Sprinting may not occupy the same level of passion as that lavished on other disciplines within the sport of kings, but the fast set get their centre-stage under lights at Greyville on Friday evening.
What A Winter and Shea Shea are both absentees, but there are still some smart three-year-olds left behind to take on their elders in the Gr1 Mercury Sprint at Clairwood on Saturday.
Showing a nice turn of foot from off the pace, Splash Gold ran out a fluent winner of the Post Merchants (handicap) over 1200m at Greyville on Friday evening. This was the three-year-old’s first Black Type success and it confirmed his status as one of the most promising young sprinters around
The slightly underrated Splash Gold, overcame an outside draw to annihilate a top field of speedsters in the R300 000 Gr2 Post Merchants at Greyville on Friday.
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
