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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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