A Lucky Heritage for Houdalakis
Jack Milner Trainer Lucky Houdalakis and owner David Shawe could not have wished for a better outcome in the R500,000 World Sports Betting Grand Heritage as their runners finished first and second in this…
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We’re Jamming to play it up in Cape Merchants
Jack Milner We’re Jamming showed his class very early in his career, running three consecutive seconds and then winning his first race when taking out the Grade 3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery over…
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Draw to suit Purton in Hong Kong Mile
Zac Purton will be ideally placed to attack Golden Sixty on Sunday as his mount California Spangle has drawn gate No 2 in the HK$30 million Longines Hong Kong Mile (1600m). While the rider…
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Luck of the Irish in Grand Heritage
Jack Milner While the World Sports Betting Grand Heritage has always been seen as a race of “firsts” and there are a couple of new initiatives added to this year’s event, which will be…
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6 places on SA’s greatest betting race
South Africa’s greatest betting race, the WSB Grand Heritage, will be run at the Vaal on Saturday and there will be TAB Place payouts for the first six horses to finish instead of the…
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Sophomore stats a conundrum for punters
Danie Toerien Statistically speaking, the World Sports Betting Sophomore 1000 (Race 6) should be the easiest race in which to find the winner, as only eight runners are carded to go to post in…
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Magner could be Hollywoodbound
Jack Milner Composer Robert Schumann once described Beethoven’s Symphony No 4 as “a slender Greek maiden between two Norse giants”, because of the magnitude of symphonies Nos 3 and 5. Trainer Roy Magner could…
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Global Drummer tries a little further
Jack Milner Punters have been set a nice puzzle for the Founders Trophy (Race 7) over 1600m on the Fairview Polytrack on Friday as one cannot dismiss any of the eight runners. The class…
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Canvassed looks best in Garhoud Sprint at Meydan
Ed Marnane The Listed Garhoud Sprint, the first major dirt sprint of the season, headlines Friday’s seven-race card at Meydan. This year’s renewal has attracted a stellar field, headed by the Doug Watson pair…
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Top rides for O’Shea in Abu Dhabi
Ed Marnane Four days after staging their biggest meeting of the season racing returns to Abu Dhabi for a low-key six-race card, featuring the first event on turf for two-year-olds. The race, run over…
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