Pierre Jourdan, whose mission this season is to improve on his second place finish in last year's Vodacom Durban July, is expected to need the run when he contests the G Rising Sun Gold Challenge at Clairwood on Saturday according to his trainer Gary Alexander.

High class gelding Pierre Jourdan was bought for R1.6-million when auctioned after the last race of Sunday's Turffontein race meeting.

Champion mare Igugu heads the list of entries for the R1 million President's Champions Challenge over 2000m at Turffontein on April 28.

All the big guns have been entered for the R2,5 million J & B Met to be run over 2000m at Kenilworth on January 28 with the race given an international flavour with the entry of Chester Vase winner and Irish Derby runner-up Golden Sword.

Outstanding mare Dancewiththedevil got the timing right when she won the G1 Summer Cup at Turffontein last Saturday less than 24 hours after she was named the Kwazulu-Natal Breeder's Horse Of The Year.