THIS year’s Vodacom July winner may well come from a decent-looking crop of three-year-olds including respective Derby winners Al Sahem (headline photo) and Edict Of Nantes, both having been accepted for the R2-million Gr1 Daily News 2000m at Greyville on 29 May.
Here is the final field:
Sc# Horse Mass MR Draw B A T Jockey Trainer
1 AL SAHEM 60.0 106 (102) 11 A T A Delpech Sean Tarry
2 EDICT OF NANTES 60.0 102 ( 98) 9 A A Marcus Brett Crawford
3 AFRICA RISING 60.0 101 ( 97) 3 A S Khumalo Sean Tarry
4 PAGODA 60.0 101 ( 97) 10 B A C Maujean Geoff Woodruff
5 ZODIAC RULER 60.0 99 ( 95) 2 A B Fayd’Herbe Justin Snaith
6 HORIZON 60.0 98 ( 94) 8 A A Domeyer Candice Bass-Robinson
7 COPPER FORCE 60.0 96 ( 92) 4 A R Fourie Justin Snaith
8 GINGERBREAD MAN 60.0 90 ( 86) 5 A M Byleveld Duncan Howells
9 SECRET CAPTAIN 60.0 89 ( 85) 1 B A K de Melo Duncan Howells
10 DARK MOON RISING 60.0 82 ( 78) 12 A P Strydom Paul Lafferty
11 GLIDER PILOT 60.0 81 ( 77) 7 A C Zackey Tyrone Zackey
12 CAPTAIN GAMBLER 57.5 92 ( 88) 6 A ………… Joey Ramsden