“I have been trying to prove the handicappers right, doing everything I can and using all my skill to build the horse up so that he could compete in a race like this but giving him 102 for a maiden…”
Punters took a few body blows early on in both regional Bipot bets on Saturday, with the red hot odds-on favourite General Franco running a dismal last in the Kenilworth opener.
Today’s Kenilworth eight-race card on the summer course will play second fiddle to the Greyville action up the East Coast but the probable final run as a 2yo by the exciting odds-on shot General Franco, will keep the interest focussed
The R4 million 2018 CTS Premier Yearling Sale chart topper General Franco, who won so smartly on debut in April, will make his reappearance
While General Franco arrived on the racing scene in style, we were reminded how dangerously our jockeys live every day
Likely to be one of the most interesting horses racing this week, the 2018 CTS Premier Yearling Sale chart topper General Franco makes his debut at Kenilworth today
A final field of 17 will face the starter at the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth 2000m marker on Saturday 25 January for the 163rd renewal of the R5 million World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met
Two past winners of the Cape’s premier summer speed clash are in the fifteen strong line-up
