Bookies’ cash helps to support British racing, but betting on the horses is becoming less popular. In the Seventies, betting fans queued up to back legendary horses such as Red Rum. But nowadays online poker and roulette, and figuring out who will open the scoring for Chelsea, are competing for attention
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
