No. 2216 ISSN 1023 / 6996
MONDAY 11th - THURSDAY 14th JANUARY 2016
FAIRVIEW 12:40pm (Monday) p.3
VAAL 12:45pm (Tuesday) p.10
KENILWORTH 1:05pm (Wednesday) p.23
VAAL
The Gr3 Cape Classic hero Eighth Wonder could bounce back to winning ways
12:15pm (Thursday) p.29
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MR 98 DIVIDED HANDICAP at Kenilworth on Wednesday The Kenilworth midweek respite from big race royalty and glamour hosts a quality programme on Wednesday. Trainer Justin Snaith will be keen to get the dual stakes winner Kingvoldt back on the right track. The once promising son of Western Winter has been racing way below his best but reverts to a familiar course and distance in the day’s topliner. he classy Kingvoldt bumps eleven rivals in the R90 000 MR 98 Divided Handicap over the straight 1200 – the track where he scored his feature double as a promising 2yo member of the powerful Ramsden young gun attack of the time. He switched stables to Justin Snaith
some four runs back and is yet to make any visible improvement.
Disappointing
His penultimate start in the Merchants saw him finish tenth and 4,46 lengths behind Triptique and then when fancied, was beaten 3,40 lengths in the Jet Master Stakes
by his capable stablemate Heartland. Kingvoldt reverts to 1200m after that mile and has his third run after a rest – certainly grounds to anticipate a major improvement. His stablemate Charles Lytton won two on the trot in Fairview but has been lightly raced this term down South. He ran a decent enough third to Act Of War in the Matchem, but was then comprehensively outpaced in the Listed Southeaster Sprint last time out.
He will be more confortable over the extra 200m here but needs to show more.
The Z Factor
Brett Crawford’s Zubbadubbadoo is the epitome of a course and distance specialist, but bounced back to a rather surprise win last time over 1400m when beating Annigoni with contempt. The son of Jay Peg won four on the trot, including his maiden and has been a model student at most of his racecourse efforts. His stablemate Sail South
has a touch of class on his day but was well beaten in the Merchants. He showed a bit more spark when dropping in class and chasing Blackmore home over the 1400m last time. Cont. p.2
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SPORTING POST • MONDAY 11th - THURSDAY 14th JANUARY 2016 Top Rated Last week ’sS winners incl. G N TI SPEED RA
A review of the week's best SPEEDRATINGS
with Steve Furnish
Winning Sequences
Comfortable Victories
Greyville 30th December They raced on both surfaces on Wednesday afternoon. Two of the three races on the poly were run over 1400m and quickest home in these was ROYAL ARMOUR in the opening MR78 Handicap. Now a winner of three from seven, the son of Jay Peg was always handy. He put his head in front at the top of the straight and comfortably accounted for the wellsupported favourite FERDNAND THE BULL by three. The fastest of the three 1400m maiden races on the turf was the second division for the girls in which ART ATTACK got off the mark. Eventually sent off at 6/1 after opening up at 14’s, Ivan Moore’s charge raced in midfield during the early part of the race. She was initially ridden to lead going through the 200m and rallied gamely after being headed 100m later to score by a neck. The faster of two 1200m races on the turf was the bill topping MR95 Handicap in which the top weight LONDON CALL registered his fourth career victory from just seven starts. On leaving the stalls it was AL CIBERANO who elected to set the pace and a brisk one it was too. Reported as lame on the off hind though, Tony Rivalland’s charge slowed quickly in the straight and finished last. London Call meanwhile had raced third and won well by a length after taking up the running 120m or so from home. TITBITS After being a little slow into stride, I AM A ROCK ran on well from the rear when winning the maiden plate over 1800m (turf) going away. Poorly drawn JACK THE KNIFE didn’t find the clearest of passages en-route from the rear when getting up in the very last stride in the boy’s division of the maiden 1400m.
FASTEST TIMES (The number of races run in each category shown in brackets) (*Denotes - Times taken by Clockwatcher) (P = Polytrack)
GREYVILLE (MIXED) 30TH DECEMBER Turf Good – Poly Standard 1200m (2) London Call 70,79T 1400m (3) Art Attack 85,78T 1400m (2) Royal Armour 83,09P 1600m (1) The Gobi 97,22P 1800m (1) I Am A Rock 112,70T TURFFONTEIN (INNER) 31ST DECEMBER Penetrometer 22 – Going Good 1450m (2) Bay Of Thunder 88,63 1600m (4) Shea Devon 97,53 1800m (1) Rumbling Lion 111,59 2000m (1) Peg O’ My Heart 126,71 FAIRVIEW (TURF) 1ST JANUARY Penetrometer 22 – Going Good 1000m (1) Fort Ozark 1200m (1) Misnomer 1400m (1) Briar King 1600m (5) Sea Cat
56,46 70,03* 83,79 96,94
GREYVILLE (MIXED) 1ST JANUARY Turf Good – Poly Standard 1000m (1) Kept Secret 58,96P 1200m (2) Google Me 70,62P 1600m (3) Olma 94,68T 1800m (2) Killer Woman 111,22T
ON 7/1 ............. W .. T E R C E S ON 6/1 KEPT .............. W .. .. R E M O MISN WON 15/4 ................ .. G IN K R ON 3/1 BRIA ............... W .. .. .. .. T A C SEA WON 18/10 EA ........... ID T N IA L ON 16/10 BRIL ............... W .. .. .. .. .. .. A ON 11/10 OLM S ............ W E LU B N A B DUR WON 8/10 ................ .. .. .. .. .. A Z DAN
Turffontein 31st December Racing on New Year’s Eve took place on the inner track where four of the eight races were run over 1600m. The afternoon’s feature event, a MR92 Handicap was the quickest of these, and successful here was SHEA DEVON. Initially priced up as a joint favourite at 7/2 (sent off 5/1), Geoff Woodruff’s charge was soon positioned close up in second. He took up the running as they approached the 200m marker and won well from the staying on pacemaker STONEHENGE by a length and three quarters. Quickest home in the two 1450m maiden events was BAY OF THUNDER in the girl’s affair. She got away well when the gates opened and was always handy. She put her head in front going through the 400m and easily accounted for the luckless MONARCH AIR by two and three quarters. The runner up clipped heels 400m out and was running on very well in the closing stages. The easiest victory on the card was recorded by DANZA when getting off the mark in the boy’s division of the maiden 1450m. Soon prominent, the 8/10 favourite made his move shortly after passing the 400m pole and with a ton in hand he drew clear easily in the closing stages of the race to score by four.
TITBITS
Poorly drawn PEG O’ MY HEART ran on well from the rear when easily accounting for her thirteen rivals in the maiden plate over 2000m. Easily ten lengths off the pace at the top of the straight, poorly drawn INTERGALACTIC was flying at the finish (had to switch 200m) when only failing by the narrowest of margins to land the MR81 Handicap over 1600m.
One Horse Race
Fairview 1st January The action on New Year’s Day took place on the and went on to score with authority by a length turf when the opening maiden plate for the girls and three quarters. The second fastest of the 1600m events was over 1200m was won by MISNOMER. Always handy, the daughter of Elusive Fort took up the the novice plate in which we saw an impressive running 150m out and won well by a length and performance from WELSH EMPEROR. Sent off second in the betting market at 28/10, the 3yo a quarter from the easy to back FOURTEEN. Five of the afternoon’s eight races were run son of Go Deputy raced in midfield for most of over 1600m and stopping the clock in the fastest the journey. He put his head in front shortly after passing time amongst these was the Cape Town raider SEA CAT in the bill topping Lady’s bracelet (L). the 300m marker and with an absolute ton in The locally trained KUMIKO set the pace and hand went on to score by three and a half. with Topless chasing she quickly had the third TITBITS horse some seven lengths adrift. Sixth placed ORCADIAN FOREST was running on Sea Cat ran on best of all when the early effort well from the rear when beaten 2,85 lengths in took its toll on the leaders in the straight though, the maiden plate over 1600m.
Run Of The Race Greyville 1st January Both surfaces were again used on Friday evening where the faster of the two MR70 Handicaps over 1200m on the poly was the first division won by GOOGLE ME. Not the quickest into stride when the gates opened, Michael Roberts’ charge raced seventh of the ten early on. She ran on strongly in the short home straight and with the rest well beaten she had DARK ROSE held by three quarters. The Gr3 Flamboyant Stakes for fillies and mares on turf topped the bill and in what proved to be the fastest of the three 1600m events on the surface victory here went to the 16/10 favourite OLMA. Confidently ridden by Ian Sturgeon, the daughter of Dynasty was soon positioned close to the speed. She was ridden to lead as they approached
the 200m pole and comfortably accounted for the running on LALA by two. The runner up finished well from the rear and did have the rest well beaten. The faster of the two 1800m races on turf was the graduation plate in which the progressive KILLER WOMAN gained her third win from just six starts. On leaving the stalls it was the uneasy favourite RUN RHINO RUN who elected to make the running whilst Tony Rivalland’s charge sat close up in second. She put her head in front shortly after passing the 400m marker and went on to score with authority by a length and three quarters.
Notebook
Horses worth following at their next few starts... LALA (D Campbell, KZN) ROYAL ARMOUR (L Forbes, KZN) WELSH EMPEROR (A Greeff, E-Cape)
TOP SPEED RATINGS for this MID-WEEK (Ratings shown have already been adjusted to allocated weights)
FAIRVIEW (MON) Race 1: (7) Zevenastic 4 Race 2: (10) Eviction 15 Race 3: (2) Copper Parade 81 Race 4: (6) Air Belle 14 Race 5: (2) Readytogorightnow 75 Race 6: (8) Simmering 62 Race 7: (10) Fort Kalimenta 38 Race 8: (6) Sail Intotheclouds 47 VAAL (TUES) Race 1: (2) Youcanrockme 19 Race 2: (1) Crimson Magic 20 Race 3: (3) Keep On Flying 12 Race 4: (2) Angel Of Mercy 17 Race 5: (14) Ruby Ruby 48 (EW) Race 6: (9) Machismo 71 Race 7: (11) Eurozone 48 Race 8: (3) African Ruler 63 Race 9: (14) Seven Stars 34 KENILWORTH (WED) Race 1: (2) Extradite 5 Race 2: (1) All Magic 14 Race 3: (6) Star Academy 43 Race 4: (2) Sun Power 13 Race 5: (11) Dance In The Woods 44 Race 6: (1) The Tripster 54 Race 7: (12) Silver Salver 85 Race 8: (1) Honest Ally 16 (NAP*) VAAL (THUR) Race 1: (9) Oblivion 15 Race 2: (3) Olive Leaf 64 Race 3: (8) Forever A Lady 5 Race 4: (8) Runalong 25 Race 5: (3) Duke Nukem 67 Race 6: (12) Smartifact 9 (NAP*) Race 7: (11) Lisnoble 51 Race 8: (7) Silver Matador 54 Race 9: (5) Penteliko 29
TITBITS
The 11/10 favourite DURBAN BLUES comfortably accounted for her eleven rivals when getting off the mark in the maiden plate over 1600m (turf).
NAP BETS * Fancied ** Strongly fancied *** Very strongly fancied
Wonders Of The World MR 98 DIVIDED HANDICAP at Kenilworth on Wednesday Better Off
His conqueror Blackmore is a half kilo better off here and should beat Sail South again – over a distance that he has proven his ability. The decent former Paul Reeves’ trained Tiger Tiger had his first run back in the Cape after a fair KZN campaign. The son of Tiger Ridge ran on smartly when beaten
just 0,25 length by Sheer Trouble at his first run in three months. He is 1kg better off here and will prefer the 1200m he tries on Wednesday. He is based with Neil Bruss now. The in-form combo of Grant van Niekerk and Mike Bass team up with Sheer Trouble, who probably is more effective over a touch further. His stablemate Laurie’s
Gold is a seasoned campaigner and at the age of 7 has more enthusiasm than a lot of his counterparts half his age. He also looks likely to enjoy more.
Ready To Win
The promising 3yo Eighth Wonder cost R500 000 as a youngster and looks ready to fulfil his connections’ expectations. The son of Captain Al won the Magnum
Cont. from front
Cape Classic but then failed to follow through when out of the money in the Selangor Cup and the Cape Guineas. He should be more comfortable here and could bounce back to best. The dogged pacesetting Blarney Bay pulled off a giantkilling move at his penultimate when beating the star Captain America by a whisker. His best form is over
1400m to 1600m and even with the apprentice allowance has plenty to do. Silver Salver has in and out form at best and has been a bit quiet when stepped up in class recently. The speedy son of Slvano has won 4 of 17 starts and has a good turn of foot when sound and things go his way. The staying sort Hot Ticket lumbers 63kgs and is no doubt having a prep for
a future commitment and he will find this way too short.
Class
Kingvoldt is the proven course and distance class and will be a major runner if finding his best form. Eighth Wonder won a cracker in the Cape Classic and could be the danger at best. There are others waiting on the fringes and it may be best to go wide in the exotics.
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