Rain forces surface switch
Rain, rain, go away
Please note: Following heavy overnight showers, a penetrometer reading of over 40 in certain areas and a prediction for further showers, the Scottsville meeting for Wednesday, 20 December 2017 has been moved to the Greyville polytrack.
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Two South African star performers in Dean Kannemeyer’s Gimme A Prince and the Vaughan Marshall champion 3yo One Stripe, who runs in Sunday’s HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap, feature in the first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025
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