The 164th renewal of the longest race on the island, the 2400m Air Mauritius Gr1 Maiden Cup, run at the Champ de Mars on Sunday, was won by a former Mike De Kock galloper in the form of the 7yo Argentian-bred gelding Vettel
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
