5 3 CAPTAIN'S PRINCESS (C Dawson) 50.0 20 DAGMAR (M F De Kock) 50.0 11 DEERUPT (J J van Vuuren) 50.0 2 GHAALLA (M F De Kock) 50.0 4 MAZARI (T Spies) 50.0 9 NAFAAYES (M F De Kock) 50.0
10 PERFECT TIGRESS (M/A Azzie) 50.0