ESPUMANTI (photo) will give Mike de Kock and Mary Slack a chance of winning the 2014 Vodacom Durban July. The four-year-old filly by Dansili is one of 16 runners to have made the final field for South Africa’s showpiece racing event, scheduled for Saturday, 5 July.

Here is the final fieldf, announced on Tuesday, 24 June:

Sc DR HORSE WGT M/R JOCKEY TRAINER

1 13 KING OF PAIN 60.0 114 BA B Fayd’Herbe Joey Ramsden
2 15 CAPETOWN NOIR 59.0 112 BA K Neisius Dean Kannemeyer
3 18 TELLINA 58.0 110 A G Lerena Geoff Woodruff
4 7 WHITELINE FEVER 58.0 110 A S Khumalo Sean Tarry
5 8 WYLIE HALL (AUS) 57.5 109 CA MJ Byleveld Weiho Marwing
6 2 ESPUMANTI (GB) 57.0 108 A A Delpech Mike de Kock
7 16 PUNTA ARENAS 57.0 108 A S Randolph Stan Elley
8 17 CHERRY ON THE TOP 56.5 107 A W Marwing Ormond Ferraris
9 14 LEGISLATE 56.0 110 A R Fourie Justin Snaith
10 10 LOUIS THE KING 55.5 109 A K Shea Geoff Woodruff
11 5 RAKE’S CHESTNUT 55.5 109 A A Marcus Geoff Woodruff
12 9 HALVE THE DEFICIT 55.0 104 A …………… Sean Tarry
13 19 JET BELLE 54.5 103 A M Yeni Glen Kotzen
14 11 CAPTAIN AMERICA 54.0 106 A S Cormack Brett Crawford
15 4 IN THE FAST LANE 54.0 106 A G van Niekerk Justin Snaith
16 3 FUTURA 53.0 104 A G Hatt Brett Crawford

Reserve Runners
17 1 READYTOGORIGHTNOW 54.0 102 A Reserve 1 Justin Snaith
18 6 POMODORO 55.5 105 A Reserve 2 Sean Tarry
19 12 MASTER SABINA 53.0 100 T A Reserve 3 Geoff Woodruff
20 20 DYLAN’S PROMISE (A 53.0 100 BA Reserve 4 Charles Laird

Same Trainer – NOT COUPLED on Tote: (3,10,11,19) (4,12,18) (9,15,17) (14,16)