No. 2030 ISSN 1023 / 6996
MONDAY 31st MARCH - THURSDAY 3rd APRIL 2014
FLAMINGO PARK 12:20pm (Monday) p.5
SCOTTSVILLE 1:20pm (Tuesday) p.13
TURFFONTEIN NIGHT 5:05pm (Tuesday) p.20
DURBANVILLE 1:15pm (Wednesday) p.33
VAAL SAND 1:25pm (Thursday) p.39
The National Emblem gelding Hard Rock has plenty of frustrating unfulfilled potential and could be ready to win again
MR88 HANDICAP at Turffonten
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on Tuesday night
The lack of recent form amongst most of the runners in the Turffontein Tuesday evening topliner creates an excellent value bet opportunity for the astute punter. Being April Fools’ Day, it may prove prudent to look beyond the obvious on the night.
ow ranking merit rated handicaps dominate the exotic bets on the nine race Turffontein standside programme and the jackpot opener, the R100,000 MR 88 Handicap
run over 1400m, presents a serious challenge for punters.
Rock Hard
A runner that jumps out of the page though as a potential value bet is the National Emblem gelding Hard Rock, who has his second
run for trainer Ormond Ferraris. He will be ridden by Weichong Marwing, who returned on Guineas Day to ride for Ferraris, but who is yet to open his account, admittedly from limited riding opportunities. Hard Rock ran 9 lengths
behind the very smart Trip Tease over what would have been a too short 1000m two weeks back and should come along lengths for the benefit of that run. Ferraris is his third trainer, and he may also prove third time lucky.
Been Around
A horse who has been around the block, Hard Rock was formerly trained by Mike De Kock, and in his earlier dayswhile still in the ownership of Roets Racing ,
Handicapper rated him...
MR 118 Dynasty – Moonlit Prairie by Cozzene
Won x3 Gr1
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Second x2 Gr1
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st “By far the be e w e rs ho classic in ce ra en se have for South Africa many years”
Second x2 Gr2
by Deon Visser. Hard Rock has won only twice from 19 starts and it is interesting (and puzzling) to note that his last win was way back on 24 April 2011 when he won the Gr3 Godolphin Barb Stakes run over 1000m at Clairwood in the hands of Anton Marcus. That was only his second outing after he had caught everyone unawares when he won his Clairwood 1200m debut at odds of 66/1 a month earlier. Bred by Riverton Stud and
bought for R150 000 at the 2010 National Yearling Sale, Hard Rock’s booming two race winning streak came to an abrupt end when he ran a not disgraced fifth and 5,10 lengths behind Delago Deluxe in the 2011 Gr1 Gold Medallion. Cont. p.2
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