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The Danish Superligaen 2012/13 season kicks-off this weekend with Danish giants FC Copenhagen coming up against FC Midtjylland. This season marks the 100 year anniversary of the Danish Football League.
On Saturday, 07 July the 115th running of Africa’s Greatest Horseracing Event took place at Greyville Racecourse.
It looks set to be the ultimate grudge match. Germany may be threatening Greece with exit from the euro (the official currency of the eurozone), but the debt-stricken country now has an unexpected opportunity for revenge against its biggest and most critical creditor – by knocking its football team out of Euro 2012.
With most teams not wanting to collect a first match loss in the Euro 2012 first round of matches, as expected in international tournaments, the opening matches saw many 1-1 draws.
The next big point scoring opportunity is the Gr.2 Post Merchants, which will be run over 1200m at Greyville Racecourse on Friday 15 June (night racing).
Variety Club stands out head and shoulders above all, except maybe for Tales Of Bravery.
Champion three year old filly Princess Victoria sets out to redeem her worldbeater reputation when she runs in the Gr2 Tibouchina at Clairwood
Golden Crest looks all set to score his fourth successive win when he takes on his elders on Sunday at Turffontein
Sunday sees Group C kick-off their Euro Finals. Group B may be the group of death however, Group C features the last two World Cup winners
Saturday marks the first round of matches for Group B, ‘the group of death’. World Cup finalists Netherlands will play Denmark followed by second favourites Germany going up against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal.
Longstanding owner Sabine Plattner celebrated victory in the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
The Barend Botes-trained Lance filly Quid Pro Quo overcame enormous odds to make it five in a row and galloped her way into the history books
Richard Fourie crowned a superb season with an armchair ride to register a 141st Grade 1 winner for Mike de Kock
Cape Racing’s ongoing tussle with Mother Nature in what has been a wet July to beat all July’s, produced a fairytale at a sunny, but very chilly, Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Thursday
