{"id":20896,"date":"2013-07-04T11:20:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T09:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/lafferty-feels-positive-for-durban-july\/"},"modified":"2013-07-04T11:20:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T09:20:25","slug":"lafferty-feels-positive-for-durban-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/lafferty-feels-positive-for-durban-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Lafferty feels positive for Durban July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=7455\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7455\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7455 \" alt=\"Love Struck and Tellina fight out the SA Classic finish. Photo : JC Photos\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/5ba7f_love-struck-and-tellina.jpg\" width=\"378\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Love Struck and Tellina fight out the SA Classic finish. Photo : JC Photos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/good-omen-for-love-struck\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Lafferty\u2019s<\/a> Vodacom <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/durban-july-highlights-daily-sport-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Durban July<\/a> contender <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/good-omen-for-love-struck\/\" target=\"_blank\">Love Struck<\/a> came out of the KZN Breeders Million Mile race on Sunday very well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis legs were ice cold this morning,\u201d said Lafferty, and that is a good sign of the horse\u2019s soundness.<\/p>\n<p>The three-year-old Kahal gelding won the Grade 1 SA Classic over 1800m at <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Turffontein\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=-26.2446,28.0397spn=0.1,0.1q=-26.2446,28.0397 (Turffontein)t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Turffontein<\/a> in March, but his July prospects haven\u2019t taken an upswing since.<\/p>\n<p>He finished unplaced in the Grade 1 Daily News 2000 and was then unplaced on Sunday at Clairwood, albeit with top-weight.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lafferty confirmed that the rangy bay gelding had not acted in the conditions on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe jockey drops his hands a long way out and he only finishes 4,8 lengths back, giving weight to all of them. 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Photo : JC Photos Paul Lafferty\u2019s Vodacom Durban July contender Love Struck came out of the KZN Breeders Million Mile race on Sunday very well. \u201cHis legs were ice cold this morning,\u201d said Lafferty, and that is a good sign of the horse\u2019s soundness. 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