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Gr2 Merchants H – Antious
Mike de Kock appeared to hold a very strong hand with Link Man and Gibraltar Blue in the Merchants over 1160m at Turffontein on Saturday, but the unpredictable nature of handicap racing was again well illustrated when the two were upstaged by 40/1 outsider Antious