Golden Horse Sprint

Wednesday 1 July 2020


Golden Horse Sprint (Grade 1)

Andrew Harrison
Being a handicap, the Golden Horse Sprint (Grade 1) is always a tricky race in which to decipher form and Saturday’s race at Hollywoodbets Scottsville is no different.

Sean Tarry sends out Chimichuri Run, winner of the Tsogo Sun Gold Medallion at this meeting last year, to take on Justin Snaith’s battle-hardened warrior Kasimir and a host of the country’s top sprinters.

Kasimir has to give away lumps of weight to the majority of the field but ran a cracker last time out over a furlong further in the Grade 3 Drill Hall Stakes. He should be ideally suited to this course but Chimichuri Run is a kilo better off with Kasimir for a neck beating when last they met in the Diadem Stakes at Kenilworth. There should be very little between the two again as Chimichuri Run has had two outings since lock-down and should come on lengths from last Saturday’s Computaform Sprint.

Tarry has a second string to his bow in Eden Roc who is two-for-two on this course and came back to best when winning the Grade 2 Post Merchants over course and distance last time out. He has a light weight and can give plenty of cheek. Frosted Gold has been trying further but was a tad unlucky in the Gold Medallion behind Chimichuri Run last year and Mike de Kock will be having visions of a change of fortune.

Breathing down Eden’s Roc neck will be stable companion Warrior’s Rest and Invidia while Fabian finished second to top filly Run Fox Run last time out although in receipt of lumps of weight.

The list of possible winners is a long one but whichever way it goes, it will be one of the highlights of South Africa’s Champion Season.

Race-8 (Turf / Stand) R 425,000 1200m 15:15 Ref-657
GOLDEN HORSE SPRINT (Grade 1)
Handicap
Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T M Jockey Trainer
9 KASIMIR 60.0 128 (128) 9 A R Fourie Justin Snaith
6 CHIMICHURI RUN 59.0 126 (126) 6 B A T G Lerena Sean Tarry
11 IKIGAI 54.5 118 (117) 11 A L Hewitson Sean Tarry
2 EDEN ROC 53.0 115 (114) 2 A T S Randolph Sean Tarry
10 ULTRA MAGNUS 52.5 113 (113) 10 A K de Melo Brett Crawford
5 WARRIOR'S REST 52.5 113 (113) 5 B A T C Murray Sean Tarry
1 FROSTED GOLD 52.0 112 (111) 1 A W Kennedy Mike de Kock
7 WONDERWALL 52.0 109 (109) 7 A T A Mgudlwa Sean Tarry
4 FABIAN 52.0 108 (108) 4 B A G van Niekerk Candice Bass-Robinson
3 INVIDIA 52.0 108 (107) 3 A C Zackey Ashley Fortune
8 CARTEL CAPTAIN 52.0 106 (105) 8 B A S Veale Dennis Drier
Couplings: (2,5,6,7,11)
No. of Trainers: 7

9 from 1 for me with Chimi filling up the places


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