While the initiative by the racing operators to shuffle race- meetings this weekend in an effort to beat the weather bogey is to be lauded, the practical impact on the role-players may have warranted kinder consideration. The most controversial and brave move is, no doubt, the decision to bring the Kenilworth meeting scheduled for Sunday forward to Saturday. But why not the Turffontein meeting?
Heavy rains in Durban force postponement of the Saturday 11 June meeting to Monday, and bring Kenilworth back from Sunday to Saturday
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
