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26-07-2025
- Sport
- New Paper
July 27 South Africa (Greyville) form analysis
Race 1 (1,600m) (8) TEFLON MAN struggled to stay with the pace in his last start after a smart previous win where he came from well back. Step-up to a mile could suit him. (1) I SALUTE YOU is a winner over course and distance and in good form. He has the best of the draws and should be competitive. (7) BUSSTOPINHOUNSLOW was a comfortable winner last time but did get a six-point raise in the handicap. Piere Strydom stays aboard. (5) CHERRY ANO is better than his last effort. Good chance on his two previous showings. Race 2 (1,200m) (6) ELEGANTRIX found it tough against Grade 2 males last time. She can make amends back to a sprint against her own sex. (1) PRINCESS OF GAUL hacked up on debut, easing up by nearly 10 lengths. She meets a lot stronger but does have the best of the draws and could well start favourite. (3) MYSTICAL MISS landed the odds-on debut with a comfortable win. Sean Tarry usually has all of his runners primed on the big days. (5) SERENGETTI SUN was a narrow winner on debut but is sure to come on from that outing. Race 3 (1,200m) (5) ARISTOCRATIC was running on late in feature company last time. He is back to a sprint, a distance that he won over on debut. (4) ZALATORIS was not disgraced when trying 1,600m last time. He was close-up in the Grade 1 Gold Medallion and rates a strong chance on that showing. (8) SHADOWFAX was a beaten favourite last run but is progressive and cannot be ignored. (1) RACHEL WALL hacked up on debut and was a close-up third when trying further next time out. Race 4 (1,600m) (1) GOLDEN PALM has cracking Fairview form and cruised home by 10 lengths when tried over 1,400m. The extra furlong will hold no fear and she has the best of the draws. (3) ONE FINE WINTER steps up to this trip for the first time. She finished second to Golden Palm in the Grade 2 Fillies Nursery. Tarry has two others in the race. (4) TINA LOVELACE showed up well from a tough draw last start and can do better from this gate. (2) ALTA CAPITANA has put in two smart efforts since her debut win. Race 5 (1,600m) (4) CHRONICLE KING caused a major upset when winning the Grade 2 Golden Horseshoe at long odds. He finished with a flourish that day, so the extra furlong should suit. (7) TIN PAN ALLEY was staying on resolutely behind Chronicle King and has yet to run a poor race. (1) SOLDIER BOY was just behind the placed horses in that race but had it tough from a wide gate. He has a plum draw this time around. (10) MALMESBURY MISSILE was also finishing well in that race and this trip will suit. Race 6 (1,200m) Grade 2 Golden Horse Sprint winner (13) TENANGO is drawn wide but came from well back to win last time. Cape sprint form is smart. (1) MIA MOO just held off (11) ASIYE PHAMBILI in the Grade 1 SA Fillies Sprint. She ran fairly in the Grade 1 Ridgemont Garden Province (1,600m) but is back to her best trip. Last year's winner (14) SURJAY has not won since but can improve. Race 7 (3,200m) (4) KING PELLES has done very little wrong in his last two. He stays the trip well and has a smart turn of foot. However, he has jumped in the handicap, that could be telling. (12) NAVAJO NATION ran a cracker at long odds last time. He will be a threat if he stays the trip. (11) HOLDING THUMBS is 1kg better off with King Pelles but that may not be enough. (10) BOURNEMOUTH comes with strong Fairview form over ground and has Richard Fourie up. Race 8 (1,800m) (1) THE REAL PRINCE stayed the 2,200m of the Durban July to get the better of star colt Eight On Eighteen, with the balance of a useful field strung out behind. He will enjoy this shorter trip and, if the July has not taken too much out of him, he should feature strongly. Last year's winner (4) DAVE THE KING has followed exactly the same route into this race as he did in 2024. He was pressed hard to get the better of Oriental Charm in the Grade 1 Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge but has had nearly two months to recover. (5) SEE IT AGAIN has a third go at winning, third in 2024 and second before that. He was scratched after a setback before the July but should be thereabouts again. (7) ROYAL VICTORY seems best over Turffontein with its long straight but ran on strongly in the July. Strydom up is a bonus. Race 9 (2,000m) (3) MY SOUL MATE runs in the Grade 2 Gold Bracelet instead of the Gold Cup. She has been close-up second in her last two and is much better off at the weights with both the winners. (7) RAINBOW LORIKEET was outclassed in the July but was also in the mix behind Little Suzie. He is now 1kg better off with My Soul Mate with Aldo Domeyer declaring 0.5kg overweight. (10) MOCHA BLEND was a length back to My Soul Mate in the Grade 1 Woolavington. Lightly raced, she has a touch of class. Can finish closer even if she is 3kg worse off. She met (11) LITTLE SUZIE at WFA in the Woolavington and is now 4.5kg better off and 5.5kg better off with SHE'S A BOMBER on their Tote Oaks meeting. Race 10 (1,000m) (11) KING OF THE GAULS was most disappointing in the Grade 2 Post Merchants and the run is best ignored. Had shown improved form before that and the step-down in trip could bring out his best. (1) NO FILTER has had two starts for her new stable and has come on nicely. She looks primed for this. (6) RODEO DRIVE takes on males but had a handy weight and should be in the shake-up. (7) OUTLAW KING is seldom too far back and has a strong money chance.
The Citizen
02-06-2025
- Sport
- The Citizen
Race Coast off to a fast start
Little and Fortune light up Scottsville speed fest. Race Coast had a cheering start. The new brand unites the operations of Western Cape's Cape Racing and Gold Circle of KwaZulu-Natal and Durban's Bay of Plenty beach was the sunny venue for the official launch last week. Horses galloped on the sands of the surfers' haunt and racing's great and good proclaimed a new dawn, to the roar of Indian Ocean breakers. Then there was exciting and uplifting racing itself. This was a little out of earshot of the waves – 80km inland to be precise, at Maritzburg for the annual Festival of Speed on Saturday. For every race to the coast there must be a midlands meander. Scottsville racecourse introduced Race Coast in a rather special way, with any number of upbeat stories crammed into its famous four-feature card. Jockeys back in the mix Race Coast represents renewal in racing and you couldn't ask for better redemption stories than those of jockeys Andrew Fortune and Chad Little who have overcome dark times and fought their way back into the winners' circle. Little, back in the irons at the age of 40, found his reward in the shape of a first Grade 1 victory – a battling effort aboard the appropriately named Good For You, trained by Glen Kotzen, in the Gold Medallion for juveniles. Former champion jockey Fortune returned to the saddle at 57 earlier this year, after years in retirement and following unlikely recoveries from drug addiction and weight issues. On Saturday, he won the Grade 2 Golden Horse Sprint on Tenango for trainer Candice Bass-Robinson and his ebullient interview contained this gem of wisdom: 'You've got to turn up for yourself!' Epitomising that philosophy is Sean Tarry, who's diligence has kept him at the top of the training ranks for decades – not least with phenomenal annual success at Scottsville's biggest meeting. This time around, he landed the topliner on the card, the Grade 1 SA Fillies And Mares Sprint, with Mia Moo. More success stories On the four-year-old's back was Callan Murray, a talented young jockey who plied his trade in Australia for a few years – as South African racing looked headed for the knacker's yard – but is back in his homeland after hearing good things about the revival of the game – a la Race Coast. Another welcome stirring in local racing waters has been successful raiding around the country by trainer Alan Greeff from the backwaters of Eastern Cape. His juvenile filly Direct Hit cruised to victory in the ultra-prestigious Grade 1 Allan Robertson Championship, remaining unbeaten in four starts. Further landmark events at Scottsville included emerging stallion Canford Cliffs registering his first Grade 1 win, with Direct Hit, and complementing it with a Grade 2, with Tenango. And there were plenty more diverting moments, such as grooms with stage-fright and big cheques and babbling owners regaling us with their inevitable tales of lows and highs in the infernal game. If there was a note of disappointment it was the small crowd at one of the year's major race meetings. But, then again, Race Coast has just got started.
