The Gr.1 City Of Pietermaritzburg Fillies Sprint and the Gr.1 Tsogo Sun Casino Sprint were run at Scottsville on Saturday, 23 May.
The latter is the first of the four bonus races* in the competition and in a highly competitive race, Captain Of All (Captain Al) showed his class with top weight, scoring 25 prized points! Gulf Storm (Sail From Seattle) finished second and Sheik’s Brashee (The Sheik) was third. Points scored:
| Tsogo Sun Sprint (Gr.1) * | CAPTAIN OF ALL | 1st | 25 |
| GULF STORM | 2nd | 14 | |
| SHEIK’S BRASHEE | 3rd | 10 |
In the Gr.1 City of Pietermaritzbug Fillies Sprint, Carry On Alice (Captain Al) put in the performance of her career to reverse the form with second placed Alboran Sea (Rock of Gibraltor) and Fly By Night (Jet Master) was third.
| City of Pietermaritzbug Fillies Sprint (Gr.1) | CARRY ON ALICE | 1st | 20 |
| ALBORAN SEA | 2nd | 14 | |
| FLY BY NIGHT | 3rd | 10 |
The next major point scoring race meeting in the competition will feature the Gr.1 Daily News 2000, Gr.1 Woolavington 2000 and the Gr.3 Lonsdale Stirrup Cup worth a total of 105 points at Greyville Racecourse on Saturday, 30 May.
Only 15 points separate the TOP 50 in the competition.
PROVISIONAL LEADER BOARD (TOP 50) – 25 May (subject to verification during final audit)
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Progeny of Captain Al are one and two on the LEADING HORSES log.
| 2015 CHARITY TURF CHALLENGE by LEADING HORSES (25 May) | ||
| POSITION | NAME OF HORSE | POINTS |
| 1 | CAPTAIN OF ALL | 25 |
| 2 | CARRY ON ALICE | 20 |
| 3 | DYNASTIC POWER | 19 |
| 4 | ALBORAN SEA | 14 |
| ALEXIS | 14 | |
| GULF STORM | 14 | |
| THE CONGLOMERATE | 14 | |
| 8 | FLY BY NIGHT | 10 |
| SHEIK’S BRASHEE | 10 | |
| 10 | ACT OF WAR | 9 |
| BOUCLETTE TOP | 9 | |
| INARA | 9 | |
| MAC DE LAGO | 9 | |
| POWER KING | 9 | |
| ST TROPEZ | 9 | |
| 16 | ASHTON PARK | 6 |
| ATAAB | 6 | |
| LIGHT THE LIGHTS | 6 | |
| PUNTA ARENAS | 6 | |
| 20 | AZINCOURT | 1 |
| BALANCE SHEET | 1 | |
| BE MINE TONIGHT | 1 | |
| BRUTAL FORCE | 1 | |
| CHOIR MAIDEN | 1 | |
| CUVEE BRUT | 1 | |
| DYNASTIC | 1 | |
| FIRE WHEEL | 1 | |
| FUTURA | 1 | |
| HALVE THE DEFICIT | 1 | |
| MASTER JAMES | 1 | |
| MAYBE YES | 1 | |
| MOD BARLEY | 1 | |
| PEJ | 1 | |
| SOLID SPEED | 1 | |
Due to time constraints on Tellytrack, the spot prize draw on Saturday, 23 May could not be televised. However, the draw was recorded on Winnings Ways. Watch the show here:
This is a computer generated, random draw from all entrants and not dependent on points earned. The winners were:
- Muis The Ace 5
- Avi 1
- Diya 1
- Vinodh 4
- Merlin 1
They each win a R500 telephone betting deposit kindly sponsored by TAB GOLD “The Intelligent Bet”. CONGRATULATIONS to the two winners! The next spot prize draw will be on Saturday, 30 May at Greyville Racecourse.
