Mastership gives Marco van Rensburg a third Grand Heritage win last year (JC Photos)
The Dianne Stenger-trained Master Of My Fate gelding Mastership will be out to defend his title in the Grand Heritage and was one of a huge entry of 58 horses for the race in South Africa which has the biggest field.
The race is run down the Vaal straight over 1475m and has a maximum field size of 28 runners and two reserves.
It carries prize money of R500,000 and will be run on December 20 this year.
Mastership won off a 100 merit rating last year and was raised to 105.
He wasn’t seen for another six months, but has been in fair form with his three runs this term yielding a 4,30 length eleventh over 1400m, a 1,75 length second over 1450m and a 2,95 length eighth over 1600m.
Last year’s runner up, the Nathan Kotzen-trained Rollo The Viking (William Longsword) is entered along with stablemate Amor Fati (Global View), who won last year’s consolation race.
Corne and Xander Spies yard look to have a strong hand with the talented Spirit Of Gabz (Chimichuri Run), the classy pair Bisou Bisou (Querari) and Life In Colour (Malmoos) and the up and coming Tromp L’Oeil (Gimmethegreenlight) making up their four entries.
Sean Tarry also has a very strong hand with seven entries, all of them decent sorts. They are Prayersandpromises (Gimmethegreenlight), Tintin (Rafeef), One Fine Winter (What A Winter), Care Forgot (The United States), Willy Meet Again (William Longsword), Golden Operator (Declarationofpeace) and Fire Storm (Pathfork).
Mike and Mathew de Kock have no fewer than 15 entries. and among them are the like of Destiny Of Fire (Master Of My Fate), Trombolines (Querari), Yippee Kiyay (Buffalo Bill Cody), Bristol Hercules (Lancaster Bomber), Whispering Death (Danon Platina), Cool Gambler (Hawwaam) and Rising Eagle (Vercingetorix).
There has already been one scratching, the Mano Pandaram-trained Porridge Boy.
The entries are shown below:
WORLD SPORTS BETTING GRAND HERITAGE
For horses with nett rating of 106 & below (Non-Black Type)
WFA: 4yrs-0kgs 3yrs-6kgs
No Apprentice / Female Sex Allowance
| 0 | Meu Capitano | (6G) | 0 | 108 | A | Fabian Habib | |
| 0 | Catfish | (3G) | 0 | 107 | A | Fabian Habib | |
| 0 | Chapbook | (4G) | 0 | 106 | BAT | Clinton Binda | |
| 0 | All Systems Go | (4G) | 0 | 105 | A | Dean Smith | |
| 0 | One Fine Winter | (4F) | 0 | 105 | AT | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | $Radio Star | (4G) | 0 | 105 | A | Mike Azzie | |
| 0 | Secret Chord | (6G) | 0 | 105 | AT | St John Gray | |
| 0 | Bisou Bisou | (3G) | 0 | 104 | HA | Xander / Corne Spies | |
| 0 | Destiny Of Fire | (5M) | 0 | 104 | CA | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Mastership | (6G) | 0 | 104 | BA | Dianne Stenger | |
| 0 | $Bob’s Your Uncle | (7G) | 0 | 102 | BAT | Lucky Houdalakis | |
| 0 | Time Is Precious | (3G) | 0 | 102 | A | J A Janse van Vuuren | |
| 0 | Care Forgot | (5M) | 0 | 101 | A | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | Porridge Boy | Scratched | (4G) | 0 | 101 | A | Mano Pandaram |
| 0 | Yippee Kiyay | (4G) | 0 | 101 | A | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Prayersandpromises | (3G) | 0 | 100 | CAT | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | Diogenes | (4G) | 0 | 99 | AT | Weichong Marwing | |
| 0 | Fire Storm | (4G) | 0 | 99 | AT | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | Golden Operator | (4G) | 0 | 99 | BA | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | Trompe L’Oeil | (3G) | 0 | 99 | HA | Xander / Corne Spies | |
| 0 | Fire ‘N Flames | (6G) | 0 | 98 | AT | Kobus Roux | |
| 0 | Golden Rule | (5G) | 0 | 97 | A e | Fabian Habib | |
| 0 | Life In Colour | (3G) | 0 | 97 | HA | Xander / Corne Spies | |
| 0 | Obsidian | (5G) | 0 | 97 | BA | J A Janse van Vuuren | |
| 0 | Pumpkin Pie | (5G) | 0 | 97 | A | Candice / Tammy Dawson | |
| 0 | Whispering Death | (4G) | 0 | 97 | A | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Willy Meet Again | (5M) | 0 | 97 | A | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | Rollo The Viking | (5G) | 0 | 95 | BA | Nathan Kotzen | |
| 0 | Spirit Of Gabz | (3G) | 0 | 95 | A | Xander / Corne Spies | |
| 0 | Mission To Mars (IRE) | (6G) | 0 | 94 | A | Stuart Pettigrew | |
| 0 | Open Highway | (6G) | 0 | 94 | BA | Fanie Bronkhorst | |
| 0 | $Quickfreeze | (4G) | 0 | 94 | BA | Lucky Houdalakis | |
| 0 | Tintin | (5G) | 0 | 93 | A | Sean Tarry | |
| 0 | Yamadori | (6G) | 0 | 92 | A | J A Janse van Vuuren | |
| 0 | Amor Fati | (5G) | 0 | 91 | A | Nathan Kotzen | |
| 0 | Bristol Hercules | (6G) | 0 | 91 | A | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Paul Revere | (5G) | 0 | 91 | A | Corrie Lensley | |
| 0 | Rising Eagle | (3G) | 0 | 91 | A | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Trombolines | (4G) | 0 | 91 | BAT | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | $Wayne | (4G) | 0 | 88 | AT | Lucky Houdalakis | |
| 0 | Dawson’s Anvil | (4G) | 0 | 87 | A | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Sky Pilot | (4G) | 0 | 87 | A | Clinton Binda | |
| 0 | Artist’s Model | (5G) | 0 | 86 | A | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Captain Cooper | (3G) | 0 | 85 | CAT | Fanie Bronkhorst | |
| 0 | Tyrconnell | (7G) | 0 | 85 | CA | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Tuscan Romance | (5M) | 0 | 84 | CA | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Dante’s Bond | (4G) | 0 | 83 | JA | Fabian Habib | |
| 0 | Believe In Fate | (5G) | 0 | 82 | AT | Joe Soma | |
| 0 | Dylan’s Champ | (5G) | 0 | 82 | A | Fabian Habib | |
| 0 | #Glastonbury Fire | (4G) | 0 | 82 | A | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Willow Charm | (4G) | 0 | 82 | BAT | St John Gray | |
| 0 | Big Unit | (6G) | 0 | 81 | A | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Kambati | (5G) | 0 | 81 | BA | Corrie Lensley | |
| 0 | Last Car To Pass | (5M) | 0 | 81 | BA | Fabian Habib | |
| 0 | Industrialstrength | (6G) | 0 | 80 | A | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Heal And Soul | (5G) | 0 | 79 | A | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Cool Gambler | (4G) | 0 | 75 | A | Mike / Mathew de Kock | |
| 0 | Shoreybomba | (4G) | 0 | 74 | BAT | Joe Soma | |
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