Fourie Barometer 372 (updated after racing on 16/05/2024)

Can Record-Breaking Silvano Add To July Record?

Hard-knocking 116 merit rated Silver Sanctuary is probably Silvano’s best chance of landing a sixth July individual winner (JC Photos)

A good stallion will probably have a span of twenty years in which his progeny can win any particular race and in Silvano’s case he has so far had 17 years in which to win the Hollywoodbets Durban July and this year will be the 18th.

That means to date with a record five wins of the big race he has a July wins to yearly chances strike rate of a remarkable 29%.

His winners have been Bold Silvano (2010), a three-year-old from his fourth crop, Heavy Metal (2013), a four-year-old from his sixth crop, Power King (2015), a four-year-old from his eighth crop, Marinaresco (2017), a four-year-old from his tenth crop and Sparkling Water a four-year-old from his 15th crop.

Silvano also made history by landing the July trifecta in 2015.

Furthermore, he got the exacta in 2017, in 2013 he had first and third and in 2022 he had first and third.

His 18th and final crop are now three-year-olds and Silvano’s progeny will this year have an 18th opportunity to win the July.

His most likely candidate is the Mike de Kock-trained 116 merit rated Silver Sanctuary.

She has been a bridesmaid, second to Beach Bomb in the Gr 1 WSB Cape Fillies Guineas, second to Gimme A Nother in both the Gr 2 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas and Gr 1 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic and third to Frances Ethel in the Gr 2 Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer SA Oaks.

However, she is a 67/1 shot with the sponsors, Hollywoodbets.

Celestial City is an interesting entry considering he is a full-brother to Hawwaam, who was expected by many to give Silvano another July win in 2019 before having to dramatically be scratched at the start. However, he is only merit rated 92, so will need to do something dramatic just to qualify.

He is a 150/1 shot.

Jordan might be the best value of the Silvano entries at 75/1. He is beginning to improve rapidly late in his three-year-old year in the manner of a typical Silvano and last time out he thrashed a field which included three July entries by 2,50 lengths over 1800m. However, he was only running off a 91, so has plenty to do to get into the final field.

Among the horses Jordan beat in the aforementioned race was his Silvano stablemate Pyromaniac, who is capable of putting in classy performances if things go his way. He is merit rated 100 and is a 125/1 shot with Hollywoodbets.

Silvano gelding Narina Trogon was a disappointing 3,30 length eighth in the Gr 2 WSB 1900 and is now a 250/1 shot for the July with the sponsor.

Team Valor's Ebony Flyer Colt By Kingman Runs At Newmarket

Ebony Flyer winning the SA Fillies Sprint, beating Welwitschia, who has outshone her at stud being the dam of dual Gr 1 winner Desert Miracle (Picture: Gold Circle)

Team Valor International have been partners with Gaynor Rupert in the breeding career of three-time Gr 1-winning SA-bred Jet Master mare Ebony Flyer and this mare has a promising Kingman colt who will represent Team Valor at Newmarket on Friday (17 May).

On April 28 the Kingman colt T’Challa ran second on debut on the Southwell All Weather over a mile and he now runs in a Novice Stakes event over a mile on the Rowley Mile.

The Andrew Balding-trained colt will be ridden by Kevin Stott and is 3/1 second favourite behind the Godolphon colt Creative Story (Too Darn Hot).

The race jumps at 15H53 SA time.

Ebony Flyer was one of the most talented fillies to ever race in South Africa, but was unable to reach her full potential due to a breathing issue.

The Jet Master filly was one of only two horses to ever beat the great Igugu on South African soil, doing so in the Gr 1 Cape Fillies Guineas in December 2010.

She had to have a tie back operation after a subseuqent third place finish in the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, which meant she missed the Champions Season in her three-year-old career.

However, she came back to win more races, including the Gr 1 Majorca Stakes and Gr 1 SA Fillies Sprint.

She was trained by Justin Snaith and raced by Team Valor.

She has been a bit of a disappointment at stud.

Her best runner to date has been Cot Campbell (Trippi), who was bred by Drakenstein Stud and Team Valor in partnership and raced by that partnership too. He won one race and finished fourth in both the Gr 1 Cape Guineas and CTS 1600 and was third in a Gr 3 before departing for Hong Kong, where he was unsuccessful.

Ebony Flyer’s son Captain Of Tortuga by Captain Al won four times.

Ebony Flyer also had a three time-winning Silvano filly called Black Silver who was a Listed runner up.

Her only other runner in the UK to date besides T’Challa has been a Dark Angel filly who has run one fourth in six starts.

T’Challa was officially bred by Gaynor Rupert’s UK breeding partnership Cayton Park Stud in partnership with Team Valor and Cad Racing.

Barnane Stud/Heffer First-Timer At Newbury Is Well Bred

Wild Clary’s half-brother Cunco was Frankel’s first foal and became his first runner and first winner when winning on debut in the same race that Wild Clary runs in on Friday. (Picture: The Times)

The Barnane Stud and Owen Heffer-owned Wild Clary, who makes his debut at 16H00 SA Time on Friday 17 May at Newbury, is superbly bred.

He is by Dark Angel, a Gr 1 Middle Park Stakes (6 furlongs) winner who has become known as a leading sire of sprinters.

He is out of the Danehill Dancer mare Chrysanthemum, who won two Gr 3s from seven furlongs to a mile and three Listed races from a mile to a mile-and-two-furlongs.

That makes him a half-brother to the four-year-old Joseph O’Brien-trained Frankel filly Maxux, who in six starts has already won a Gr 3 over a mile-and-a-furlong and has had an official rating as high as 109.

Wild Clary is also a half-brother to the former John Gosden-trained Frankel entire Cunco, who was in fact Frankel’s first ever foal, his first ever runner and his first ever winner, winning on debut at Newbury on May 13, 2016.

It is not surprising Wild Clary appears at the Newbury meeting because he runs in exactly the same six furlong maiden race Cunco made his debut in, so history might repeat itself.

Cunco went on to win a Gr 3 over a mile-and-a-half at Sandown as a three-year-old and today stands as a stallion in Chile.

Chrysanthemum has had five runners and four winners.

Wild Clary should be a good prospect.

He is trained by Richard Hannon and will be ridden by Sean Levey in Friday’s six furlong maiden event for two-year-olds and was generally a 14/1 chance.

Tower To Hit Yorkshire Cup Heights

Ryan Moore steers Tower Of London to an eyecatching victory in the Dubai Gold Cup (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)

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Tower Of London can rise above his rivals on the Knavesmire to lift the Boodles Yorkshire Cup.

Aidan O’Brien’s four-year-old made his winter travels to the Middle East a worthwhile venture when landing both the Red Sea Turf Handicap in Riyadh and the Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan.

Those lucrative triumphs came ahead of some respected performers and were a step forward on his European form from last summer.

The peak of that segment of his career was a fourth-placed run in the St Leger, where his stablemate Continuous may have been the clear winner but the placed horses finished fairly well bunched.

After some longer distance efforts since, Tower Of London drops down to 2800m and looks the horse to beat under Ryan Moore.

On the same card, Running Queen can take the Clipper EBF Marygate Fillies’ Stakes at Listed level for Sam Sangster and Oisin Murphy.

The Kingman-filly was the winner of a Salisbury conditions race when last seen in early May, a smart 1.25-length success on soft ground that tees her up nicely for a step up in grade.

The other Listed contest on the card is the Sky Bet Fillies’ Stakes, where Charlie Appleby’s Devoted Queen catches the eye on her third career start.

Another daughter of Kingman out of multiple Group race-winning mare Fintry, her two prior outings ended in success as she took a Newmarket maiden by a good margin last year and returned to action in April to win on the all-weather at Kempton.

Now returned to turf, she looks poised to take the next step in her career under William Buick.

Newbury punters are advised to side with Diligently in the ARC & Sky Sports Racing Support Starlight Maiden Stakes.

There was plenty of chatter about Clive Cox’s juvenile prior to his racecourse introduction at Ascot a couple of weeks ago and by the time the gates opened, he was a 2-1 favourite.

Diligently’s supporters were ultimately left counting their losses, with the Harry Angel colt beaten 2-lengths into fourth place, but he should improve for the run and deserves a second chance.

Mount Teide is another who can confirm debut promise in the Starlight Express Novice Stakes.

Andrew Balding’s three-year-old was a big price at 25-1 at Newmarket’s Craven meeting, but hit the front at one stage before being caught close home by a trio of rivals.

Mount Teide was beaten just 0.75-length by Frankel’s half-brother Kikkuli and he can only progress.

In Ireland there is Group Three action in the Saval Beg Levmoss Stakes, where O’Brien has the key contender in Kyprios.

Once appearing to be the champion-elect in the staying division with a string of Group One successes in 2022, including the Gold Cup, the Goodwood Cup and the Irish St Leger, the chestnut has since been hindered by injury.

His winning streak may have been interrupted but his talent clearly remains and a Listed win in the Vintage Crop at Navan was a good way to return in late April.

This is a level up but in a small field, he is a clear choice and should not find too much hardship in the assignment if he can tap into the ability he has shown in abundance previously. – Press Association

TAB is betting on 5 UK meetings on Friday. Here are the tips.

NEWBURY: Race 1: 15.00 Darvel, Race 2: 15.30 Glam De Vega, Race 3: 16.00 Diligently, Race 4: 16.30 Jarraaf, Race 5: 17.00 Clockmaker, Race 6: 17.35 Houstonn, Race 7: 18.10 Papagei, Race 8: 18.40 Waxing Gibbous.

YORK: Race 1: 15.15 Running Queen, Race 2: 15.45 Botanical, Race 3: 16.15 Devoted Queen, Race 4: 16.45 TOWER OF LONDON (NAP), Race 5: 17.15 Lead Artist, Race 6: 17.45 Challet, Race 7: 18.20 Vantheman.

NEWMARKET: Race 1: 15.23 Powdering, Race 2: 15.53 Creative Story, Race 3: 16.23 Skukuza, Race 4: 16.53 Gold Medallist, Race 5: 17.25 Moktasaab, Race 6: 17.55 Unico.

HAMILTON: Race 1: 18.30 Captain Corcoran, Race 2: 19.05 Gobsmacked, Race 3: 19.40 Quintus Arrius, Race 4: 20.15 Capital Theory, Race 5: 20.50 Majestic Newlaw, Race 6: 21.25 Lia Rose, Race 7: 22.00 Bernie The Bear.

AINTREE: Race 1: 18.45 Roaring Legend, Race 2: 19.20 Homme Public, Race 3: 19.55 Alnilam, Race 4: 20.30 Kinondo Kwetu, Race 5: 21.05 Majestic Jameela, Race 6: 21.40 Bells of Ufford.

ALL TO COME: Running Queen and Tower Of London (York, Races 1 and 4).

Ray Paulick Believes The Kentucky Derby Is Alive And Well

The finish of the 2024 Kentucky Derby, won by Mystik Dan (right) Lauren Givhan/Coady Media

View From The Eighth Pole: Horse Racing’s Ultimate Dream Is Alive And Well

Notes on the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, from the drama on the racetrack to the failure in the stewards stand

Ray PaulickUpdated:May 7, 2024Original:May 6, 2024

You can’t buy the Kentucky Derby.

As racing becomes more corporate, with teams of wealthy owners plucking the most desirable prospects from the auction ring and then handing them over to one of several successful trainers with massive operations, we needed something like this. We needed Mystik Dan, a horse bred and owned by a small group of Arkansas owners who got in the game just over a decade ago and went from fans in the grandstand at Oaklawn Park to the most cherished winner’s circle in the sport at Churchill Downs. The special trophy they hoisted in the air, specially made for this sesquicentennial running of the Derby, is the Maltese Falcon of our game: the stuff that dreams are made of.

Without dreams, without the magic that comes when a group of friends or family roll the dice and get into racehorse ownership and then climb the highest of mountains, the sport often lacks an essential connection to the general public. This gives them something they can relate to.

It’s happened before, not that frequently, but enough times to keep the dream alive.

In 1961, it was Carry Back, a horse with the most humble of beginnings who gave trainer Jack Price and his wife, Katherine, a Kentucky Derby victory with a homebred by Nothing, out of Nobody, by Never Heard of Him. In 1977, Seattle Slew carried Mickey and Karen Taylor and Dr. Jim and Sally Hill – the Slew Crew – through a Triple Crown sweep two years after they bought him for a paltry $17,500 at a yearling auction. More recently, we had the Sackatoga Stable partners – former high school pals – almost pull off a Triple Crown in 2003 with a New York-bred gelding named Funny Cide who originally sold for $22,000 as a yearling. A little over a decade later, the self-proclaimed Dumb Ass Partners – Steve Coburn and Perry Martin and their wives – did the same thing with California Chrome: winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness and just falling short in the Belmont Stakes with a homebred that might have been laughed out of the auction ring.

The latest dream horse, Mystik Dan, is a son of the modestly-priced stallion Goldencents ($10,000 stud fee) out of a Colonel John mare named Ma’am. The latter bounced in and out of the claiming ranks during a 23-race career after trainer Kenny McPeek bought her privately for members of the Gasaway family of Arkansas and their friend, Dan Hamby; she had failed to sell at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale with a final bid of $9,500.

McPeek recommended the mating to Goldencents – wanting to inject some speed into the mix – and Mystik Dan was born at the trainer’s Magdalena Farm in Lexington, Ky., on March 4, 2021. The same Arkansas folks who raced the mother, decided to race her son. Thirty-eight months and seven races later, Mystik Dan is a household name – a horse that Everyman can aspire to own.

As for McPeek, he ran his first horse in the Kentucky Derby in 1995, Tejano Run, who finished a good second to Thunder Gulch, beaten 2 ¼ lengths. In eight subsequent tries McPeek failed to hit the board, including 2002 when Harlan’s Holiday finished seventh as the tepid 6-1 favorite.

That McPeek would win both his first Kentucky Oaks (with Thorpedo Anna) and Kentucky Derby in the same year – something that has not happened in 72 years – is also the stuff dreams are made of among trainers.

On Monday, during an interview on Steve Byk’s At the Races radio show, McPeek channeled his inner Norman Vincent Peale positivity, saying on Friday and Saturday morning before the Oaks and Derby he played a song called “I Believe (In Everything)” by JJ Grey and Mofro on his way to the track. And he told Byk he’s been re-reading a book entitled, “The Magic of Believing,” by Claude M. Bristol.

After this Kentucky Derby, I believe in magic – and dreams.

The Race And The Aftermath

Brian Hernandez Jr. was absolutely brilliant in the saddle riding both Oaks and Derby winners, and the Derby itself provided the most exciting, heart-stopping finish that I’ve ever seen underneath the Twin Spires (with Personal Ensign’s victory in the 1988 Breeders’ Cup Distaff a close second). It was the first three-way photo finish in the Derby since 1947 when heads separated the top three and the first ever when there were three noses on the line.

It’s also worth noting that despite a 20-horse field and lots of jostling for position early in the mile and a quarter race, the Derby was safely run. So, for the most part, were the other races on Derby day and throughout Derby week, at the one time that a doubting public pays attention to the sport

But not everything was perfect.

I thought we were beyond this, but the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission stewards apparently want to judge the Derby differently than they would the seventh race on a Thursday.

There was obvious bumping in the stretch run between runner-up Sierra Leone and third-place finisher Forever Young, and the actions of Tyler Gaffalione aboard Sierra Leone as the wire approached – appearing to straight-arm Forever Young like a running back – should have, on their own, warranted an inquiry. But the stewards, like referees in the final seconds of a championship basketball game, swallowed the whistle.

Their official explanation, taking two full days to manufacture after dodging questions from reporters since Saturday night, was issued Monday by a state government flak: “The Stewards review every race in Kentucky live and by video replay before posting it official and they followed the same procedure for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, the statement said. “After conducting their standard review of the race, determining no further review or investigation was necessary to conclude there were no incidents that altered the finish of the race, and seeing there were no objections filed, the Stewards posted the Kentucky Derby official.

“Following the race, the Stewards ordered Tyler Gaffalione, jockey aboard Sierra Leone, to film review on May 9, 2024. The Stewards conduct film reviews routinely to review the conduct of jockeys during a race. The Stewards, in their discretion, can take disciplinary action against a jockey following the review. If the Stewards issue a penalty, it will be posted on the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission website.”

The statement is laughable. There was $26,947,251 wagered in exactas on the Kentucky Derby and the margin between second and third place was a matter of inches. Sierra Leone was out in the middle of the track at the top of the stretch and came in several paths while racing just to the outside of Forever Young for the final three-sixteenths of a mile. Bumps were exchanged. I didn’t have a dog in the fight (my bet was on a horse that finished off the board) but a lot of people did, and the stewards did everyone a disservice by not lighting the inquiry sign and taking a serious look at the stretch run from every angle – and allow the public to see what they were reviewing.

I’m not a steward and I’m not going to say whether or not there should have been a disqualification. But there is no question in my mind that there should have been a stewards inquiry – and explanation to the public. Quite simply, they blew it.

It was the only tarnish on an otherwise glorious day for the sport, when safety prevailed and dreams came true.

That’s my view from the eighth pole.

Sensational Dante Winner Would Be 6/4 If Supplemented For Derby

Economics: an impressive winner of the Dante Stakes Credit: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)

Willam Haggas-trained Capitalist colt Economics Demolishes The Dante Field

‘We all want to win the Derby, but it takes a type’ – William Haggas not sold on Economics Epsom bid despite Dante demolition

David Carr (Racing Post)

Like someone listening to Greatest Hits Radio with a dodgy signal, we don’t know whether it is You’re The One That I Want or I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.

We have spent all spring looking for a Betfred Derby winner – a colt who stamps himself above the rest of his contemporaries, the one to beat at Epsom on the first Saturday in June.

Successive trials had failed to excite the senses by throwing up an obvious leader of this generation, bar the ill-fated Hidden Law at Chester, so the betting was still headed by 2,000 Guineas disappointment City Of Troy by the time the richest of them came around.

Then Economics arrived, spectacularly, thrillingly and slightly unexpectedly, with an absolutely devastating display in the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes.

The twice-raced winner of a Newbury maiden made a £192,000 Group 2 look like a run-of-the-mill novice, travelling smoothly throughout, moving easily into the lead fully a quarter of a mile from home and bolting clear for a six-length success, despite hanging through palpable greenness.

He would have been 6-4 favourite for the Derby according to Coral spokesman David Stevens. But “would have” is the thing.

He was taken out of the Derby earlier this spring and it would cost £75,000 to add him back in a week on Monday, leaving the decision that will transform the £1.5 million contest in the hands of owner Sheikh Isa Salman Al Khalifa and trainer William Haggas.

Haggas has tended to get these sort of judgement calls right in the past, boldly pitching twice-raced maiden winner Shaamit into the Classic first time out in 1996 and waiting until June of his three-year-old career to run Baaeed, who rewarded that patience by becoming a champion.

And the trainer, who was too busy at home in Newmarket to come to York, admitted he was against Economics going to Epsom.

He said: “The whole point of taking him out was I didn’t think it was the right track and the right race for him at this stage of his career. He’s a great big, immature horse. And I stick by that.

“I haven’t spoken on the subject to Sheikh Isa and his advisers so that might change. We discussed it at length when we talked about the Derby. Winning the Derby is of course everyone’s dream, we all want to win it, but it takes a type.

“Maybe we’re wrong and maybe after I’ve talked to His Highness he’ll say I’d like him to run in the Derby, in which case we’ll run him. But we’ll see.”

Stamina is also an issue and Haggas said: “He’s by Night Of Thunder so although he looked like he’d stay an extra furlong and a half, it’s not a certainty. It’s a win and you’re in for the Irish Derby so that could be an option for him if we wanted to go a mile and a half.”

Wherever he ends up, there is no doubt that Economics is exciting. Jockey Tom Marquand said: “He exploded into it a lot faster than I thought he might. He surprised me. He jumped over some well-proven, talented horses with real strong formlines. To do that, you have to be a very good horse.

“I got there a country mile too soon so that left him there too far away from the post but he’s very talented. He’s a strong, powerful horse and stays a mile and a quarter really well.”

Marquand finished second in the Derby in 2020 on Khalifa Sat but when asked whether he thought Economics should be supplemented, he said: “He’s not my horse, it’s not my money, I just ride him and get paid to do so!”

* Gaynor Rupert’s homebred Dubawi colt God’s Window led the race for much of the way but found no extra late and was beaten ten lengths into fifth.

Betfred Derby (4.30 Epsom, June 1)

Coral: 5-2 City Of Troy, 4 Arabian Crown, 7 Ambiente Friendly, 8 Los Angeles, 12 Ancient Wisdom, 16 Diego Velazquez, Voyage, 20 Dancing Gemini, 25 Bellum Justum, Capulet, Caviar Heights, Defiance, Henry Longfellow, Illinois, 33 bar

Tricky Racing On The Polytrack At Fairview

Passchendale has been tipped to win the 7th (Pauline Herman Photography)

Jack Milner (Tab4Racing)

It is not always easy to find winners on the Fairview Polytrack and it is even more so in handicaps but three runners do provide some hope for bettors at Friday’s meeting.

The first of them comes up in Race 4, a MR 68 Handicap over 1900m where the improving Puerto Plata can score again.

The mount of jockey Richard Fourie looked an unlucky loser last time when beaten 0.25 lengths by rival Harold The Duke.

Both were tasting the Polytrack for the first time that day, but Argentinian-bred Puerto Plata was badly drawn and came from a long way back to challenge late.

Puerto Plata will get his chance to avenge that defeat as they meet again in this race.

There was not too much between them in their penultimate start as well which went the way of Puerto Plata by 0.25 lengths on the turf, so the 1kg pull plus the fact Puerto Plata is better drawn this time could see him get the better of his rival.

Passchendaele showed of what she is capable with a fluent win the last time she saw the Polytrack, which was in her penultimate start, and was not disgraced last time out when just 3.25 lengths behind class sprinting filly Three Rocks.

Jockey S’manga Khumalo knows how to get the best out of this Kelly Mitchley-trained filly and a positive ride should pay dividends in Race 7, a MR 86 Handicap for fillies and mares over 1300m, from No 4 draw.

In Race 8, a MR 71 Handicap for fillies and mares over 1300m, juvenile Can’t Say No could provide the value.

She won well last time and although Fourie, Alan Greeff’s first-choice jockey, will be on Concerto, the younger filly might upstage them. She won her maiden over 1400m on this surface by seven lengths and can only improve on that performance.

Jack Milner’s selections
Race 1: 5 Project Runway, 2 Confetti, 3 Miss Prior, 1 Deco Var
Race 2: 3 Golden Link, 7 Walt Whitman, 5 Nikes Ray Of Light, 6 Velvet Valour
Race 3: 7 Wolfram, 1 William’s Legacy, 4 Regazzo Grande, 6 Imhotep
Race 4: 2 Puerto Plata, 5 Harold The Duke, 9 The Inkosana, 8 Slainte Mhath
Race 5: 6 Head Gardener, 1 Meetatthewindsor, 3 Irontail, 2 Launch Code
Race 6: 6 Arturo, 7 Duke Of Orange, 2 Notorix, 4 Charlie Malone
Race 7: 2 Passchendaele, 4 Easy Living, 6 Back For More, 9 Twice To Heaven
Race 8: 7 Can’t Say No, 1 Concerto, 3 Iqembulabesifazane, 2 Allende

BEST BET
Race 2 No 3 Golden Link
VALUE BET
Race 3 No 7 Wolfram
BEST SWINGER
Race 4 2×5

BIPOT
R216
Leg 1: 2, 3, 5
Leg 2: 3
Leg 3: 1, 4, 6, 7
Leg 4: 2, 5
Leg 5: 1, 3, 6
Leg 6: 2, 6, 7

PLACE ACCUMULATOR
R162
Leg 1: 3
Leg 2: 1, 4, 7
Leg 3: 2, 5
Leg 4: 1, 2, 6
Leg 5: 2, 6, 7
Leg 6: 2
Leg 7: 1, 3, 7

PICK 6
R1280
Leg 1: 1, 4, 6, 7
Leg 2: 2, 5, 8, 9
Leg 3: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Leg 4: 2, 4, 6, 7
Leg 5: 2
Leg 6: 1, 2, 3, 7

JACKPOT 1
R80
Leg 1: 2, 5, 8, 9
Leg 2: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Leg 3: 2, 4, 6, 7
Leg 4: 2

JACKPOT 2
R80
Leg 1: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Leg 2: 2, 4, 6, 7
Leg 3: 2
Leg 4: 1, 2, 3, 7

The United States Double At The Vaal

The Mark Khan-trained Kashkaval won the last race under Nathan Klink and gave the stallion The United States a double on the day. (JC Photos)

The Galileo stallion The United States was the only double scorer at the Vaal meeting today.

His first winner of the day, the Sean Tarry-trained Rodeo Drive, looks promising and being a maiden brought him another individual winner for the season and his second winner was the Mark Khan-trained Kashkaval.

Before the meeting his winner to runners percentage was 41.3% from 75 runners and Kashkaval gave him his 46th win of the season.