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De Kock and Bass dominate the July line-up



Irish Flame and Bold Silvano, well drawn.

Mike de Kock has a very strong hand in the R3-million Durban July (Grade 1) over 2 200m at Greyville on 31 July.

 

The final field was announced yesterday and Mike will saddle a record seven runners, including three-year-olds Irish Flame, the ruling favourite, Bold Silvano and Ancestral Fore.

Irish Flame’s wins in the Gold Circle Derby and Daily News 2000 show he will do well over the July course and distance. He also drew well at No 6.

 

Bold Silvano, the second-best fancied De Kock runner, will also jump from an inside stall - No 2 - but Gold Cup winner Ancestral Fore will jump from a wide No 13 stall.

 

Trainer Mike Bass has four runners in the race, including SA’s ruling champion Pocket Power, the current second favourite, Fort Vogue, brilliant mare River Jetez and star filly Love Is In The Air. He will be most disappointed with Pocket Power’s No 17 draw, but his other runners’ jockeys will have options from their barrier positions, with Love Is In The Air drawing at No 5, River Jetez No 9 and Fort Vogue No 11.


SC DR HORSE           WGT  M/R      JOCKEY         TRAINER


 1 17 POCKET POWER       60.0 117   A  B Fayd'Herbe      Mike Bass   
 2 19 RUDRA              59.5 116   A  J Geroudis        Mike de Kock
 3  4 FABIANI            56.5 110   A  M Byleveld        Glen Kotzen 
 4  6 IRISH FLAME        56.0 113   A  K Shea            Mike de Kock
 5 11 FORT VOGUE         56.0 109  BA  A Marcus          Mike Bass   
 6  2 BOLD SILVANO       55.5 112   A  A Delpech         Mike de Kock
 7 16 ORBISON            55.5 112   A  R Danielson       Herman Brown
 8  7 RED RAKE           55.5 108   A  I Sturgeon        Mike de Kock
 9 13 ANCESTRAL FORE     55.0 111   A  K Neisius         Mike de Kock
10  9 RIVER JETEZ        55.0 107   A  J Lloyd           Mike Bass   
11 10 ASLAN              54.5 106  XA  F Coetzee         Sean Tarry  
12  5 LOVE IS IN THE AIR 54.5 106   A  G Lerena          Mike Bass   
13 14 HAPPY VALLEY (ARG) 54.0 109   A  M Yeni            Mike de Kock
14 15 CAPTAIN SCOTT      54.0 105   A  S Randolph        Alec Laird  
15 20 LIZARRE            53.5 108   A  P Strydom         Mike de Kock
16 12 RUSSIAN SAGE       53.5 104   A  R Fourie          Justin Snaith
17 18 FLYING TRISTRAM (A 53.0 110   A  G Hatt            Charles Laird
18  1 SERVICE ACE        53.0 104  BA  G Cheyne          Mike Azzie  
19  8 VERTICAL TAKEOFF   53.0 101   A  B Lerena          Sean Tarry  
20  3 GOAT               52.0 101 TBA  K Teetan          Paul Lafferty

Latest betting is:
4-1 Irish Flame, 11-2 Bold Silvano, Fort Vogue, 6-1 River Jetez, 12-1 Orbison, Ancestral Fore, 14-1 Aslan, 16-1 Pocket Power, Lizarre, Flying Tristram, 20-1 Russian Sage, 25-1 Happy Valley, 33-1 Vertical Takeoff, 40-1 Rudra, 50-1 Fabiani, Red Rake, Love Is In The Air, 66-1 Service Ace, 100-1 Captain Scott, Goat.


 

 

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