Hollywoodbets Greyville Saturday 02 July - #HWDJ2022

Muhtiman wrote:

.....stayed in front most of the day with some decent longshot place bets and small swingers and odd small % trifectas in the early races....also played a PA which is very rare for me....a 20%er for just over 100 bucks and in the July small swingers places with my dogs and singled out 3 horses in the parade ring Sparking Water(based on the exuberant and confident jock) Do It again(looks) and Safe Passage(pedigree).....and boxed them for the max left over balance in swingers(which I sort of regret not leaving something for the 8th race where my intended swinger play paid 3 times more)....not being one to normally banker or go thin on the hotshots....and after the big banker goodie missed the places in the 8th my PA was now 1.6 times with 4 horses in the last....my P6 had 5 horses(went out in 1 earlier leg) the 5th horse was Sheela(not in my PA).....and I take her with the 4 horses in my PA for swingers and land up with absolutely squat(why not a place bet for cover)..... :sick: the remainder of the rather belated July swinger winnings go into a JP with Warrior banker and float Warrior in trifectas .....:sick: ....game over.... good night nurse....:S

.....even worse....just checked the last race results(never watched the race)....my top 4 ran into the1st 3 and the swingers were huge....:sick: :sick: :sick:

drdom wrote:

This years time >135 sec vs 133 last year vs132 the year before. I know conditions not comparable year on year but pace is trending poorly

.....if we want to slow horses down then why not equip them with mandatory shin guards and brushing boots because to try prevent horses from striding out is not natural.... as we have genetically fine tuned them to run at full stride.... and breed and buy them just to do that....want slow robust horses then introduce warmbloods to racing in group company ......because Ive seen Hanoverians move a lot faster.....:lol:

RACE 7 Ref : 856 Hollywoodbets DURBAN JULY (Grade 1) : R5 000 000 : About 2200m (Turf)

Starter : S Ngcobo Loading Time : 2:58sec No. of Runners : 18

Carded Time: 16:00:00
Rescheduled Time: -
Off Time: 16:14:14
Provisional Result: 16:18:28
All Clear: 16:27:17

The start of the Race was delayed due to the bridle on POMP AND POWER (R Fourie) having to be re-fitted and the formalities of this Race.

THE STARTER REPORTED:
⦁ POMP AND POWER (R Fourie) and AIRWAYS LAW (G Wright) were stubborn to load.
⦁ DO IT AGAIN (A Domeyer) was restless in the stalls, removed, examined by the Veterinary Surgeon, declared fit to race and was re-loaded.
⦁ SECOND BASE (K Matsunyane) and FLYING CARPET (C Habib) lost one length.

THE STIPENDIARY STEWARDS REPORTED :
⦁ Shortly after the start, in a tightly bunched field, LINEBACKER (G van Niekerk) was eased when awkwardly placed on the outside of HOEDSPRUIT (C Zackey) which was over-racing in the early stages and shifted out.
⦁ WATERBERRY LANE (K de Melo) over-raced in the early stages.
⦁ When over-racing in the middle stages, BELGARION (P Strydom) shifted out off the heels of KOMMETDIEDING (G Lerena) on two occasions.
⦁ POMP AND POWER (R Fourie) was hanging out in the final straight.
⦁ At the 200m, ARAGOSTA (W Kennedy) which was hanging from the 300m, was tightened on the inside of HOEDSPRUIT (C Zackey) which rolled in.
⦁ Jockey C Habib reported that he felt something amiss with FLYING CARPET in the concluding stages and as a result eased this colt out of the race. The Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine.
⦁ In view of the performances of LINEBACKER (G van Niekerk) (14.40 lengths, 6/1 in the betting) and PUERTO MANZANO (ARG) (R Danielson) (17.60 lengths, 33/1 in the betting) the Veterinary Surgeon was requested to examine.
⦁ Jockey B Fayd’Herbe signed an admission of guilt for a contravention of Rule 58.10.2, read in conjunction M, in that he mis-used his crop by striking the horse JET DARK more than 12 times in the entire race. In assessing penalty, the Board considered the number of times (17) Jockey B Fayd’Herbe struck the horse JET DARK, the distance over which and manner in which he used his crop in relation to this Rule, the status of the race and finishing position of JET DARK. Accordingly, a penalty of a fine of R10 000 was imposed.
⦁ Jockey C Murray signed an admission of guilt for a contravention of Rule 58.10.2, read in conjunction M, in that he mis-used his crop by striking the horse AL MUTHANA more than 12 times in the entire race. In assessing penalty, the Board considered the number of times (14) Jockey C Murray struck the horse AL MUTHANA, the distance over which and manner in which he used his crop in relation to this Rule and the status of the race. Accordingly, a penalty of a fine of R2500 was imposed.
⦁ Jockey S Khumalo signed an admission of guilt for a contravention of Rule 21.7, in that he engaged himself to ride both the horses, JET DARK and SPARKLING WATER in this race. Accordingly, a penalty of a fine of R5000 was imposed.
⦁ SPARKLING WATER (S Khumalo), the winner, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Trainer M F de Kock advised (RVR).
⦁ JET DARK (B Fayd’Herbe), placed second, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Assistant Trainer C Snaith acting on behalf of Trainer J S Snaith advised (AH).
⦁ SAFE PASSAGE (M Yeni), placed third, was selected for the taking of specimens for analysis. Jockey M Yeni acting on behalf of Trainer M F de Kock advised (SM).
JOCKEY / EQUIPMENT CHANGES :
⦁ RED SAXON was ridden by Jockey S Moodley and weighed out at 53.7kg, 0.5kg over the carded weight (advised 28.06.22/11h58).
⦁ AIRWAYS LAW was ridden by Jockey G Wright. Reserve runner (advised 01.07.22/7h15).

RACE CARD CHANGES / OTHER :
⦁ Nil.

THE VETERINARY SURGEON REPORTED :
⦁ LINEBACKER : Nothing obvious detected.
⦁ PUERTO MANZANO (ARG) : Nothing obvious detected.
⦁ FLYING CARPET : Lame left hind. Specimen taken for analysis. Trainer S Tarry advised (MB)
⦁ RED SAXON : Cut into and abrasions left hind.

SCRATCHINGS :
⦁ ZAPATILLAS : Lame right front (Trainer – 01.07.22/7h13). Rule 53.5 applies.
⦁ NEBRAAS : Reserve runner.

OFFICIAL RESULT:
No. Horse Jockey Trainer Distance Betting
1st 12 SPARKLING WATER S Khumalo M F de Kock ---- 16/1
2nd 9 JET DARK B Fayd’Herbe J S Snaith 3.00 3.00 16/1
3rd 10 SAFE PASSAGE M Yeni M F de Kock 0.30 3.30 11/2
4th 2 DO IT AGAIN A Domeyer J S Snaith 0.40 3.70 8/1
5th 13 KOMMETDIEDING G Lerena H/M Crawford/Rix 0.40 4.10 25/2
Time of Race : 135.08s
Tote Favourite:
POMP AND POWER
Distance : 7.20 Betting : 11/2

BFH aka the panelbeater at work again on Jet Dark...

Muhtiman wrote:

drdom wrote:

This years time >135 sec vs 133 last year vs132 the year before. I know conditions not comparable year on year but pace is trending poorly

.....if we want to slow horses down then why not equip them with mandatory shin guards and brushing boots because to try prevent horses from striding out is not natural.... as we have genetically fine tuned them to run at full stride.... and breed and buy them just to do that....want slow robust horses then introduce warmbloods to racing in group company ......because Ive seen Hanoverians move a lot faster.....:lol:

Why don’t they always go flat out?


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.....how many horses have you seen lose a jock in a race and decide to stop running or even try slow down....:whistle:

.....race horses are the biggest endorphin junkies on the planet....they just love to run...some just do it a lot better....

Muhtiman wrote: .....how many horses have you seen lose a jock in a race and decide to stop running or even try slow down....:whistle:

Why do we bother with jockeys?


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.....handicapping perhaps....:dry:....and because dead weight is not enough of a parachute......:lol:

.....jokes aside.... as it would not be much of a "sport" without jockeys...but find it rather un sporting for jockeys to be told not to ride their mounts at a decent stride.....:ohmy: ....and because no one wants to sacrifice their horse to give any advantage to any other.... just strangle it instead....:S

One of the reasons I liked how Yard-Arm and Variety Club ran...they seem to know that the horse had the ability to do 1600m in 95/96 sec, 2000m in about 2 min (especially in the case of Yard-Arm) and they ran it accordingly and if some-one wanted to beat them, they would need to be faster...and so often they couldn't...

Even the mare Jamaica was ridden in the same way...

.....100% correct....yet it was known that if you went up to try challenge Jamaica she would kick on....she was beaten in the Cape by Winter Solstice when Glenn Hatt was told to time his run and not try "eyeball" her.....a similar tactic was tried by the same connections later in the Met and not make any pace for Tyson....and another Met winning "miler" named Alistor @50/1 trounced them ....:S