Trainer Paul Lafferty will saddle Dark Moon Rising who is a 20-1 shot for this year’s Vodacom Durban July.
Paul Lafferty – bullish
Tabnews reports that Lafferty’s charge drew well and will jump from No 3 draw, but the Summerveld trainer probably surprised most people when he said at Tuesday’s final field announcement: “I think he is the horse to beat.”
He added: “If you look at the two favourites, African Night Sky and Do It Again, they have both flopped when running in Grade 1s.”
However, he does have one serious worry. “I am only concerned about there being no pace. The only pacemaker looked to be the reserve runner, Crowd Pleaser.”
Lafferty also apparently staked a car on his horse beating Glen Kotzen’s current reserve runner Pack Leader in the July.
Deez Dynanand made the reference to the car bet in the July panel discussion. No reference was made to the make or model of the car envisaged – and whether it would include a tank of petrol or not.
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