Let The Eagle Soar Today
It’s probably in the entrepreneurial nature of the punter to try and find the lurker and something to beat the favourite. But this may well be one battle left to the obvious
27th January 2017
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It’s probably in the entrepreneurial nature of the punter to try and find the lurker and something to beat the favourite. But this may well be one battle left to the obvious
Retired nine-times Cape champion jockey Karl Neisius spent the best part of 40 illustrious years in the saddle trying to win the Met
The Onamission Syndicate are looking forward to the inaugural running of the R1 million KUDA Sprint
Glen Kotzen’s Selangor Cup winner Gold Standard will carry the famous blue and white silks of Drakenstein Stud for the first time when he lines up in the Sun Met
Bela-Bela is the only filly to take on the boys in Saturday’s Gr1 Sun Met. We chat to the connections behind the ‘Pink Horse’
Sun Met-day promises to be an interesting one for the progeny of several of South Africa’s top stallions and broodmares
Lead-up races to this year’s Sun Met have been fascinating in respect of the pace at which they were run and the influence of pace on their outcomes
With the inaugural Sun Met just around the corner, we reminisce with our oldest surviving Met winning jockeys – Colin Palm and James Maree
Met trainers Candice Bas-Robinson and Brett Crawford will also be on the show, together with top jocokey Richard Fourie who rides the only 3yo in the race
We get stable comments for the full field for the 2017 Gr1 Sun Met
With just days to go, TAB will be taking bets from Monday 23 January for Sun Met Day on Saturday. Please mark your tickets carefully!
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
