FOUR Grade 1 sprints over 1200m will be run at Scottsville on 25 May – the Golden Horse Sprint, the SA Fillies Sprint and the two races for juveniles – the Tsogo Sun Medallion and the Allan Robertson Championship for fillies.
With What A Winter not entered, the Golden Horse Sprint looks very open and there will be a number of runners with chances. The highest rated runner is Cape Royal with a merit rating of 111 followed by Cap Alright who races off 110.
Willow Magic, an impressive winner of the Grade 1 SA Nursery over 1160m at Turffontein, is among the entries for the Tsogo Sun Medallion but runner-up Red Ray will not be there.
Port Elizabeth could have a representative in the Allan Robertson Championship if Alan Greeff’s entry, Winter Fantasy, makes the final field.
Mike de Kock has nominated runners across the board, including recent KRA Guineas winner Festival Of Fire (headline photo), for the Fillies Sprint.
Supplementary entries for the four events close on Friday and the final field will be announced on Monday.
The entries are:
GOLDEN HORSE SPRINT (Grade 1)R750,000 1200m
ALWAYS AL (S G Tarry); BARBOSA (D R Drier); CAP ALRIGHT (S J Snaith); CAPE ROYAL (D Kannemeyer); CAPTAIN’S SECRET (M W Bass); COFFEE SHEIK (W Whitehead); CONTADOR (C Laird); COPPER PARADE (J Ramsden); DEPARDIEU (D Kannemeyer); DESERT SHEIK (M F De Kock); DIVINE JET (D Kannemeyer); GUANTANAMERA (J Freedman); ISLAND FIESTA (W Whitehead); JINZO (G B Puller); MERHEE (M F De Kock); MIKE’S CHOICE (M L Roberts); MOROCCAN (G/K Anthony); NORTHERN EMPEROR (C Laird); ROYAL ZULU WARRIOR (K Naidoo); SHADES OF INDIGO (J Ramsden); SNOWDON (O A Ferraris); TEVEZ (M W Bass); THE WEST IS WIDE (V H Marshall); TIPO TINTO (D R Drier).
SOUTH AFRICAN FILLIES SPRINT (Grade 1) R600,000 1200m
ALL IS SECRET (V H Marshall); CAPTAIN’S LULLABY (V H Marshall); COMTESSE DUBOIS (S J Snaith); COUNTER RIDGE (F Robinson); ESPUMANTI (M F De Kock); FESTIVAL OF FIRE (M F De Kock); JACKODORE (S G Tarry); KINEMATIC COUNTESS (R R Magner); MISS OCTOBER (D R Drier); PRINCESS VICTORIA (G S Kotzen); REASON TO BELIEVE (W Whitehead); SHE’S A STUNNER (S G Tarry); SUE FOR PEACE (D R Drier); TORRA BAY (D R Drier); VALDIVIA (V H Marshall); VIA AFRICA (D C Howells); VICTORIAN SECRET (S J Snaith); WELWITSCHIA (M F De Kock).
TSOGO SUN MEDALLION (Grade 1) (For two-year-olds) R600,000 1200m
ACE ANTONIUS (V H Marshall); CAPTAIN OF ALL (D R Drier); CAPTAIN’S RESERVE (V H Marshall); CHEKILLI (A G Laird); GOGETTHESHERIFF (M F De Kock); HILLBROW (R R Magner); KOCHKA (A Wright); NORMANZ (C Laird); OLYMPIC OWEN (C Spies); PETER CULTURE (R A Hill); TOMMY GUN (C Spies); VELVET VERONA (C Spies); WILLOW MAGIC (S G Tarry); ZAMBEZI TORRENT (M W Bass).
ALLAN ROBERTSON CHAMPIONSHIP (Grade 1) (For two -year-old Fillies) R600,000 1200m
AGATHA PANTHER (K Naidoo); ALONG CAME POLLY (G H Van Zyl); BOARDING CALL (C Spies); CITY OF ATHENS (S G Tarry); GARIBONDY (P V Lafferty); HAPPY VALENTINE (V H Marshall); KITTI CAT (D Kannemeyer); MASKED LADY (G S Kotzen); MY SANCTUARY (D C Howells); PRINCESS JULIETTA (G H Van Zyl); REGAL ROSE (S M Ferreira); ROYALSECURITYBABY (K Naidoo); SAINT ANGELIQUE (S M Ferreira); SAKANIA (G/K Anthony); SEA CAT (P D Reeves); SIOUX SHE (C Spies); SUMMER ADIEU (M N Houdalakis); SUMMERTIME (G/K Anthony); USISI (R R Magner); WAR PATH (C Laird); WINTER FANTASY (A C Greeff).
