One of the great racedays on the South African calendar took place at Scottsville on Saturday as the 2018 Charity Turf Challenge gathers momentum.
Pinnacle Peak – leads the CTC on 28 points
Bold Respect won the Gr1 Tsogo Sun in dominant fashion, earning his supporters the first of the bonus points on offer.
However, one of the finds of the season, Pinnacle Peak, repeated his runner-up position in the Computaform Sprint and now leads the competition with 28 points.
Brett Crawford also took the third place with Sunset Eyes and looks to have a strong chance of dominating the remaining two sprints of the season, the Gr2 Post Merchants (15 June) and Gr1 Mercury Sprint (28 July).
Dennis Drier seldom walks away from this meeting empty-handed and was rewarded with another Gr1 winner when Sommerlied improved again to lift the SA Fillies Sprint.
Popular entry, Magical Wonderland, ran second and Neptune’s Rain finished third. Other point scorers this week: Rocket Countdown (5); Fresnaye (2) and Redberry Lane (2).
The leader board changed dramatically this weekend, with “DENLEDGE” dominating the top twenty point scorers with no fewer than 8 entries including the top entry (DENLEDGE 8) on 146 points, 7 points clear of “DENLEDGE 12”. “CM4” is in third place on 133 points.
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