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SOUTH AFRICA: Classic Day At Turffontein

Last start Gauteng Guineas winners Tellina and Cherry On The Top have been entered for the big races on SA Classic Day at Turffontein on March 30.

The R2 million SA Classic over 1800m is the second leg of the SA Triple Crown while the R1 million SA Fillies Classic forms Leg 2 of the SA Triple Tiara.

The first legs were the Gauteng Guineas while the final legs – the SA Derby and SA Oaks – will be run next month on Champions Day.

Tellina, from the Geoff Woodruff yard, went into the Gauteng Guineas with a rating of 88.

He has paid for his victory over War Horse as his rating has risen to 100, making him the second highest-ranked runner on the list of entries for the Classic.

Francois Bernardus, only sixth in the Guineas, is at the top of the ratings, 0.5kg better than his Guineas conqueror.

War Horse and Alexandra Palace, one of the big fancies in the Gaunteng Guineas but only ninth, are also entered.

Should Tellina win the SA Classic he stands in line to win the R2 million Triple Crown bonus for any horse who wins all three legs.

Charry On The Top is chasing the R1 million bonus for the filly who wins all three of the Triple Tiara races, the Gauteng Fillies Guineas, the SA Fillies Classic and the SA Oaks.

The Ormond Ferraris-trained daughter of Tiger Ridge has a top-class record of six wins from nine career starts.

Her dam Carolina Cherry won the SA Oaks in 2001.

She is the top-rated horse on the list of entries with Gauteng Fillies Guineas runner-up Do You Remember the second top-rated runner at 100.


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