Digging For Gold
The Gr3 Lonsdale Stirrup Cup is a tough race to unravel. But Blake will be looking to confirm his connections’ Ladbrokes Gold Cup aspirations
30th May 2012
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The Gr3 Lonsdale Stirrup Cup is a tough race to unravel. But Blake will be looking to confirm his connections’ Ladbrokes Gold Cup aspirations
The Caradoc Gold Cup over 2850m produced the day’s second 1-2 finish for the Mike de Kock yard when Atyeb held off stable companion Ilsanpietro to land the honours after a dour struggle
Were it not for another outbreak of African Horse Sickness earlier this year The Apache would have left out shores a long time ago, but Hong Kong’s loss is South Africa’s gain.
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
