Gimme A Nother (JC Photos)
Jack Milner (Tab4Racing)
Trainer Mike de Kock announced recently that Gimme A Nother would run in the Gr 1 Empress Club Stakes over 1600m as oppposed to the Grade 2 Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer SA Oaks over 2450m, thus foregoing the chance to become his second, Mauritzfontein Stud’s third and history’s sixth SA Triple Tiara winner.
However, the daughter of Gimmethegreenlight has been nominated for both of the races on Champions Day at Turffontein on Saturday 6 April, so the connections options are still open.
She is unbeaten in six starts and the better option could be to go for the Empress Club Stakes which, as a Grade 1 race open to fillies and mares run under weight-for-age conditions, would add more gravitas to her curriculum vitae.
There will be four Grade 1 races run on the day, which is also a Hong Kong World Pool meeting, and other than the R1-million Empress Club Stakes we have the R2-million Premier’s Champions Challenge over 2000m, the R1.25-million SA Derby for three-year-olds over 2450m as well as the R1-million Jonsson Workwear ComputaForm Sprint over 1000m.
There are 21 entries for the Premier’s Champions Challenge and they include Betway Summer Cup champion Royal Victory and leading three-year-old colt Sandringham Summit.
Dyce, winner of the Cape Flying Championship, will be looking to add a second Grade 1 win to his tally in the Jonsson Workwear ComputaForm Sprint where he is likely to have another with Sean Tarry-trained Thunderstruck whom he beat by 0.50 lengths in Cape Town.
Tarry has also given last season’s Equus Champion Two-Year-Old Filly Mrs Geriatrix a double entry in both the ComputaForm Sprint and the Empress Club Stakes.
Purple Pitcher, winner of the Grade 1 TAB SA Classic, has been entered for the SA Derby which according to trainer Robyn Klaasen after the SA Classic victory is his mission, but he also has received a second nomination for the Premier’s Champions Challenge.
Supplementary entries close at 09:00 on Monday 25 March with declarations by 11:00 on Wednesday 27 March.
THE PREMIER’S CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE (Grade 1)(For all horses at Weight for Age) R2,000,000 2000m
2 ARAGOSTA (M F De Kock) 60.0
18 COUSIN CASEY (S G Tarry) 60.0
1 DAVE THE KING (M F De Kock) 60.0
4 FUTURE PEARL (S G Tarry) 60.0
21 LITIGATION (S G Tarry) 60.0
10 MERIDIUS (A P Peter) 60.0
7 NEBRAAS (S G Tarry) 60.0
5 PUERTO MANZANO (J J van Vuuren) 60.0
3 ROYAL VICTORY (N Kotzen) 60.0
16 SAFE PASSAGE (M F De Kock) 60.0
15 SECOND BASE (R Klaasen) 60.0
13 SHOEMAKER (M F De Kock) 60.0
9 SON OF RAJ (W H Marwing) 60.0
17 STREET ART (A P Peter) 60.0
12 WINCHESTER MANSION (B Crawford) 60.0
11 WITHOUT QUESTION (J S Snaith) 60.0
8 ZEUS (F P Habib) 60.0
14 EMIRATE GINA (R R Magner) 57.5
19 BARBARESCO (J J van Vuuren) 56.5
6 PURPLE PITCHER (R Klaasen) 56.5
20 SANDRINGHAM SUMMIT (D Nieuwenhuizen) 56.5
EMPRESS CLUB STAKES (Grade 1)(For Fillies and Mares at Weight-for-Age) R1,000,000 1600m
4 CELTIC RUMOURS (S G Tarry) 60.0
2 EMIRATE GINA (R R Magner) 60.0
7 GILDED BUTTERFLY (S T Pettigrew) 60.0
6 HUMDINGER (M F De Kock) 60.0
5 PERFECT WITNESS (C Dawson) 60.0
1 BAVARIAN BEAUTY (A P Peter) 57.5
9 GIMME A NOTHER (M F De Kock) 57.5
8 MRS GERIATRIX (S G Tarry) 57.5
3 WHITE PEARL (M F De Kock) 57.5
SA DERBY (Grade 1)(3 year olds (3rd Leg SA Triple Crown) R1,250,000 2450m
3 ATARIME (P F Matchett) 60.0
11 FUSHIMI INARI (S T Pettigrew) 60.0
17 GEORGE HANDEL (F Bronkhorst) 60.0
4 HOTARUBI (S G Tarry) 60.0
14 MADISON VALLEY (F Robinson) 60.0
2 MARAUDING HORDE (M F De Kock) 60.0
5 MONDIAL (M/A Azzie) 60.0
8 PRESLEY (J J van Vuuren) 60.0
10 PURE PREDATOR (F Bronkhorst) 60.0
6 PURPLE PITCHER (R Klaasen) 60.0
15 ROSSORE FINALE (W C Marwing) 60.0
16 SHOOT THE RAPIDS (F Robinson) 60.0
12 TAXHAVEN (P F Matchett) 60.0
1 THUNEE PLAYA (L Karriem) 60.0
13 TWENTY DRACHMA’S (S T Pettigrew) 60.0
7 VIVA BRAZIL (M N Houdalakis) 60.0
9 FRANCES ETHEL (B Crawford) 57.5
18 MY SOUL MATE (C Dawson) 57.5
JONSSON WORKWEAR COMPUTAFORM SPRINT (Grade 1)(For all horses at Weight for Age) R1,000,000 1000m
3 ANFIELDS ROCKET (G J Maroun) 60.0
17 DYCE (M N Houdalakis) 60.0
2 HITHEMHARDSUNSHINE (A Wright) 60.0
9 MOVER AND SHAKER (F P Habib) 60.0
12 PRAY FOR RAIN (C Hewitson) 60.0
14 RULERSHIP (A P Peter) 60.0
6 SHELDON (J J van Vuuren) 60.0
16 THUNDERSTRUCK (S G Tarry) 60.0
5 TROMPIE (B Crawford) 60.0
7 WILLIAM ROBERTSON (C Spies) 60.0
8 CLIFF HANGER (J J van Vuuren) 58.0
1 READY TO CHARGE (M/A Azzie) 58.0
11 THE ABDICATOR (B Crawford) 58.0
15 ZIYASHA (C Binda) 58.0
13 IPHIKO (M F De Kock) 57.5
10 KISS ME CAPTAIN (M/A Azzie) 57.5
4 GOLDEN SICKLE (A P Peter) 55.5
18 MRS GERIATRIX (S G Tarry) 55.5
WILGERBOSDRIFT BRIDGET OPPENHEIMER SA OAKS (Grade 2)(For 3 year-old Fillies (3rd Leg of SA Triple Tiara)) R750,000 2450m
13 AZALEAS FOR ALL (F Bronkhorst) 60.0
12 BE REAL (H E Adamson) 60.0
6 BEATING WINGS (S T Pettigrew) 60.0
10 DARLING HARBOUR (C Dawson) 60.0
9 EXPLOSIVE BOND (P F Matchett) 60.0
3 FRANCES ETHEL (B Crawford) 60.0
5 GIMME A NOTHER (M F De Kock) 60.0
8 LET’S GO NOW (S G Tarry) 60.0
2 MOUNT ETNA (F Bronkhorst) 60.0
7 MY SOUL MATE (C Dawson) 60.0
11 ONE RELIGION (R R Magner) 60.0
4 SILVER SANCTUARY (M F De Kock) 60.0
1 SUKHUMVIT (A G Laird) 60.0
HAWAII STAKES (Grade 2)(Open) R500000 1400m
6 ANFIELDS ROCKET (G J Maroun) 60.0
23 AT MY COMMAND (B Crawford) 58.0
27 BINGWA (J J van Vuuren) 58.0
19 CELESTIAL CITY (S G Tarry) 58.0
10 DAVE THE KING (M F De Kock) 58.0
1 EYE OF THE PROPHET (P F Matchett) 58.0
21 I AM GIANT (B Crawford) 58.0
24 ITSRAININGWILLIAM (J S Snaith) 58.0
25 MELECH (R R Magner) 58.0
12 MUJBAR (M F De Kock) 58.0
20 SAVANNAH STORM (P/J Vermeulen) 58.0
15 TEXAS RED (R Klaasen) 58.0
18 UNZEN (R R Sage) 58.0
17 WILLIAM ROBERTSON (C Spies) 58.0
11 LUCKY LAD (S G Tarry) 57.5
16 SANDRINGHAM SUMMIT (D Nieuwenhuizen) 57.5
22 HUMDINGER (M F De Kock) 56.5
3 CELTIC RUMOURS (S G Tarry) 55.5
26 GIMMEANOTHERCHANCE (M F De Kock) 55.5
13 MRS BROWNING (S G Tarry) 55.5
5 RED BOMBER (J J van Vuuren) 55.5
4 RICHARD THE FIRST (F Bronkhorst) 55.5
14 TAIL OF THE COMET (S G Tarry) 55.5
7 WINTER GREETING (S G Tarry) 55.5
8 BAVARIAN BEAUTY (A P Peter) 55.0
9 MRS GERIATRIX (S G Tarry) 55.0
2 WHITE PEARL (M F De Kock) 53.0
