Jack Milner
Yes, they are all there!
The final fields for Classic Day at Turffontein on Saturday have been declared and all the big names will be coming.
There are three Grade 1 races – the Wilgerbosdrift HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes, the HKJC World Pool SA Classic and Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic – and all three have thrilling fields.
Starting with the Horse Chestnut Stakes, we will see World Sports Betting Cape Town Met winner See It Again and Hollywoodbets Durban July Champion The Real Prince in action. They will be joined by Main Defender, Fire Attack and last year’s winer Cosmic Speed.
In an interesting move, three-year-old Tin Pan Alley will be taking his place in this field as opposed to the SA Classic.
Sean Tarry’s charge is probably better suited to this 1600m and he gets a 3kg weight-for-age allowance. Keagan de Melo has been engaged to ride The United States gelding.
Richard Fourie will be aboard See It Again, Craig Zackey will ride The Real Prince, Gavin Lerena is aboard Main Defender while Calvin Habib is on Fire Attack.
Speaking about See It Again, Jonathan said: “See It Again will travel up from Summerveld to Johannesburg this Friday. The move to altitude always brings a touch of the unknown, some horses thrive on it while others take time - but his preparation has been flawless.
“He is in identical shape to when he won the Grade 1 WSB Met and could not be coming to the Highveld in better order.”
As expected, horse from the Mike and Mathew de Kock yard dominate the field for the SA Classic with four runners, headed up by Jan Van Goyen with Callan Murray in the irons. After that we have TAB Gauteng Guineas winner Spitttheeights with Raymond Danielson back on board, One Eye On Vegas and Yippee Kiyay.
Tarry has Gauteng Guineas runner-up Grand Empire in the field, Candice and Tammy Dawson send out Grade 2 Dingaans winner Trust, while Joe Soma will saddle exciting gelding Errol Flynn.
In the SA Fillies Classic, Corne Spies-trained Hazy Dazy will continue her quest to become a Wilgerbosdrift Triple Tiara champion and claim the R1-million bonus. Once again there are a number of challengers, including the four fillies who finished behind her in the Gauteng Fillies Guineas – Charge It, Golden Palm, Lowveld Lily and Littlemissmillion respectively.
For the betting public there is also a lot on offer. The three Grade 1 races will be Hong Kong World Pool events so punters will be able to bet into massive TAB pools.
In addition, there will be a Pick 6 carryover of R1-million with a likely pool of R4 million and as this will be a 12-race card, there will be three Jackpots (Race 1 to 4, Races 5 to 8 and Races 9 to 12) and two BiPots (Races 2 to 7 and Races 7 to 12)
Final field for the four Graded races at Turffontein on Saturday.
The R1.5-million Wilgerbosdrift HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes (Grade 1) over 1600m.
1 - 4 MAIN DEFENDER (A P Peter) G Lerena 60.0 - 130
2 - 8 SEE IT AGAIN (J S Snaith) R Fourie 60.0 - 130
3 - 7 THE REAL PRINCE (D Kannemeyer) C Zackey 60.0 - 128
4 - 3 ATTICUS FINCH (A G Laird) S Moodley 60.0 - 127
5 - 6 COSMIC SPEED (S G Tarry) R Munger 60.0 - 124
6 - 5 FIRE ATTACK (A G Laird) C Habib 60.0 - 124
7 - 1 TEXAS RED (R Klaasen) K Matsunyane 60.0 - 119
8 - 9 PRESSONREGARDLESS (D Nieuwenhuizen) C Murray 60.0 - 109
9 - 2 TIN PAN ALLEY (S G Tarry) K de Melo 57.0 - 117
Same Trainer: (4,6) (5,9)
The R1.5-million Grade 1 HKJC World Pool SA Classic (Grade 1) (2nd Leg of the TAB SA Triple Crown) over 1800m.
1 - 3 JAN VAN GOYEN (M/M de Kock) C Murray 60.0 - 118
2 - 8 SPLITTHEEIGHTS (M/M de Kock) R Danielson 60.0 - 109
3 - 1 GRAND EMPIRE (S G Tarry) C Zackey 60.0 - 108
4 - 2 TRUST (C/T Dawson) S Moodley 60.0 - 107
5 - 7 ONE EYE ON VEGAS (M/M de Kock) G Lerena 60.0 - 106
6 - 9 YIPPEE KIYAY (M/M de Kock) J R Syster 60.0 - 105
7 - 4 ALL SYSTEMS GO (D G Smith) C Habib 60.0 - 102
8 - 6 ERROL FLYNN (J A Soma) K de Melo 60.0 - 96
9 - 5 RADIO STAR (M G Azzie) K Matsunyane 60.0 - 95
Same Trainer: (1,2,5,6)
The R1.25-million Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic (Grade 1) (2nd Leg of the Wilgerbosdrift SA Triple Tiara) over 1800m
1 - 4 HAZY DAZY (C Spies) T Mayhew 60.0 - 117
2 - 6 GOLDEN PALM (A C Greeff) C Zackey 60.0 - 115
3 - 8 CHARGE IT (A Wright) S Moodley 60.0 - 113
4 - 9 LOWVELD LILY (J S Snaith) C Murray 60.0 - 109
5 - 10 LITTLEMISSMILLION (T Zackey) R Munger 60.0 - 107
6 - 2 DAISY JONES (M G Azzie) K Matsunyane 60.0 - 106
7 - 5 DRUMNADROCHIT (M/M de Kock) R Fourie 60.0 - 105
8 - 7 TINA LOVELACE (S G Tarry) M K Katjedi 60.0 - 97
9 - 1 SCARLETT HEART (F Bronkhorst) M Yeni 60.0 - 91
10 - 3 MERRYWEATHER (J J van Vuuren) K de Melo 60.0 - 88
The R300,000 TAB JJ THE JET PLANE STAKES (Grade 3) over 1000m.
1 - 1 WILLIAM ROBERTSON (C Spies) R Munger 62.0 - 124
2 - 8 TRUTH (C/T Dawson) S Moodley 60.0 - 120
3 - 17 TAXI TO THE MOON (A P Peter) G Lerena 60.0 - 117
4 - 2 ZIYASHA (C Binda) R Danielson 60.0 - 117
5 - 4 QUANTUM THEORY (S G Tarry) C Zackey 58.0 - 112
6 - 10 CONSTELLATION (M/M de Kock) C Murray 56.0 - 113
7 - 13 MOUNT PINATUBO (J J van Vuuren) K de Melo 56.0 - 110
8 - 7 MOVER AND SHAKER (F P Habib) M Mbuto 56.0 - 109
9 - 16 CHOCOLATE SOLDIER (C Spies) T Mayhew 56.0 - 108
10 - 11 WHISTLE THE TUNE (C/T Dawson) C Habib 55.5 - 116
11 - 9 COSMIC STAR (J J van Vuuren) M Yeni 54.0 - 106
12 - 14 WINDS OF CHANGE (M G Azzie) K Matsunyane 54.0 - 102
13 - 15 GREEN DIAMOND (S G Tarry) M K Katjedi 51.5 - 111
14 - 3 DANISH DYNAMITE (D G Smith) Y Ramzan 50.0 - 103
15 - 6 MAGIC TATTOO (S G Tarry) M Michel 50.0 - 95
16 - 12 RAFA BAY (A P Peter) M V'Rensburg 50.0 - 94
Reserve Runner
17 - 5 POSITION OF POWER (A Wright) Reserve 1 50.0 - 85
Same Trainer: (1,9) (2,10) (3,16) (5,13,15) (7,11)