The Vodacom Durban July Log as at 31 May 2021

Gold Circle has issued its next Vodacom Durban July log following the second declaration stage earlier today which saw 30 of the initial 54 entries stand their ground. Newcomers to the log include supplementary entry Nexus as well as She’s Keeper, winner of the World Sports Betting 1900, Matterhorn, runner-up in both the WSB 1900 and the Lonsdale Stirrup Cup, and Shah Akbar who stayed on well to finish 4th in the Daily News after cutting out the early pace.

The top twenty are listed in order of preference and the next five in alphabetical order.


VODACOM DURBAN JULY (Grade 1)
Log as at 31-May-21
1 RAINBOW BRIDGE (6G) Eric Sands 134
2 LINEBACKER (3G) Vaughan Marshall 124
3 WAR OF ATHENA (3F) Paul Matchett 122
4 GOT THE GREENLIGHT (4C) Joe Soma 124
5 BELGARION (5G) Justin Snaith 130
6 DO IT AGAIN (6G) Justin Snaith 129
7 SOVEREIGN SPIRIT (5G) Candice Bass-Robinson 124
8 RASCALLION (3G) Vaughan Marshall 123
9 KOMMETDIEDING (3C) HWJ Crawford/M Rix 122
10 RUNNING BRAVE (5M) Fanie Bronkhorst 119
11 CIRILLO (5H) Sean Tarry 120
12 EXPRESSFROMTHEUS (4G) Stuart Pettigrew 122
13 NEXUS (5G) Justin Snaith 117
14 SHE'S A KEEPER (4F) Gareth van Zyl 96
15 MATTERHORN (4G) Alyson Wright 101
16 SHAH AKBAR (3C) Sean Tarry 119
17 DOUBLEMINT (6G) Justin Snaith 118
18 TRIP TO AFRICA (4G) Duncan Howells 114
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19 TRISTFUL (5G) Tony Rivalland 112
20 ATYAAB (AUS) (5G) Zietsman Oosthuizen 114

Next 5 in Alphabetical Order
DIVINE ODYSSEY (6G) J A Janse van Vuuren 110
FLYING CARPET (3C) Sean Tarry 110
SILVER HOST (4G) Justin Snaith 110
SUPER SILVANO (4G) Brett Crawford 104
TREE TUMBO (4G) Sean Tarry 109

Poor Ziets getting pumped

1 CIRILLO (5H) Sean Tarry 120

This horse has done nothing this season!!!

Shouldnot be on the log

i dont see nexus nominated anywhere prior to the July.
The horse should not be in the log at this stage.
swap Tristful and Attie 19 and 20th
The rest of the log seems pretty fair

after Sacred Ibis run today u can scrap matterhorns chances. Sacred ibis 4 length behind matterhorn but 8 lengths behind La Bastide. Zietsman has the wrong horse nominated for the july

Sammy Silver wrote: 1 CIRILLO (5H) Sean Tarry 120

This horse has done nothing this season!!!

Shouldnot be on the log

placed 3 Gr 1's ...will be a runner

mr hawaii wrote:

Sammy Silver wrote: 1 CIRILLO (5H) Sean Tarry 120

This horse has done nothing this season!!!

Shouldnot be on the log

placed 3 Gr 1's ...will be a runner

Will not stay 2200m. Most wins have been over 1400m

Well Cirillo would at least not come in under sufferance and although I doubt that he can challenge over 2200m, he did run well behind GtG in the Challenge; can't believe though that Attie can be discarded in place of a horse rated 101 - and Tristful - really :ohmy:

Interesting runner coming in with a low weight for me is Running Brave - runs well at this track and looks good place value at least at these odds :dry:

Sylvester wrote: i dont see nexus nominated anywhere prior to the July.
The horse should not be in the log at this stage.
swap Tristful and Attie 19 and 20th
The rest of the log seems pretty fair

Cup trial...and accepted to run already

Bob Brogan wrote: Poor Ziets getting pumped

How and why would Atyaab get a run in the July?

This is the only horse I can recall that won a group 1 (Cape Derby) and wasn’t deemed good enough to be entered into the July.

Cochrane wrote:

Bob Brogan wrote: Poor Ziets getting pumped

How and why would Atyaab get a run in the July?

This is the only horse I can recall that won a group 1 (Cape Derby) and wasn’t deemed good enough to be entered into the July.

I would argue that Attie is at least as deserving as Matter Horn and Tristful, but the KZN boys look after their own :huh:

Frodo wrote:

Cochrane wrote:

Bob Brogan wrote: Poor Ziets getting pumped

How and why would Atyaab get a run in the July?

This is the only horse I can recall that won a group 1 (Cape Derby) and wasn’t deemed good enough to be entered into the July.

I would argue that Attie is at least as deserving as Matter Horn and Tristful, but the KZN boys look after their own :huh:

The same point applies to several including those, this race is becoming a farce. Besides the injuries its disappointing that so many including the likes of Malmoos are skipping.