Top entry for G1 Daily News
JUSTIN Snaith-trained Pomp And Power, winner of the Grade 1 Cape Derby, heads up the field for the R1-million Daily News 2000 (Grade 1) over 2 000m for three-year-olds at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday. He will be ridden by Richard Fourie.
The Vercingetorix gelding had an excellent warm-up run when a 0.80-length third behind Zapatillas of a wide draw in the WSB KZN Guineas over 1 600m at Greyville. He will also have advantage of jumping from No 1 draw.
Mike de Kock has two runners in Safe Passage and Aragosta while Joe Soma will run Grade 1 WSB SA Classic winner Red Saxon.
With the withdrawal of Triple Tiara champion Rain In Holland, the Grade 1 Woolavington 2000 for three-year-old fillies is there for the taking but Sean Tarry will be represented by Marigold Hotel who, along with Paul Petertrained Sprinkles, is the joint best-handicapped runner.
Barend Botes and Yolande Vosloo have Light Of The Moon in the field. The daughter of Futura won the Listed Ormond Ferraris Oaks Trial over 2 000m and followed that up with a 0.75-length second behind Rain In Holland in the Grade 2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Oaks over 2 450m.
She proved those runs were no fluke by easily winning a middle Stakes over 2 400m at the Vaal, beating the boys in the process.
Muzi Yeni rode her in all three of those races and he will be back on board come Saturday.
There is also a Pick 6 carryover of R1-million going into this meeting with the pool likely to reach R5 million.
Final field for the R1-million Daily News 2000 (Grade 1) over 2 000m
1 - 1 POMP AND POWER (J S
Snaith) R Fourie 60.0 - 118
2 - 2 BEYONDTHEBOUNDARY (A Wright) G Lerena 60.0 - 74
3 - 3 SENSO UNICO (V H Marshall) S Veale 60.0 - 104
4 - 4 SUPER EXCITED (P F Matchett) J P v’d Merwe 60.0 - 109
5 - 5 RED SAXON (J A Soma) J Mariba 60.0 - 118
6 - 6 SAFE PASSAGE (M F De Kock) M Yeni 60.0 - 117
7 - 7 ARAGOSTA (M F De Kock) K Matsunyane 60.0 - 109
8 - 8 HASTA MANANA (L Karriem) S Moodley 60.0 - 104
9 - 9 WATERBERRY LANE (D Kannemeyer) K de Melo 60.0 - 115
Same Trainer: (6,7)
Final field for the R750,000 Woolavington 2000 (Grade 1) over 2 000m
1 - 1 MARIGOLD HOTEL (S G Tarry) R Fourie 60.0 - 110
2 - 2 PERFECT WITNESS (C Dawson) G Lerena 60.0 - 109
3 - 3 CAPETOWN BEAUTY (W/B Badenhorst/Kennedy) C Habib 60.0 - 83
4 - 4 LIGHT OF THE MOON (B/Y Botes / Vosloo) M Yeni 60.0 - 92
5 - 5 SPRINKLES (P A Peter) W Kennedy 60.0 - 110
6 - 6 MONASHADA (K Naidoo) F Herholdt 60.0 - 87
7 - 7 KAILENE (G S Kotzen) D Dillon 60.0 - 106
8 - 8 SILVER DARLING (J S Snaith) G van Niekerk 60.0 105
9 - 9 AERIAL VIEW (M D Miller) S Moodley 60.0 - 76
10 - 10 JULIET TANGO (M/A Azzie) S Khumalo 60.0 - 98
11 - 11 BYE BYE BOMBSHELL (J S Snaith) C Zackey 60.0 - 90
12 - 12 LILLYBELLE (W A Nel) G Wright 60.0 - 79
Same Trainer: (8,11)