This was a week for long shot bonuses in the Charity Turf Challenge, after La Bella Mia and Valbonne both paid over R15 for a tote win and earned their supporters an extra 5 points.
La Bella Mia (lead-in pic by Candiese Marnewick above) could not have been more impressive when finishing strongly to beat the colts in the Gr2 Post Merchants on Friday evening from the consistent Wynkelder, with Bold Respect in third place.
Weiho Marwing’s filly earned 19 points for her efforts. Arabian Air, Euphoric and Fresnaye were the only other point scorers this week.
See the individual leader board here
The leading horses:
| 2019 CHARITY TURF CHALLENGE by LEADING HORSES (16 June) | ||
| NAME of HORSE | POINTS | |
| 1. | HAWWAAM | 40 |
| 2. | CHIMICHURI RUN | 35 |
| 3. | TWIST OF FATE | 28 |
| 4. | DO IT AGAIN | 25 |
| 5. | FRONT AND CENTRE | 23 |
| 6. | CELTIC SEA | 20 |
| CIRILLO | 20 | |
| PACIFIC TRADER | 20 | |
| SILVANO’S PRIDE | 20 | |
| 10. | EYE’S WIDE OPEN | 19 |
| LA BELLA MIA | 19 | |
| RAINBOW BRIDGE | 19 | |
| 13. | CASCAPEDIA | 14 |
| FREEDOM CHARTER | 14 | |
| OH SUSANNA | 14 | |
| RETURN FLIGHT | 14 | |
| SANTA CLARA | 14 | |
| SCHIPPERS | 14 | |
| SNOWDANCE | 14 | |
| TRIP TO HEAVEN | 14 | |
| UNDERCOVER AGENT | 14 | |
| 22. | BLOSSOM | 10 |
| DIVINE ODYSSEY | 10 | |
| WYNKELDER | 10 | |
| 25. | BARAHIN | 09 |
| IN THE DANCE | 09 | |
| KAMPALA CAMPARI | 09 | |
| MAGNIFICENT SEVEN | 09 | |
| MIGHTY HIGH | 09 | |
| NATIONAL PARK | 09 | |
| SUNSHINE SILK | 09 | |
| VARDY | 09 | |
| 33. | BOLD RESPECT | 06 |
| BUNKER HUNT | 06 | |
| GREEN PLAINS | 06 | |
| MADE TO CONQUER | 06 | |
| SECRET POTION | 06 | |
| SILENT CRUSADE | 06 | |
| TEMPLE GRAFFIN | 06 | |
| VALBONNE | 06 | |
| 41. | ELUSIVE HEART | 05 |
| ONE WORLD | 05 | |
| 43. | CAPTAIN AND MASTER | 03 |
| DOUBLEMINT | 03 | |
| MAJESTIC MOZART | 03 | |
| SUGAR GIRL | 03 | |
| 47. | HELEN’S IDEAL | 02 |
| RUN FOX RUN | 02 | |
| ROY’S RIVIERA | 02 | |
| ST VLADIMIR | 02 | |
| THE SULTANS BAZAAR | 02 | |
| 52. | ALYAASAAT | 01 |
| ARABIAN AIR | 01 | |
| CLOUDS UNFOLD | 01 | |
| CROWN GUARDIAN | 01 | |
| CROWN TOWERS | 01 | |
| EUPHORIC | 01 | |
| EXCLUSIVE QUANTITY | 01 | |
| FRESNAYE | 01 | |
| GOLDEN CHANCE | 01 | |
| HUDOO MAGIC | 01 | |
| INFAMOUS FOX | 01 | |
| KNIGHT’S TEMPLAR | 01 | |
| MASTAGAMBIT | 01 | |
| MATADOR MAN | 01 | |
| NEXUS | 01 | |
| PERFECT TIGRESS | 01 | |
| PRICELESS RULER | 01 | |
| READY STEADY GO | 01 | |
| SACRED ARROW | 01 | |
| SOLDIER ON | 01 | |
| VAN HALEN | 01 | |
| WONDERWALL | 01 | |
The action returns to Scottsville this weekend for the running of the Track & Ball Gr3 KZN Derby and Track & Ball Gr3 Oaks on Saturday. This year, we included the sponsor’s big race as a fifth bonus race, so good points are on offer for the winning horse in the KZN Derby!
Final fields will be announced on Tuesday this week.
The winners of this weekend’s R500 betting vouchers kindly donated by TabGold are:
TEAM 100 GRAND
FUZZY 5
GK 2019 B
JAMBEE 12.
The next leader board will be released on Monday, 24 June
