Sun Met – Where’s Your Fancy Drawn?
The draw for the barrier gate positions for the 2018 Gr1 Sun Met have been done and now the countdown begins in earnest
17th January 2018
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The draw for the barrier gate positions for the 2018 Gr1 Sun Met have been done and now the countdown begins in earnest
The sires of the three internationally bred runners in next Saturday’s Gr1 Sun Met are currently all in the top three of the Australian championship
The last grey to win the Met was Wolf Power in 1984. Can Heavenly Blue get luck with his 13 saddle-cloth
A capacity field will line up for the R5 million Gr1 Sun Met to be run at weight-for-age at Kenilworth on 27 January
The abandonment of the Met public gallops and the decision to host the invitation-only barrier draws at an off-course venue are probably not the ideal route to follow to cement Joe Public’s relationship with a sport that is crying out for a market that it once almost owned
Phumelela Gaming & Leisure have announced that the Hong Kong Jockey Club will be simulcasting South African racing for the first time
For Piere Strydom, the late opportunity to ride the progressive 4yo Last Winter presents a golden opportunity to notch a second Met winner
It’s never too late to learn and change the way things are being done!
Thirty stars bid for a Sun Met berth as entries close for 2018 renewal
Mike de Kock’s very progressive Irish-bred Cascapedia won Sunday’s R250 000 Gr3 London News Stakes at Turffontein
The only 3yo in a fifteen strong field of seasoned hardknockers, last season’s Gr1 Premier’s Champion Stakes winner Eyes Wide Open benefitted from a great ride by the underrated Anthony Andrews
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
