MONDAY 29th JUNE -
No. 2160 ISSN 1023 / 6996
THURSDAY 2nd JULY 2015
Better luck this time? Wylie Hall (Bernard Fayd'herbe) stretches clear of Isobar (Chris Taylor) at the official gallops
FLAMINGO PARK 12:20pm (Monday) p.5
VAAL 12:45pm (Tuesday) p.14
DURBANVILLE 12:45pm (Wednesday) p.26
VAAL SAND 12:45pm (Thursday) p.32
Race to the Mill ion
Vodacom DURBAN JULY GALLOPS at Greyville last Thursday
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A festive early morning crowd endorsed the undeniable public relations value of the official Vodacom Durban July gallops held at the big race venue on Thursday. Free sticky buns, hot coffee and some of our best horses once again proved to be a winning trifecta. But with the understandably varying levels of commitment from the trainers, we really learnt very little when it came to finding a likely winner. he public gallops are a condition of acceptance for Africa’s greatest horseracing event and if nothing else, we were given the opportunity to debate and, at the same time, gaze our eyes upon the physical external well-being of seventeen horses –
with the obvious choices in good order, and the likes of Ice Machine and The Conglomerate putting their hands up from the back row.
Change Of Fortune
Last term’s major hardluck story on four legs, Wylie Hall, is a different horse this
time round and he galloped under jockey Bernard Fayd’herbe with the seasoned hardknocker Isobar (Chris Taylor) from the 800m on the turf. Beaten in the boardroom in 2014, Wylie Hall looked magnificent and stretched clear to head his companion by four lengths. Fayd’herbe summed things up, confirming that he was pleased and announced that “we’re confident.” That’s fighting talk – and so they should be – he has won his last two feature
MR 118 Dynasty – Moonlit Prairie by Cozzene
Won x3 Gr1
• Second x2 Gr1 • Second x2 Gr2
appearances in succession and nothing would please owner Michael Leaf more than for his soon-to-be Cheveley stallion to go out in a hat-trick blaze of glory. He ran the 800m to finish in 54,08 secs and the final stretch at a relaxed 24,25 secs. Certainly, if karma and want has anything to do with it, Wylie Hall must go close. Ironically, the horse least likely to run at this stage, in second reserve Mac De Lago, clocked the fastest 400m to finish of the entire gallops.
RES HIGHLANDS SI 15 20 for Antonius Pius Dynasty Great Britain Jackson Main Aim* Pathfork Potala Palace Windrush
The son of Encosta De Lago was ridden by Fayd’herbe and worked with the well-performed Fulcrum (Chris Taylor) over 1400m on the polytrack. Cont. p.2
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