Final Field BETTING WORLD 1900

Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T Jockey Trainer

1 HELDERBERG BLUE 60.0 110 (110) 3 A G van Niekerk Mike Bass

2 JET EXPLORER 58.0 109 (109) 8 A B Fayd'Herbe Justin Snaith

3 KILLUA CASTLE 58.0 109 (109) 6 B A D Mansour Geoff Woodruff

4 WHITELINE FEVER 58.0 107 (107) 9 A P Strydom Sean Tarry

5 POWER KING 58.0 106 (106) 11 B A M Byleveld Dean Kannemeyer

6 PUNTA ARENAS 58.0 106 (106) 17 A I Sturgeon Stan Elley

7 BOLD INSPIRATION 56.0 104 (104) 1 A A Marcus Charles Laird

8 CANDY MOON 56.0 100 (100) 16 A G Lerena Paul Gadsby

9 DYNAMIC 56.0 100 (100) 15 A S Cormack Justin Snaith

10 JAYYED 54.0 101 ( 96) 10 A A Delpech Mike de Kock

11 BROOKS-CLUB 54.0 99 ( 99) 4 B A T J P v'd Merwe Mike Azzie

12 DOUBLE CLUTCH 54.0 99 ( 99) 14 A T K de Melo Paul Lafferty

13 DE KOCK 54.0 98 ( 98) 7 A C Orffer Brett Crawford

14 DYNASTIC POWER 54.0 98 ( 98) 12 A G Cheyne Stan Elley

15 SOLAR STAR 54.0 98 ( 98) 2 A S Randolph Dean Kannemeyer

16 IT IS WRITTEN 54.0 96 ( 96) 5 A W Kennedy Dean Kannemeyer

Reserve Runners

17 MOUNTAIN MASTER 54.0 96 ( 96) 13 B A T Reserve 1 Mike Bass

Jayyed will make em sleep

No disrospect , but there is usually a wow horse in this race

Bob Brogan wrote: No disrospect , but there is usually a wow horse in this race

I think the class of 2 horses is being tested here.........Jayyed and Solar Star !

solar star for me

A smart, competitive field of 16 will face the starter for the R350 000, Grade 2 Betting World 1900 at Greyville Racecourse on May 15 with all but two of the 17 runners carded being nominees for the Vodacom Durban July.

Trainer Mike Azzie’s gallant galloper Brooks-Club and the four-year-old Dynasty gelding It Is Written from the Dean Kannemeyer yard are the two that at this stage have no July aspirations but Kannemeyer has two other contenders in Power King and Solar Star that command the utmost respect for the May 15 1 900m encounter.

The field for the Betting World 1900 is headed by the Mike Bass-trained Jet Master gelding Helderberg Blue that has drawn well at three and boasts places in the Peninsula Handicap and the J&B Met. He has long been highly rated by the stable and will be one of the shorter-priced runners in the field.

Justin Snaith’s Jet Master gelding Jet Explorer has recovered well from his horrific accident at Clairwood last season and showed that when running fourth to Futura in the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate. He has had one outing, in a pinnacle stakes race over 1 600m, since arriving in KwaZulu-Natal and is sure to have come on from that outing.

Snaith’s other runner, the Dynasty gelding Dynamic, beat Helderberg Blue at level weights in the Cape and impressed in his local debut when a close second to Polar Star in the Sledgehammer. He is drawn wide which will not improve his chances but he looks a big runner.

With a good draw at six, the Geoff Woodruff-trained Killua Castle has had moderate form since winning the London News and running second to Louis The King in the Summer Cup but he is a classy individual at his best and could run well here.

Power King was second to Arion in the Peninsula Handicap and a close second in a Cape feature before coming to the East Coast where he ran out a very easy winner of a pinnacle stakes event over 1 400m. He and stable companion Solar Star that has won both his starts in the region since arriving will be strongly fancied to feature in the result.

As a two-year-old the Mike De Kock entry Jayyed showed tremendous potential when second in the Premier’s Champion Stakes and in the Godolphin Barb Stakes before failing in the Dingaans. He bounced back to win a sprint at the Vaal and most recently was never a factor in the KRA Guineas.

Yet another son of Dynasty is from the Brett Crawford yard in the form of four-year-old De Kock. He has finished in the money in seven of his 11 starts with three wins to his credit but his full potential, as envisaged by the stable, is yet to be revealed.

Stan Elley fields Punta Arenas and yet another son of Dynasty, Dynastic Power. The former is a gallant six-year-old battler that can certainly run into the money at his best while Dynastic Power has shown a fair degree of ability with placings in his last four starts over distances from 1 400m to 2 800m.

The “miracle” horse from the Paul Lafferty stable, Double Clutch, once at death’s door, has won four of his last five starts, the most recent in the East Coast Handicap. This is his favourite distance and although drawn wide could add another good run to his portfolio.

The six-time winner Bold Inspiration from the Charles Laird stable is the ride of Anton Marcus and his win in the Michaelmas Handicap over the course and distance and his pinnacle stakes win before that on the poly make him a big player when factoring in the inside draw and the Marcus talent.

Whiteline Fever for Sean Tarry can never be ignored and the Paul Gadsby trained Candy Moon make up the balance of the field and the latter, with placings in feature races in his last four starts, mark him as a runner not to be treated lightly.

Mountain Master is the reserve runner with a fourth in the London News his only recent high point. This trip is right up his street and he could make his presence felt if getting a run.

Gold Circle publishing Richard McMillan

Jet explorer....

Jayyed 100/1 on July antepost, so much having the 40/1, getting drawn in the bush has its advantages, I'll need to revisit my bookie.. :"D .. If he wins this does he get in?

The July winner is most certainly not in this line up.

Have a strong feeling that Ramsden has this years July winner

The winner is usually a "fresh" talented horse, the JHB lot have been running a lot recently(Majmu & Legal Eagle excluded) whereas the Cape horses have been rested and likely to have come on a lot.

Will Anton Marcus ever win this race? pretty shocked he`s never won it

JAYYED, seemingly easy! Can't wait...

July_Mad wrote: Jet explorer....

I'm with you - well weighted, nice draw, won this race 2 years ago - needs to win this to have any chance of making the July field