Underworld winning at Hollywoodbets Greyville in April. (Candiese Lenferna Photography).
The Justin Snaith-trained Querari gelding Underworld has had a fine Champions Season and has duly been supplemented for the Hollywoodbets Durban July.
In his pipe opener on April 20 over 1600m at Hollywoodbets Greyville he won an A Stakes race and he followed with a 2,20 length third in the Gr 3 WSB 1900 and a 0,30 length second in the Gr 3 Hollywoodbets Dolphins Cup Trial over 1800m.
He was ridden by Muzi Yeni, Gavin Lerena and Richard Fourie respectively on those three occasions.
He increases Snaith’s number of July entries still standing to seven.
Underworld is a big handy sort owned by J P Cuvelier.
He is out of the Parade Leader mare Laverna, who won the Gr 1 Thekwini Stakes over 1600m at Greyville as a two-year-old.
Laverna was bred by Wilgerbosdrift and Mauritzfontein and hails from a famous family of Varsfontein Stud origin that includes speedsters like National Currency and Harry’s Charm, but her progeny include the like of Fort Wood gelding Horace, who won four races in succession over 2400m, so there is hope that Underworld can stay the 2200m trip.
To date the furthest he has run over was over 1900m on the Fairview polytrack and encouragingly he won that race.
He is only merit rated 109, which will see him carrying the minimum weight for an older male of 54kg in the July, but he will be 3kg under sufferance.
