Broken hearts and dented reputations littered the countryside as Variety Club took the first major colts’ classic of the season by the scruff of the neck under a faultless ride from Anton Marcus, who frankly may have ridden most of his rivals to sleep in the Gr1 Cape Premier Yearling Sales Cape Guineas.
The Jameson Trophy from 1895 for the Cape Premier Yearling Sales Cape Guineas winner.
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
