Entries Rising Sun Gold Challenge

DR HORSE A/S WGT M/R TRAINER
14 LEGAL EAGLE (4G) 60.0 120 Sean Tarry
18 FRENCH NAVY (4G) 60.0 115 Sean Tarry
6 TRIP TO HEAVEN (4G) 60.0 113 Sean Tarry
17 ICE MACHINE (7G) 60.0 111 Charles Laird
2 PATERFAMILIAS (6G) 60.0 110 B Mike Bass
16 CAPTAIN ALDO (5G) 60.0 109 St John Gray
11 MAC DE LAGO (AUS) (4G) 60.0 107 Weiho Marwing
4 KING OF PAIN (6G) 60.0 106 Joey Ramsden
1 TRIPTIQUE (4G) 60.0 106 Dennis Drier
10 GOLD ONYX (NZ) (8G) 60.0 105 Sean Tarry
13 HEARTLAND (4G) 60.0 105 Justin Snaith
5 BEZANOVA (5G) 60.0 102 B Alec Laird
12 HALVE THE DEFICIT (7G) 60.0 100 Sean Tarry
15 GRADUATION DAY (5G) 60.0 91 Joe Soma
3 NEW PREDATOR (AUS) (3C) 58.5 110 Johan Janse van Vuuren
8 PROSPECT STRIKE (3G) 58.5 104 Sean Tarry
9 MAMBO MIME (3C) 58.5 100 Dean Kannemeyer
7 INARA (4F) 57.5 111 Mike Bass
19 OLMA (4F) 57.5 107 Frank Robinson
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Please note:
· Supplementary Entries closes at 11:00, Friday, 3 June 2016
Declarations closes at 11:00, Monday, 6 June 2016

Ice machine and prospect strike....to upset :ohmy:

I would like to give credit where its due. Last year we had the daily news meeting and a week later the gold challenge meeting,meaning the 3 year olds could only go for one the races. With there better planning and putting the sprint meeting inbetween it gives trainers an opportunity to go for the wfa event aswell.

Inara has to be a big runner ?

Bob Brogan wrote: Inara has to be a big runner ?

I agree but has to put last race disappointment behind her.

At these weights, Legal Eagle has this race at his mercy...best miler in SA by far! And with Superman up, the draw not an issue at all! Race over already!

Noordhoek Ice wrote: At these weights, Legal Eagle has this race at his mercy...best miler in SA by far! And with Superman up, the draw not an issue at all! Race over already!

And bookies must pay out before they run

The final round of the battle for a place in the Vodacom Durban July field will be fought at Greyville Racecourse on Saturday, 17 June 2016, when the R1-million, Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge over 1 600m and the R250 000, Grade 3 Cup Trial over 1 800m are run.



Champion Legal Eagle and his Sean Tarry stable companion French Navy are among the 19 entries along with nine other big race nominees which include four other July entries from the Tarry yard. With Legal Eagle being declared a doubtful acceptor for the premier event on the first Saturday in July, this could be the race the four-year-old Greys Inn gelding is being aimed at.



Mike Bass has entered his July entry Paterfamilias into this race as well as his star filly Inara that has also been nominated for the R400 000, Grade 2 Tibouchina Stakes on the day.



Of the 36 entries for the Cup Trial, 18 are nominees for the Vodacom Durban July including last year’s runner-up Punta Arenas from the Dennis Drier stable and the Joey Ramsden-trained Australian gelding The Conglomerate that showed he was definitely on the comeback trail with a fourth place behind Solid Speed in the recent Betting World 1900.



Ramsden has also entered the Silvano gelding St Tropez that ran a spectacular race in the Betting World 1900, flying through in the straight to fail by about a head behind Solid Speed.



The runner that split the Ramsden pair in the Betting World 1900 to finish third, the six-year-old Dynasty gelding Dynamic, is also among the nominees for the Cup Trial.



A classy entry of 25 has been received for the Tibouchina Stakes including the Poinsettia Stakes winner from the Dean Kannemeyer yard, Real Princess, and the runner up in that race, Lanner Falcon from the Bass yard. Bass has also entered the Silvano filly Silver Mountain that ran a disappointing race in the Daisy Fillies Guineas and could show her real colours if she takes her place in this race.

2nd or 3rd in this race could be a way into the July, if as expected Legal Eagle wins?

Noordhoek Ice wrote: At these weights, Legal Eagle has this race at his mercy...best miler in SA by far! And with Superman up, the draw not an issue at all! Race over already!

Greyville may catch him out . He failed there in the july !

Solotrama wrote:

Noordhoek Ice wrote: At these weights, Legal Eagle has this race at his mercy...best miler in SA by far! And with Superman up, the draw not an issue at all! Race over already!

Greyville may catch him out . He failed there in the july !

I'm with Solo here.....1600 at Greyville far from his optimum trip imo - runners like Inara (who herself has not run to her ability at Greyville) Triptique (needs to stay) and New Predator (if he runs) and maybe even Paterfamilias (if this race is his mission) would give LE stiff competition

I guess now we know LE won't run in the July.