Green With Envy has been priced up as 7/10 favourite with Hollywoodbets for Saturday’s Gr 1 Daily News 2000 (Picture: Wayne Marks)
The final fields for Saturday’s Grade 1 Daily New 2000 and Tabgold Woolavington 2000 over 2000m at Hollywoodbets Greyville were finalised on Monday.
The Daily News field contains the Hollyowoodbets Durban July favourite Green With Envy, winner of the Gr 1 Splashout Cape Derby and Gr 2 WSB Guineas in his last two starts, as well as Pure Predator, who finished fourth in the Gr 1 TAB SA Classic and second in the Gr 1 TAB SA Derby before winning the Gr 2 TAB Colorado King Stakes.
William Iron Arm, third in the SA Classic, has always looked to have the potential to be a big race contender over middle distances.
Hotarubi is not far off Pure Predator, finishing fifth in the SA Classic, fourth in the SA Derby and just 0,75 lengths back in second in the Colorado King Stakes.
Barbaresco has the potential on racing ability and pedigree to be an interesting contender.
The Cape challenge is led by the well regarded Hluhluwe, who will have his second run as a gelding over a trip he should relish.
The supplemented Flag Man, who won a Middle Stakes race over 1900m well in his last start, is the only KZN entry.
However, he was receiving 5kg from the 1,40 length runner up The Grey King in that race and now faces him at level weights.
Mid Winter Wind was a touch disappointing in the WSB Guineas and will have to prove he stays too.
The Gr 1 Woolavington 2000 field, which is open to all ages, is headed by Frances Ethel, winner of her last four starts including the Gr 2 SA Oaks.
Silver Sanctuary has been a bridesmaid to top horses in Cape Town and the Highveld.
Gilded Butterfly is an interesting entry as she was unlucky in this race last year.
Saartjie comes off a good win in the Listed KRA East Coast Cup over 2000m and had a mixture of good and most unlucky feature races runs at this course as a three-year-old.
Beating Wings is a progressive sort who comes of a good win in the Gr 2 TAB Igugu Stakes over this trip.
My Soul Mate was runner up in the Igugu Stakes and The Oaks.
Hold My Hand has plenty of class and comes off a Gr 3 win over this trip at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
However, Future Girl will be 2kg better off with her here for a mere 0,40 length beating.
Bellevarde is 1kg better off with Beating Wings for a one length beating.
Perfect Witness has plenty of class and is distance suited.
Red Maple will appreciate the step down to this trip.
The field are shown below.
DAILY NEWS 2000 (Grade 1)(For 3 year-olds) R2000000 2000m 1 - 1 WILLIAM IRON ARM (A P Peter) C Habib 60.0 - 117 2 - 2 FLAG MAN (G van Zyl (Jnr)) S Moodley 60.0 - 92 3 - 3 PURE PREDATOR (F Bronkhorst) R Fourie 60.0 - 119 4 - 4 MID WINTER WIND (S G Tarry) M Yeni 60.0 - 116 5 - 5 GREEN WITH ENVY (D Kannemeyer) C Zackey 60.0 - 123 6 - 6 HLUHLUWE (J S Snaith) G van Niekerk 60.0 - 117 7 - 7 BARBARESCO (J J van Vuuren) G Lerena 60.0 - 109 8 - 8 THE GREY KING (J S Snaith) S Veale 60.0 - 96 9 - 9 HOTARUBI (S G Tarry) S Khumalo 60.0 - 116 Same Trainer: (4,9) (6,8) TABGOLD WOOLAVINGTON 2000 (Grade 1)(For Fillies & Mares at Weight-For-Age) R1500000 2000m 1 - 1 SILVER SANCTUARY (M F De Kock) R Fourie 57.5 - 116 2 - 2 FRANCES ETHEL (B Crawford) K Matsunyane 57.5 - 118 3 - 3 RED MAPLE (S G Tarry) S Khumalo 60.0 - 94 4 - 4 PERFECT WITNESS (C Dawson) D De Gouveia 60.0 - 105 5 - 5 FUTURE GIRL (B Crawford) M K Katjedi 60.0 - 97 6 - 6 SAARTJIE (W A Nel) C Orffer 60.0 - 110 7 - 7 GILDED BUTTERFLY (S T Pettigrew) G Lerena 60.0 - 108 8 - 8 MY SOUL MATE (C Dawson) M Yeni 57.5 - 115 9 - 9 BEATING WINGS (S T Pettigrew) C Habib 57.5 - 114 10 - 10 HOLD MY HAND (G S Kotzen) C Zackey 60.0 - 108 11 - 11 BELLEVARDE (J A Soma) S Moodley 60.0 - 110 Same Trainer: (2,5) (4,8) (7,9)
