A wave of purple power engulfed Cape Town International Airport this morning as the Hollywoodbets team hosted a reception party for visitors to the Mother City – many of whom are here for the Sun Met on Saturday.
Complimentary Sporting Posts and Winning Forms were handed out to excited arrivals, who had a host of different ideas as to which horse would win the big race.
According to Patrick Bradley from South Africa’s leading bookmakers Hollywoodbets, the big race betting has been ‘a bit subdued’ with no sustained pressure for any of the Met runners. He spoke to us earlier this week.
“Punters are nibbling at Hawwaam, but I think most are hoping for a drift from 18/10. But I don’t believe this is likely to happen. Interestingly, there has been a bit of interest in Piere Strydom’s mount Head Honcho (at 33/1), and Snaith’s second stringer Bunker Hunt (at 40/1) earlier.
