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23 October 2015 | Greyville | Race 7

VARSFONTEIN STUD (MR 82) HANDICAP

Distance 1000m
Going Standard
Win Time 58.14s
Avg Time 57.85s
Stakes R87,000
WFA Weight For Age(SSL) 3yrs:5.5 Weight For Age(SNL) 3yrs:7.5 4yrs:0.5
Pos Horse Jockey Draw Weight MR Pre MR Post MR Curr Lengths Odds Equip Owner / Trainer
1 Mr K de Melo 8 59.0kg 80 81 81 Won 12/1
Y
O: Messrs G R Sadleir, R A Hill, G D E Kahan & S Sewraj
T: Mr R A Hill
2 Mr D Dillon 6 58.5kg 79 73 73 +0.25 22/10Fav
Y
O: Messrs A Sukhraj & S Sukhraj, Douglas Campbell & Morgan Pillay
T: Mr Douglas Campbell
3 Mr A C Delpech 4 58.5kg 79 89 89 +0.30 28/10
Y
O: Messrs C J H van Niekerk & M J Jooste
T: Mr S G Tarry
4 Mr T Godden 5 62.5kg* 92 68 68 +0.35 20/1
TT Y
O: Mr Roy Moodley
T: Mr K G Naidoo
5 Mr W B Kennedy 2 58.5kg 79 76 76 +2.60 8/1
B Y
O: Messrs V S Tojeira, B G Burgess & B D Burnard
T: Mr Gavin van Zyl
6 Late Mr A R Forbes 3 58.5kg 79 80 80 +2.75 7/1
Y
7 Mr E Ngwane 7 56.0kg* 93 89 89 +6.00 6/1
TT Y
8 Mr I Sturgeon 1 57.5kg 77 79 79 +10.00 12/1
B TT Y
1
Mr K de Melo · Dw 8 · 59.0kg
Won
12/1
MR 8081
Y
2
Mr D Dillon · Dw 6 · 58.5kg
+0.25
22/10 Fav
MR 7973
Y
3
Mr A C Delpech · Dw 4 · 58.5kg
+0.30
28/10
MR 7989
Y
4
Mr T Godden (True) · Dw 5 · 62.5kg
+0.35
20/1
MR 9268
TT Y
5
Mr W B Kennedy · Dw 2 · 58.5kg
+2.60
8/1
MR 7976
B Y
6
Late Mr A R Forbes · Dw 3 · 58.5kg
+2.75
7/1
MR 7980
Y
7
Mr E Ngwane (True) · Dw 7 · 56.0kg
+6.00
6/1
MR 9389
TT Y
8
Mr I Sturgeon · Dw 1 · 57.5kg
+10.00
12/1
MR 7779
B TT Y
CHOSEN DASH and BENGAL BOY were both slow into stride. BENGAL BOY was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. FIRE THE ROCKET, hanging in over the final 400 metres, shifted in from the 300 metre mark resulting in TONTO becoming cramped and having to be eased near the 150 metre mark and HARRISON having to be eased off the heels of FIRE THE ROCKET near the 100 metre mark. Jockey Dillon signed an Admission of Guilt and was suspended for a period of 7 days for a contravention in that, as the rider of FIRE THE ROCKET, he failed to ensure that he did not cause interference to TONTO and HARRISON over the final 300 metres. ROYALSECURITYPOWER (AUS) was hanging in, in the straight and shifted in over the final 300 metres brushing FIRE THE ROCKET shortly before the finish. Vet: GUN FIGHTER - not striding right fore.