OFF THE RECORD #9
Racing updates 2024: Regional moves and retirements
STAR-STUDDED WEEKEND MEETINGS WITH A PICK 6 BOUNTY! This weekend the turf will come alive with the spirit of champions. A whopping R5-million is expected in the carryover Pick 6 Pool at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday for the 163rd running of the L’Ormarins King’s Plate over 1600m. It’s a star-studded nine-race card. Champions will be crowned and fortunes can be won, so don’t get left. Top up your tote accounts! The expected boat race between See It Again and Charles Dickens will be matched in excitement at Turffontein on Sunday when ace three-year-olds Sandringham Summit and Main Defender return to the ring for round three of their engaging rivalry. Around the main meetings we have the regular interesting Friday fare from Fairview and a meeting at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday supported, all weekend, by meetings from elsewhere on the globe.
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By Molly Hunter James Owen’s Love Tree can continue in good form in the Ludlow Junior “National Hunt” Hurdle.
Eastern Cape Champion trainer Gavin Smith has been in very good form of late and his runners could take centre stage once again at Fairview on Friday.
It’s been almost 3 years since the SAFA NEC announced Hugo Broos as the 19th Head Coach of Bafana Bafana over a Zoom call at the SABC ...