South
Africa’s two top juvenile races, the R500 00 Grade 1
Premier’s Champion Stakes and the R350 000 Grade 1 Thekwini
Fillies Stakes, are the final legs of the Stars competitions for
horses, jockeys and Media tipsters.
They
will be run on All Stars Day at Clairwood Racecourse on
Saturday, July 30, and could be crucial to the outcome of the
jockey and tipster competitions.
The
Turfstar Competition has already been won by the two Joey
Ramsden horses, Shadow Dancing and Winter Solstice, who each
have 24 points. None of the runners in the two juvenile races
are within striking distance of the pair and they will share the
R400 000 prize with Ramsden receiving the R100 000 trainer’s
prize.
In
the Topstar Competition for jockeys, there is still much to play
for and while Weichong Marwing might appear safe at the head of
the table on 68 points, Glen Hatt and Anton Marcus, on 58 and 48
points respectively, are still in the reckoning.
In
the Tipstar Competition, Johan Stassen (The Herald) still leads
on 164 points with Lionel Derbyshire (Sowetan) second on 150
points. Chad Cooke (Daily News), Damian Patterson (Pretoria
News) and Harold Sterley (The Star) are close behind on 148
points.
With
a maximum of 40 points still available in the two races, the
picture could change drastically by the end of the day on
Saturday, July 30.
The
competition logs are as follows:
TURFSTAR
as at 16 July 2005
|
Horse
|
TOTAL
|
|
Shadow
Dancing
|
24
|
|
Winter
Solstice
|
24
|
|
Jamaica
|
22
|
|
Nhlavini
|
22
|
|
Cataloochee
|
20
|
|
Irridescence
|
20
|
|
Rock
Opera
|
20
|
|
Overarching
|
18
|
|
Ndabeni
|
16
|
|
Carnadore
|
14
|
|
Tyson
|
14
|
TOPSTAR
as at 16 July 2005
|
Jockey
|
TOTAL
|
|
Weichong
Marwing
|
68
|
|
Glen
Hatt
|
58
|
|
Anton
Marcus
|
48
|
|
Mark
Khan
|
34
|
|
Jason
Jago
|
32
|
|
Piere
Strydom
|
30
|
|
Bernard
Fayd'Herbe
|
28
|
|
Francois
Naude
|
26
|
|
Gerrit
Schlechter
|
20
|
|
Karl
Neisius
|
18
|
TIPSTAR
as at 16 July 2005
|
Name
|
Publication
|
TOTAL
|
|
Johan
Stassen
|
The
Herald
|
164
|
|
Lionel
Derbyshire
|
Sowetan
|
150
|
|
Chad
Cooke
|
Daily
News
|
148
|
|
Damian
Patterson
|
Pretoria
News
|
148
|
|
Harold
Sterley
|
The
Star
|
148
|
|
Etienne
Louw
|
Beeld
|
144
|
|
Henk
Steenkamp
|
Die
Burger
|
144
|
|
|
Gold
Circle Racecard
|
140
|
|
Matthew
Lips (Magic Lips)
|
Winning
Form
|
136
|
|
Viv
Greybe
|
Weekend
Post
|
128
|
|
Rod
Bechus
|
Computaform
|
126
|
|
Richard
McMillan
|
The
Mercury
|
124
|
|
Chris
Ntuli
|
Ilanga
|
120
|
|
Andrew
Harrison
|
The
Witness
|
118
|
|
Mel
Kaplan
|
Racing
Express
|
116
|
|
Eric
Beyleveld (Clocker Riley)
|
Super
Form
|
96
|
|
Dave
Cohen
|
Top
Turf
|
88
|
|
Ronald
Madikane
|
Daily
Sun
|
76
|