July Log 28/5/13

1 POMODORO Sean Tarry 113

2 HILL FIFTY FOUR Vaughan Marshall 112

3 BEACH BEAUTY Dennis Drier 112

4 HEAVY METAL Sean Tarry 111

5 JACKSON Brett Crawford 113

6 THUNDER DANCE Brett Crawford 106

7 SHOGUNNAR Gavin van Zyl 106

8 CHERRY ON THE TOP Ormond Ferraris 112

9 JET EXPLORER Justin Snaith 101

10 TRIBAL DANCE Vaughan Marshall 107

11 WHITELINE FEVER Sean Tarry 109

12 CAPETOWN NOIR Dean Kannemeyer 110

13 VERCINGETORIX Mike de Kock 107

14 WYLIE HALL (AUS) Weiho Marwing 98

15 LOVE STRUCK Paul Lafferty 103

16 TELLINA Geoff Woodruff 103

17 WAGNER Joe Soma 98

18 GOTHIC Kumaran Naidoo 97

19 WILD ONE Jeff Freedman 95

20 KNOCK ON WOOD Ormond Ferrari 107


Next 10


21 SEAL Gavin van Zyl 108

22 E-JET Sean Tarry 104

23 PUNTA ARENAS Stan Elley 100

24 MASTER PLAN Alec Laird 110

25 DO YOU REMEMBER Geoff Woodruff 101

26 RUN FOR IT Justin Snaith 106

27 KING OF PAIN Joey Ramsden 104

28 GOLD ONYX Sean Tarry 104

29 ICE MACHINE Garth Puller 109

30 ZAMBUCCA Saeed Mohideen 107

If the Top 20 ran tomorrow would probably be considered one of the weakest July's in History. :

Definately not excited about the race now,but the rest of the card will be tremendous

Can't agree with this log - heavily biased towards the 3 yr olds (Gothic, WIld One :S) and discriminating against older horses with MR's well above 100 like Master Plan, Ice Machine, Run For It and Zambucca :

It will an absolute shame to SA's most esteemed race should the top 20 be allowed to race. Some one is smoking some hectic stuff

Is there anyone who could explain to us exactly what the selection criteria is for the 20 horses chosen for this prestigious race???
It's no wonder we have so many of our talented older horses looking for glory elsewhere...

This would be an absolute disgrace to South African racing.... But doesn't seem like the selection panel give a damn about that!!!

So again I ask... If there is anyone out there that understands how the 20 runners are selected for the July, please do explain.

:X

Graham Hawkins once said that qualifying horses require high MR's AND good form. Horses with high MR's but average form, and vice versa, will probably not qualify. A grade 1 victory does not necessarily qualify a horse. It is the opinion of the panel.

20 to 1 Wrote:

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> Is there anyone who could explain to us exactly
> what the selection criteria is for the 20 horses
> chosen for this prestigious race???
> It's no wonder we have so many of our talented
> older horses looking for glory elsewhere...
>
> This would be an absolute disgrace to South
> African racing.... But doesn't seem like the
> selection panel give a damn about that!!!
>
> So again I ask... If there is anyone out there
> that understands how the 20 runners are selected
> for the July, please do explain.
>
> :X


U win a work riders race.....run a place in a feature and u get into the top 20......what a joke!<

Mac Wrote:

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> Graham Hawkins once said that qualifying horses
> require high MR's AND good form. Horses with high
> MR's but average form, and vice versa, will
> probably not qualify. A grade 1 victory does not
> necessarily qualify a horse. It is the opinion of
> the panel.


If that is true then does a horse like Wagner deserve his place??

And I think its criminal that SEAL is not in the top 20. Why should an opinion on "distance suited" bear any relevance? Or any opinion, just deal with facts. (The sprinter Nhlavini ran in the July of his day. I think unplaced but so what).

Mac Wrote:

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> And I think its criminal that SEAL is not in the
> top 20. Why should an opinion on "distance suited"
> bear any relevance? Or any opinion, just deal with
> facts. (The sprinter Nhlavini ran in the July of
> his day. I think unplaced but so what).


yes Seal should be in -

"Jackson unlikely to make the July." Michael Clower in The Racegoer on Monday after an interview with Brett Crawford.