THE final field for the 2013 Vodacom  Durban July has been announced.  Last year’s winner Pomodoro will carry top weight of 60kg and has drawn favourably at No.7.

The panel who selected the line-up surprisingly omitted Mike de Kock’s up-and-coming three-year-old, Rock Cocktail, who at 105 is rated higher than six runners who made the final field.

Mike has won the race four times since  2002.

GR1 VODACOM DURBAN JULY, 3,5-MILLION, 2200m

Sc# Horse               Mass   MR       Draw   B  A  T  Jockey            Trainer

 1  POMODORO            60.0  113 (113)    7      A     P Strydom         Sean Tarry

 2  HEAVY METAL         59.5  112 (112)   11      A     S Khumalo         Sean Tarry

 3  HILL FIFTY FOUR     59.5  112 (112)   10      A     A Marcus          Vaughan Marshall

 4  WHITELINE FEVER     59.5  112 (112)    6      A     B Fayd'Herbe      Sean Tarry

 5  SEAL                58.5  110 (110)   13      A  T  F Herholdt        Gavin van Zyl

 6  ASTRO NEWS          57.0  107 (107)    8      A  T  K Shea            Charles Laird

 7  TRIBAL DANCE        57.0  107 (107)   12      A     M Byleveld        Vaughan Marshall

 8  RUN FOR IT          56.5  106 (106)    1      A     S Cormack         Justin Snaith

 9  SHOGUNNAR           56.5  106 (106)    3      A     K Teetan          Gavin van Zyl

10  E-JET               55.5  104 (104)   18      A     G Schofield       Sean Tarry

11  CAPETOWN NOIR       55.0  107 (105)   15      A     K Neisius         Dean Kannemeyer

12  NO WORRIES          55.0  107 (105)   19   B  A     B Lerena          Gavin van Zyl

13  WYLIE HALL          55.0  107 (105)   14      A     M Odendaal        Weiho Marwing

14  DO YOU REMEMBER     54.5  106 (104)    4      A     R Fradd           Geoff Woodruff

15  JET EXPLORER        54.0  101 (101)    2      A     A Delpech         Justin Snaith

16  PUNTA ARENAS        53.5  100 (100)   17      A     A Domeyer         Stan Elley

17  LOVE STRUCK         53.0  103 (101)    9      A     G Cheyne          Paul Lafferty

18  WAGNER              53.0   98 ( 98)    5      A  T *N Juglall         Joe Soma

19  GOTHIC              53.0   97 ( 95)   20   B  A     G Hatt            Kumaran Naidoo

20  WILD ONE            53.0   95 ( 93)   16   B  A     R Danielson       Jeff Freedman

Couplings: (1,2,4,10) (3,7) (5,9,12) (8,15) 

No. of Trainers: 13