“Rake’s Chestnut has not earned his Met berth and, as he is a talented horse, we will be letting him prove himself to us again and building his confidence through the handicaps.”
Who would want to bet against anything that Piere Strydom is throwing his leg over at the moment? The brilliant multiple champion jockey has made a flying start to the season and he rides the Australian-bred Samogan for Sean Tarry in the topliner on the Vaal sand today
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
