Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile

PHUMELELA MEDIA RELEASE
SUBJECT: Entries for the Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile
DATE: Friday 14 October 2011
RELEASED BY: Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Limited

Some of the best 1600m runners in the country are among the entries for the R600,000 Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile to be run at Turffontein on Saturday 5 November.
There were 40 nominations received for this Grade 2 race when entries closed on Friday and topping the list is Equus Award-winning champion older filly, Dancewiththedevil. St John Gray’s five-year-old mare won four races over the course and distance earlier this year, including the HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes and the Empress Club Stakes, both Grade 1 races.
Mike de Kock has nominated nine runners and among them are Grade 3 Joburg Spring Challenge winner Gibraltar Blue, Joburg Fillies and mares Spring Challenge champion Welwitschia and Kavanagh, second to Link Man in the Gauteng Guineas last season over the course and distance.
De Kock has also put in talented filly Berry Blaze, who is sure to love this long run-in on the standside track at Turffontein.    
It gets even more exciting with the news that Turffontein darling of the turf, Pierre Jourdan, has been nominated to take his place while last year’s Dingaans winner, The Apache, is among the entries.
Sean Tarry has entered six runners, including Emerald Cup winner The Mouseketeer, and Gold Onyx, who looks to be regaining his two-year-old form.
One of the better three-year-olds last season was Black Wing from the Paul Gadsby yard and he, too, is among the entries. The Kahal gelding has also been nominated for the Sansui Summer Cup to be run over 2000m at Turffontein on 26 November.  
Supplementary entries close at 11am on Friday 21 October, after which the weights will be announced. Declarations must be in by 10am on Wednesday 26 October and the draws and final field will be announced at a function later that day.
The Charity Mile is a unique and exciting way for Peermont, Emperors Palace and horseracing to help people and animals less fortunate than ourselves and this is how it works:
* The Charity Mile is a normal race in every sense. What’s special is that each runner also races on behalf of a charity and its finishing position determines how much the charity wins. To add glitz and glamour, each runner is publicly represented by a celebrity. Celebrities this year include Highveld Stereo’s afternoon drive presenter Bailey Schneider, actress and business woman Karolina Sky, SuperSport’s Neil Andrews and Olympic gold medallist Ryk Neethling.
* A total of R550,000 will be given away to the 16 participating charities. The charity represented by the winning horse gets R100,000 and emotions will run high as the runners drive to the line. The joy, the excitement and the tears of the representatives of the winning charity are the most touching moments in horseracing annually. Here’s the breakdown (should a runner be withdrawn, the relevant charity gets R20,000): 1st - R100,000; 2nd - R70,000; 3rd - R50,000; 4th - R40,000; 5th - R30,000; 6th - R29,000; 7th - R28,000; 8th - R27,000; 9th - R26,000; 10th - R25,000; 11th - R25,000; 12th - R20,000; 13th - R20,000; 14th - R20,000; 15th - R20,000; 16th - R20,000.

Nominations for the R600,000 Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile (Grade 2) to be run over 1600m at Turffontein on Saturday 5 November.  
ACROSS THE ICE (S G Tarry); ANTIOUS (H/F Brown/Robinson); ART WISH (R R Sage); BERRY BLAZE (M F De Kock); BLACK WING (P M Gadsby); BOUQUET-GARNI (G H Van Zyl); BULSARA (G H Van Zyl); CAPTAIN SCOTT (A G Laird); DANCEWITHTHEDEVIL (S J Gray); EMPENOSO HENN (M F De Kock); ENGAGEMENT (S J Gray); EXTRA COVER (A G Laird); FLIRTATION (M F De Kock); GIBRALTAR BLUE (M F De Kock); GOLD ONYX (S G Tarry); HAVASHA (M F De Kock); HOUSE OF WAX (G V Woodruff); ICE AXE (C Laird); JET JAMBOREE (D Zaki); KAVANAGH (M F De Kock); KNIGHT TO REMEMBER (D C Howells); KNOCK ON WOOD (O A Ferraris); MAHOGANY (W H Marwing); MASSIMILIANO (S G Tarry); MIKE'S CHOICE (M L Roberts); MINA SALAAM (R R Magner); OZYMANDIAS (W H Marwing); PERANA (M F De Kock); PIERRE JOURDAN (G M Alexander); REBEL KNIGHT (G M Alexander); ROMAN WALL (S G Tarry); RUDRA (M F De Kock); SELBORNE SUPREMACY (S G Tarry); SPICED GOLD (S T Pettigrew); THE APACHE (G H Van Zyl); THE MOUSEKETEER (S G Tarry); TITANO (E Verdonese); TWO TONE (M G Azzie); WELWITSCHIA (M F De Kock); WITTENBERG (G V Woodruff)