SEVEN names have been added to the entries for the R2-million President’s Champions Challenge since the original nominations took place on 28 February. The Grade 1 race will be run over 2000m at Turffontein on Saturday 30 November.
Heading up the later entries is dual Grade 1 winner Dancewiththedevil, who captured both the HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes and the Empress Club Stakes.
Captain’s Wild. (JC Photos).
Mike de Kock has brought Captain’s Wild, a winner of his last two races, into the field while Geoff Woodruff has hedged his bets and has supplemented Earl Of Surrey into both the Champions Challenge as well as the R1-million Computaform Sprint over 1000m.�
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The other runners added to the Champions Challenge field are Weiho Marwing’s Mahogany, Sean Tarry’s Power Park, Zorba’s Tale trained by Lucky Houdalakis and Paul Lafferty’s Goat.
Other than Earl Of Surrey, three others have been inserted into the Compuatform Sprint entries – Paul Matchett’s Cruso, Charles Laird’s Exclaim’N’Exclude and Marwing’s Moroccan.
There were no supplementary entries for the Grade 1 SA Derby or the Grade 2 SA Oaks.
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Final declarations take place on Wednesday 20 April at 11am.
FINAL ENTRIES
PRESIDENT’S CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE (Grade 1) R2-million 2000m
2 ASLAN (S G Tarry) 58.0
16 REGAL RANSOM (S G Tarry) 58.0
26 CAPTAIN’S WILD (M F De Kock) 56.5
11 EARL OF SURREY (G V Woodruff) 56.5
24 FORT VOGUE (M W Bass) 56.5
13 VERTICAL TAKEOFF (S G Tarry) 56.5
4 BULSARA (G H Van Zyl) 55.5
6 CALL TO COMBAT (S J Gray) 55.5
3 CAPTAIN’S SECRET (M W Bass) 55.5
25 DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL (S J Gray) 55.5
17 FLIRTATION (M F De Kock) 55.5
7 GALILEO’S GALAXY (C Laird) 55.5
8 HAPPY LANDING (J A Soma) 55.5
22 ILSANPIETRO (M F De Kock) 55.5
5 MAGICAL (O A Ferraris) 55.5
23 MAHOGANY (W H Marwing) 55.5
12 MOTHER RUSSIA (M F De Kock) 55.5
9 POWER PARK (S G Tarry) 55.5
18 RUDI ROCKS (C Laird) 55.5
27 RUDRA (M F De Kock) 55.5
28 TALES OF BRAVERY (V H Marshall) 55.5
19 ZORBA’S TALE (M N Houdalakis) 55.5
1 ALDERRY (M F De Kock) 54.0
20 PERANA (M F De Kock) 54.0
15 DARK WIND (M F De Kock) 53.0
10 GOAT (P V Lafferty) 53.0
21 IGUGU (M F De Kock) 53.0
14 ROMAN WALL (S G Tarry) 53.0
S A DERBY (Grade 1) R1.5-million 2450m
4 BELMONTE (S Mohideen) 58.0
9 DARK WIND (M F De Kock) 58.0
11 ENGLISH GARDEN (M W Bass) 58.0
8 GALILEO’S DESTINY (C Laird) 58.0
14 GAME OVER (R R Magner) 58.0
2 ICE FLAG (O A Ferraris) 58.0
6 MASAI WARRIOR (M G Azzie) 58.0
5 MERLION (B O Wiid) 58.0
1 MONEY GRUBBER (G H Van Zyl) 58.0
7 NOT LIABLE (C Laird) 58.0
12 PERANA (M F De Kock) 58.0
3 SEAL (G H Van Zyl) 58.0
13 SHERE KHAN (K Naidoo) 58.0
10 TOP SELLER (V H Marshall) 58.0
COMPUTAFORM SPRINT (Grade 1) R1-million 1000m
17 ARABIAN MIST (G M Alexander) 60.0
24 AUGUST RUSH (N L Bruss) 60.0
3 BLUE TIGER (M W Bass) 60.0
20 CRUSO (P F Matchett) 60.0
25 EARL OF SURREY (G V Woodruff) 60.0
23 EXCLAIM’N’EXCLUDE (C Laird) 60.0
14 GAULTIER (M W Bass) 60.0
13 INTELLECTUAL (H J Brown) 60.0
22 JINZO (H J Brown) 60.0
11 KAYHALADIN (G J Maroun) 60.0
15 MOROCCAN (W H Marwing) 60.0
5 MR BLACK TOM (B O Wiid) 60.0
26 MR MICKEY MOUSE (A J Rivalland) 60.0
12 MYTHICAL FLIGHT (S G Tarry) 60.0
16 REBEL KNIGHT (G M Alexander) 60.0
8 SOUTH COUNTRY (J A Soma) 60.0
2 TRIBAL (G J Maroun) 60.0
6 WINKING JACK (L Wiid) 60.0
21 FURIOUS DANCER (K Naidoo) 58.0
19 MAGICO (P A Peter) 58.0
18 SHEA SHEA (G V Woodruff) 58.0
10 WHAT A WINTER (M W Bass) 58.0
7 CAPTAIN’S GAL (S G Tarry) 57.5
9 MANA MOU (S G Tarry) 57.5
1 VAL DE RA (D R Drier) 57.5
4 WISHFUL EYE (A Wright) 55.5
SA OAKS (Grade 2) R750,000 2450m
1 CHECCETTI (M F De Kock) 58.0
10 CHERRY ON THE CAKE (G H Van Zyl) 58.0
3 IGUGU (M F De Kock) 58.0
7 ILHA GRANDE (M F De Kock) 58.0
11 JUSTTHEWAYYOUARE (G V Woodruff) 58.0
8 KEEP ON DREAMING (K Naidoo) 58.0
2 MAR LODGE (R R Sage) 58.0
6 MICRO JET (S T Pettigrew) 58.0
4 NAUTICAL (B O Wiid) 58.0
9 PRINCESS OF LIGHT (G V Woodruff) 58.0
5 RUNNING RIVULET (W H Marwing) 58.0
12 STORMY COAST (G B Scott) 58.0