Earning Those Stripes
With both the Guineas and the Drill Hall Stakes topping the bill on Saturday the Natal season gets off to a flying start.
2nd May 2012
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With both the Guineas and the Drill Hall Stakes topping the bill on Saturday the Natal season gets off to a flying start.
With two non black type feature events taking place at the Vaal on Tuesday racing on sand comes to the fore in midweek. At the weights two runners stand out in the Summer Speedsters Stakes, but one of them has proven herself in top grade company and should take a lot of beating here….
The Highest purse on offer in midweek is that put aside for the winner of the MR92 Handicap over 1000m at the Vaal’s sand track on Tuesday. Just nine go to post….
Will the Golden Slipper form stand up? Ratings for the Gr1 race for 2yo fillies on July day were difficult to arrive at, with Princess Victoria a very easy winner and few of those close up with much previous excellence to speak of.
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
