Simple Verse has been reinstated as the St Leger winner, following a three-hour hearing at which her connections appealed against the fact that she was disqualified and placed second by the Doncaster stewards
Simple Verse confirmed her status as arguably the leading staying filly of her generation with her remarkable run in Saturday’s classic, the final leg of the British Triple Crown
“It’s great. I don’t know what to say. It’s a dream really. It’s unbelievable. I rode him like the best horse in the race. He travelled brilliant and he is so laid back he just goes to sleep. When I pulled him out he was always going to get there.”
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
