A representative of the American company that manufactured Cape Racing’s photo-finish technology has confirmed that the Judges got Sunday’s highly debated Hollywoodbets Kenilworth fourth race result correct.
After leading in the runner-up, Greg Bortz sportingly congratulates winning trainer Candice Bass-Robinson (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz, who owns the runner-up Dawn Till Dusk in partnership with his fiancé Gina Goldsmith, told the Sporting Post that the equipment was regularly calibrated and maintained, and only two years old.
As a means of achieving further transparency, he had the fourth race photo sent to the suppliers for a comment.
For more than 30 years Lynx has been a world leader in the production of digital photo-finish and sports timing technology and a representative has subsequently confirmed that the favourite Air Raid did, in his opinion,beat the longshot Dawn Till Dusk.
“To me, it is obvious that the Judges made the correct call,'” said the representative.
Listen to his thoughts:
As reported on Sunday, Aldo Domeyer was riding the Candice Bass-Robinson-trained 14-10 favourite Air Raid and looked to have done everything right as he hit the front at the 100m.
But JP ‘Winx’ van der Merwe, riding the 25-1 Dawn Till Dusk, had other ideas as he launched from nowhere to seemingly ‘pip’ the favourite.
Many thought that the favourite had been nabbed.
Mr Bortz has reminded the racing public that all photo-finishes of races in the Cape and KZN are published on www.gallop.co.za
