DINGAANS winner Silver Flyer heads a competitive field of three-year-olds in the R1-million Betting World Gauteng Guineas to be run over 1600m at Turffontein on Saturday 25 February.The Mike de Kock-trained runner went on to finish second behind Variety Club in the Cape Guineas and based on merit ratings and draw No 4, will be the horse to beat in this Grade 2 event.

Red Barrel, Guineas runner.

The Gauteng Guineas forms the first leg of the SASCOC Triple Crown. The other two races are the Grade 1 SA Classic to be run over 1800m on Saturday 31 March and the Grade 1 SA Derby over 2450m on Saturday 28 April. There is a R2-million bonus up for grabs for any horse capable of winning all three events.

Also run on the day is the Grade 2 Betting World Fillies Guineas which carries a stakes of R500,000. This race is the first leg of the SA Triple Tiara with the others being the Grade 1 SA Fillies Classic and the Grade 2 SA Oaks. The Triple Tiara carries a bonus of R1-million.

Silver Flyer has a lot going for him but there are two unbeaten runners in the field – Gavin van Zyl-trained Slumdogmillionaire and Red Barrel from the De Kock yard – and they might be a lot better than their merit ratings suggest.

While De Kock has engaged stable jockey Anthony Delpech to ride Silver Flyer, champion jockey Anton Marcus will be aboard Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup winner Red Barrel.

De Kock and Sean Tarry have four runners apiece in the line-up and each has one reserve runner.  Tarry’s stable jockey Robbie Fradd rides Dingaans runner up Whiteline Fever while Sean Cormack is booked for E-Jet. Tarry is still to finalise riding arrangements for Pomodoro and Heavy Metal.

Zimbabwean entry Control Freak and Tarry’s Hidden Beauty top the ratings for the R500,000 Betting World Gauteng Fillies Guineas but the runners are rated a lot closer than in the Guineas. Tyrone Zackey’s Katy’s Lane won the Grade 3 Fillies Mile last time out but jockey Piere Strydom will have to jump her from draw No 17.    

R1-million BETTING WORLD GAUTENG GUINEAS (Grade 2, Leg 1 SA Triple Crown) 1600m
1 – 4 SILVER FLYER (M F De Kock) A Delpech 58.0 – 112
2 – 18 POTALA PALACE (M G Azzie) G Lerena 58.0 – 105
3 – 1 WHITELINE FEVER (S G Tarry) R Fradd 58.0 – 105
4 – 6 STRAW MARKET (O A Ferraris) R Fourie 58.0 – 103
5 – 12 POMODORO (S G Tarry)  …………… 58.0 – 102
6 – 10 SLUMDOGMILLIONAIRE (G H Van Zyl) M Mienie 58.0 – 100
7 – 5 BROOKS-CLUB (G H Van Zyl) R Simons 58.0 – 97
8 – 11 BEACON FLARE (W H Marwing) W Marwing 58.0 – 96
9 – 17 RED BARREL (M F De Kock) A Marcus 58.0 – 96
10 – 7 TANDRAGEE (G H Van Zyl) P Strydom 58.0 – 96
11 – 15 E-JET (S G Tarry) S Cormack 58.0 – 93
12 – 3 GOLDEN CHATEAU (M F De Kock) D David 58.0 – 93
13 – 16 GOVERNOR GENERAL (M F De Kock) J Geroudis 58.0 – 92
14 – 14 ZAMBUCCA (S Mohideen) S Khumalo 58.0 – 92
15 – 2 HEAVY METAL (S G Tarry)  …………… 58.0 – 89
16 – 8 WAGNER (J A Soma) M Yeni 58.0 – 89
Reserve Runners
17 – 13 BARACAH (S G Tarry)  Reserve 1 58.0 – 90
18 – 9 FRONTINO GOLD (M F De Kock)  Reserve 2 58.0 – 92
Coupled for Pick 6 ONLY: (1, 9, 12, 13, 18); (3, 5, 11, 15, 17); (6, 7, 10).
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R300,000 BETTING WORLD GAUTENG FILLIES GUINEAS (Grade 2, Leg 1 Leg SA Triple Tiara) 1600m
1 – 4 CONTROL FREAK (A I Harris) G Lerena 58.0 – 101
2 – 7 HIDDEN BEAUTY (S G Tarry) R Fradd 58.0 – 101
3 – 17 KATY’S LANE (T Zackey) P Strydom 58.0 – 99
4 – 15 GO INDIGO (L J Erasmus) S Brown 58.0 – 98
5 – 16 UPTOTHEMOON (W H Marwing) W Marwing 58.0 – 95
6 – 3 BLUROUTE (M F De Kock) A Delpech 58.0 – 94
7 – 14 EXTRA ZERO (S G Tarry) S Cormack 58.0 – 94
8 – 5 AWESOME BEAUTY (K Naidoo) N Juglall 58.0 – 90
9 – 9 SHADOWS IN THE SUN (G H Van Zyl) M Mienie 58.0 – 89
10 – 2 ILHA BELA (M F De Kock) A Marcus 58.0 – 88
11 – 8 MOUNT CARMEL (R R Sage) G Wrogemann 58.0 – 87
12 – 11 MARY’S PRIDE (O A Ferraris) R Fourie 58.0 – 86
13 – 10 SOLARIUM (M G Azzie) F Herholdt 58.0 – 86
14 – 18 KALAMI (R R Sage) S Chambers 58.0 – 85
15 – 12 SALSABEEL (M F De Kock) J Geroudis 58.0 – 85
16 – 13 ROSE GARDEN (D N Stenger) R Simons 58.0 – 81
17 – 1 TRESCO (S G Tarry)  Reserve 1 58.0 – 83
18 – 6 SCHOONER (S G Tarry)  Reserve 2 58.0 – 82
Coupled for Pick 6 ONLY: (2, 7, 17, 18); (6, 10, 15); (11, 14).