Full field for Betway Joburg Spring Challenge

Jack Milner

A full field of 14 runners will be lining up for Saturday’s Grade 2 Betway Joburg Spring Challenge over 1450m on the Inside track at Turffontein.

Heading up the R550,000 race is last year’s winner, Tin Pan Alley, who will be having his comeback run after finishing unplaced in the Grade 1 Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge over 1600m at HWB Greyville in June, a race in which he suffered massive interference.

He will be carrying 10kg more this time and will have to deal with a wide draw, but he will have Keagan de Melo up and whatever the outcome of this race, we are sure to be hearing a lot more about Sean Tarry’s charge as the season progresses.

Three-year-olds have a good record in this race but there is only one this year and that is Louis Goosen-trained Erik Dubois, who already has a Grade 1 victory under his belt.  The Premiers Champion Stakes winner looks well weighted with just 52.5kg on his back and he will have Muzi Yeni in the irons.

However, there are some other talented runners in the field, headed up by Stuart Ferrie-trained Gladatorian who will be joined by Grade 1 winners Fire Attack, Cosmic Speed and Main Defender, who won this race in 2023.

There will be 12 runners lining up for the R450,000 Betway Joburg Spring F&M Spring Challenge and it could be worth following the lightly weighted three-year-olds. The best of these could be Tarry-trained Get Up, winner of three of her four races including the Grade 1 Allan Robertson Championship. This daughter of What A Winter could be hard to peg back, despite jumping from No 10 draw.

There is also a R500,000 Pick 6 carryover at the meeting with a likely pool of R3 million.

 

Final field for the R550,000 Betway Joburg Spring Challenge (Grade 2) over 1450m at Turffontein on Saturday.

1 – 14 TIN PAN ALLEY (S G Tarry) K de Melo 60.0 – 128

2 – 10 FIRE ATTACK (A G Laird) C Habib 59.5 – 124

3 – 5 GLADATORIAN (S H Ferrie) T Godden 58.5 – 127

4 – 12 MAIN DEFENDER (A P Peter) K Matsunyane 58.5 – 126

5 – 15 COSMIC SPEED (S G Tarry) C Zackey 58.5 – 123

6 – 6 CHOISAANADA (E Verdonese) R Danielson 58.5 – 121

7 – 4 TEXAS RED (R Klaasen) R Fourie 58.5 – 119

8 – 13 JIMMY DON (J A Soma) K Strydom 58.5 – 112

9 – 1 BUSSTOPINHOUNSLOW (G J Maroun) M K Katjedi 58.5 – 110

10 – 11 TALK TO THE MASTER (R R Sage) S Moodley 58.5 – 109

11 – 8 SUNSET RIOT (A G Laird) B Marx-Jacobson 58.5 – 107

12 – 2 CHRONICLE KING (C/T Dawson) P Mxoli 58.0 – 115

13 – 7 I’M A FIREBALL (M/M de Kock) C Murray 58.0 – 113

14 – 9 ERIK DUBOIS (L W Goosen) M Yeni 52.5 – 111

Reserve Runner

15 – 3 PRINCE OF KILDARE (B B Ruiters) Reserve 1 58.5 – 85

Same Trainer: (1,5) (2,11)

 

Final field for the R450,000 Betway Joburg Spring F&M Challenge (Grade 2) over 1450m at Turffontein on Saturday.

1 – 7 HAZY DAZY (X/C Spies) T Mayhew 60.0 – 117

2 – 5 WHISTLE THE TUNE (C/T Dawson) K de Melo 58.5 – 115

3 – 6 KISSHOTEN (A P Peter) K Matsunyane 58.5 – 112

4 – 12 DESTINY OF FIRE (M/M de Kock) C Murray 58.5 – 104

5 – 9 FAMOUS LADY (D Nieuwenhuizen) T Godden 58.5 – 103

6 – 4 CARE FORGOT (S G Tarry) C Zackey 58.5 – 102

7 – 3 SWIATEK (J S Snaith) R Fourie 58.5 – 100

8 – 1 MISS WORLD (A A Azzie) S Moodley 58.5 – 98

9 – 8 WARM RECEPTION (C/T Dawson) C Habib 58.0 – 105

10 – 11 VALENTINA BALDUCCI (R R Sage) P Mxoli 58.0 – 96

11 – 10 GET UP (S G Tarry) M K Katjedi 51.5 – 112

12 – 2 FLOWER ISLAND (M/M de Kock) M Yeni 50.5 – 104

Same Trainer: (2,9) (4,12) (6,11)