A full field of 28-runners and two reserves have been unveiled for the inaugural running of The Grand Heritage, sponsored by World Sports Betting, at the Vaal Racecourse on 1 October.

There’s a 14kg spread between the field for the 1475m contest with top-weighted runner Pivotal Pursuit set to shoulder 64kg while bottom weight of 50kg will all be carried by Urgent Fury, Analyse This and Bold Rex (headline photo) all falling into tier three as per the conditions of the race..

“After an initial flood of entries – a total of 102 were received – it was always going to be a tough task to try and whittle the number of horses which met the qualifying criteria down to the final list of runners,” said Jay Harielall, general manager Racing Operations, said of the task the panel faced to confirm the final field.

“But the fact that there was so much interest in this event was a big positive and we are hoping that it’s a sign that this event will continue to grow in the future,” added Clyde Basel, Phumelela Racing Executive.

Of the 28-runners, 10 of them have run and won since their names were put forward as nominees. Those runners include Bulleting Home, Thrust, Irish Pride, Kings Archer, National Key, Humidor, Miracle Bureau, Belenos, Man’s Inn and Urgent Fury.

Here is the field:

Race-7 (Turf / Outside)  R 750,000    1475m
WORLD SPORTS BETTING GRAND HERITAGE (Non-Black Type)
WFA: 3yrs-8.0kgs 4yrs-0.5kgs
No Apprentice Allowance

1 28 PIVOTAL PURSUIT    64.0 103  BA  A Fortune         Gary Alexander
2  5 BULLETING HOME     63.5 102   A  B Lerena          Sean Tarry
3 23 MOOFEED (AUS)      63.5 100   A  W Marwing         Mike de Kock
4 18 DONNY G            62.0 100   A  G van Niekerk     Sean Tarry
5 26 CELTIC CAPTAIN     61.5  99  BA  W Kennedy         Gavin van Zyl
6 10 PERSIAN RUG        60.0  95   A  J Mariba          Mike de Kock
7 22 THRUST             59.0  93   A  R Simons          Paul Matchett
8 17 IRISH PRIDE        58.0  92   A  G Lerena          Johan Janse van Vuuren
9 16 LUNAR APPROACH     58.0  92 T A  ……………   Sean Tarry
10  3 KINGS ARCHER       58.0  91  BA  M V’Rensburg      Stuart Pettigrew
11 11 SHEPARD ONE        58.0  91   A  R Munger          Gary Alexander
12 25 ARCTICA            57.5  91  BA  C Zackey          Mike Azzie
13 29 MACDUFF (AUS)      57.5  90   A  D Dillon          Joey Ramsden
14 14 NATIONAL KEY       57.5  90 T A  ……………   Brian Wiid
15 30 ALEXA              55.5  87   A  R Danielson       Geoff Woodruff
16 27 CHEPARDO           55.5  86     *C Murray          Alec Laird
17 19 HUMIDOR            55.5  86   A  M Yeni            Tony Rivalland
18  7 FRONT RANK         55.0  85 T A  ……………   Tyrone Zackey
19 20 MIRACLE BUREAU     54.5  85 T A  C Maujean         Joe Soma
20  9 NETFLIX            54.5  85   A  ……………   Lucky Houdalakis
21  2 BELENOS            53.5  83  BA  J P v’d Merwe     Alec Laird
22  1 LE CLOS            53.0  82   A  K Zechner         Mike Azzie
23 24 AWESOME ADAM (AUS) 53.0  81 TBA *L Hewitson        Mike Azzie
24  4 MAN’S INN          52.5  80  BA  ……………   Lucky Houdalakis
25  6 RAISE THE RED      51.0  77 TBA  J Penny           Lucky Houdalakis
26 13 BOLD REX           50.0  87   A  T Appie           Mike de Kock
27 21 ANALYSE THIS       50.0  75   A  K de Melo         Paul Peter
28  8 URGENT FURY        50.0  75 TBA  ……………   Paul Peter

Reserve Runners

29 12 MOVE LIKE JAGGER   50.0  71 TBA  Reserve 1         Louis Goosen
30 15 NEPHRITE           51.0  78   A  Reserve 2         Lucky Houdalakis

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