Final fields Gauteng Guineas and Fillies Guineas

PHUMELELA MEDIA RELEASE

Dingaans winner Silver Flyer heads a competitive field of three-year-olds in the R1-million Betting World Gauteng Guineas to be run over 1600m at Turffontein on Saturday 25 February.
The Mike de Kock-trained runner went on to finish second behind Variety Club in the Cape Guineas and based on merit ratings and draw No 4, will be the horse to beat in this Grade 2 event.
The Gauteng Guineas forms the first leg of the SASCOC Triple Crown. The other two races are the Grade 1 SA Classic to be run over 1800m on Saturday 31 March and the Grade 1 SA Derby over 2450m on Saturday 28 April. There is a R2-million bonus up for grabs for any horse capable of winning all three events.
Also run on the day is the Grade 2 Betting World Fillies Guineas which carries a stakes of R500,000. This race is the first leg of the SA Triple Tiara with the others being the Grade 1 SA Fillies Classic and the Grade 2 SA Oaks. The Triple Tiara carries a bonus of R1-million.
Silver Flyer has a lot going for him but there are two unbeaten runners in the field - Gavin van Zyl-trained Slumdogmillionaire and Red Barrel from the De Kock yard - and they might be a lot better than their merit ratings suggest.
While De Kock has engaged stable jockey Anthony Delpech to ride Silver Flyer, champion jockey Anton Marcus will be aboard Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup winner Red Barrel.
De Kock and Sean Tarry have four runners apiece in the line-up and each has one reserve runner. Tarry’s stable jockey Robbie Fradd rides Dingaans runner up Whiteline Fever while Sean Cormack is booked for E-Jet. Tarry is still to finalise riding arrangements for Pomodoro and Heavy Metal.
Zimbabwean entry Control Freak and Tarry’s Hidden Beauty top the ratings for the R500,000 Betting World Gauteng Fillies Guineas but the runners are rated a lot closer than in the Guineas. Tyrone Zackey’s Katy’s Lane won the Grade 3 Fillies Mile last time out but jockey Piere Strydom will have to jump her from draw No 17.

R1-million BETTING WORLD GAUTENG GUINEAS (Grade 2, Leg 1 SA Triple Crown) 1600m
1 - 4 SILVER FLYER (M F De Kock) A Delpech 58.0 - 112
2 - 18 POTALA PALACE (M G Azzie) G Lerena 58.0 - 105
3 - 1 WHITELINE FEVER (S G Tarry) R Fradd 58.0 - 105
4 - 6 STRAW MARKET (O A Ferraris) R Fourie 58.0 - 103
5 - 12 POMODORO (S G Tarry) ............... 58.0 - 102
6 - 10 SLUMDOGMILLIONAIRE (G H Van Zyl) M Mienie 58.0 - 100
7 - 5 BROOKS-CLUB (G H Van Zyl) R Simons 58.0 - 97
8 - 11 BEACON FLARE (W H Marwing) W Marwing 58.0 - 96
9 - 17 RED BARREL (M F De Kock) A Marcus 58.0 - 96
10 - 7 TANDRAGEE (G H Van Zyl) P Strydom 58.0 - 96
11 - 15 E-JET (S G Tarry) S Cormack 58.0 - 93
12 - 3 GOLDEN CHATEAU (M F De Kock) D David 58.0 - 93
13 - 16 GOVERNOR GENERAL (M F De Kock) J Geroudis 58.0 - 92
14 - 14 ZAMBUCCA (S Mohideen) S Khumalo 58.0 - 92
15 - 2 HEAVY METAL (S G Tarry) ............... 58.0 - 89
16 - 8 WAGNER (J A Soma) M Yeni 58.0 - 89
Reserve Runners
17 - 13 BARACAH (S G Tarry) Reserve 1 58.0 - 90
18 - 9 FRONTINO GOLD (M F De Kock) Reserve 2 58.0 - 92
Coupled for Pick 6 ONLY: (1, 9, 12, 13, 18); (3, 5, 11, 15, 17); (6, 7, 10).

R300,000 BETTING WORLD GAUTENG FILLIES GUINEAS (Grade 2, Leg 1 Leg SA Triple Tiara) 1600m
1 - 4 CONTROL FREAK (A I Harris) G Lerena 58.0 - 101
2 - 7 HIDDEN BEAUTY (S G Tarry) R Fradd 58.0 - 101
3 - 17 KATY'S LANE (T Zackey) P Strydom 58.0 - 99
4 - 15 GO INDIGO (L J Erasmus) S Brown 58.0 - 98
5 - 16 UPTOTHEMOON (W H Marwing) W Marwing 58.0 - 95
6 - 3 BLUROUTE (M F De Kock) A Delpech 58.0 - 94
7 - 14 EXTRA ZERO (S G Tarry) S Cormack 58.0 - 94
8 - 5 AWESOME BEAUTY (K Naidoo) N Juglall 58.0 - 90
9 - 9 SHADOWS IN THE SUN (G H Van Zyl) M Mienie 58.0 - 89
10 - 2 ILHA BELA (M F De Kock) A Marcus 58.0 - 88
11 - 8 MOUNT CARMEL (R R Sage) G Wrogemann 58.0 - 87
12 - 11 MARY'S PRIDE (O A Ferraris) R Fourie 58.0 - 86
13 - 10 SOLARIUM (M G Azzie) F Herholdt 58.0 - 86
14 - 18 KALAMI (R R Sage) S Chambers 58.0 - 85
15 - 12 SALSABEEL (M F De Kock) J Geroudis 58.0 - 85
16 - 13 ROSE GARDEN (D N Stenger) R Simons 58.0 - 81
17 - 1 TRESCO (S G Tarry) Reserve 1 58.0 - 83
18 - 6 SCHOONER (S G Tarry) Reserve 2 58.0 - 82
Coupled for Pick 6 ONLY: (2, 7, 17, 18); (6, 10, 15); (11, 14).

The difference in prizemoney between the 2 races looks very unfair imo,considering they are both same grade

Have been waiting for Silver Flyer, but think Slumdog could be very special?

Control Freak wonder how good she is?

True Bob if u consider our fillies are special Igugu, Val de Ra not to mention Black Caviar

Sorry and Mares!

I haven't studied the colts' race, but the Fillies Guineas looks like a trap in the making. It's hard to know how good Control Freak is, I have my doubts that Hidden Beauty stays a mile (would be hard to beat if she does, though), Mary's Pride could be anything but may also not stay and some form fillies like Katy's Lane and Uptothemoon are drawn in central Joburg and coming off a lay-off.

Maybe Control Freak is the way to go.

Potala Palace, on last time baby...lol..
Something at the back of my head keeps whispering Potala Palace..

I dno

ShezaPunter Wrote:

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> Potala Palace, on last time baby...lol..
> Something at the back of my head keeps whispering
> Potala Palace..
>
> I dno


Not even in the first 4 dude.... get rid of that little evil voice in the back of your head....<

Lol, its the angel mate, not the devil.lol

I'd respect Potala Palace if the going is soft.

Potala will run a fast finishing last

ShezaPunter Wrote:

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> Lol, its the angel mate, not the devil.lol

The angel is conning you boet....<

hibernia Wrote:

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> The difference in prizemoney between the 2 races
> looks very unfair imo,considering they are both
> same grade

Nothing stopping the fillies entering the colts' Guineas but the colts mustnt enter the fillies' Guineas.

Just like the tennis and Comrades Marathon and everything else. It gets me livid. If the girls want to compete for the same prize money then they must enter the boys championships. The boys can't enter the girls' which is correct.

I beg to differ Mac, Martina Navratilova played with the girls....<