GREAT WEEKEND RACING (tu)

Kentucky Oaks kicks us of on Friday then the 2000 Guineas from Newmarket on Saturday,plus the Kentucky Derby,the 1000 Guineas on Sunday and a possible seasonal Debut for Camelot at the Curragh on Monday..


Dont forget the local action KRA Guineas and Drill Hill on Saturday and Blueridge Mountain on the Sunday

Great Stuff X(

Betting is open for the Eclipse with Camelot 5/1 Favourite ahead of Animal Kingdom 6/1

There is certainly some good bets, unfortunately they will be short in the betting, Capetown Noir and Blueridge Mountain, hopefully the sports betting fundis can give a good rugby or soccer bet to boost the odds.

Txs Bob looking forward to a few crackers

Got the season FEVER!! Very exciting stuff !

There is great racing throughout the next three months but the dates to diarise for special meetings are:

Saturday, May 4, Greyville (day racemeeting): The KRA Guineas Day is the country’s premier classic meeting for three-year-old milers where the country’s top horses come together for the first time at level weights in a bid to determine the best of the generation. In most cases, the top horses from the three major regions have not met before and Greyville is the place where the big clash takes place.

Wednesday, May 22, Greyville (night meeting): The Grade 2 Betting World 1900 always includes runners looking to improve their chances of a run in the Vodacom Durban July. Over the years a number of winners of this race have gone on the capture the blue ribbon event.

Saturday, May 25, Scottsville: The Grade 1 Golden Horse Sprint heads South Africa’s premier meeting for sprinters and includes three other Grade 1 events, all over 1 200m. They are the South African Fillies Sprint and the two juvenile events, the Tsogo Sun Medallion and the Allan Robertson Championship.

Saturday, June 1, Greyville: The Grade 1 Daily News 2000 and the Grade 1 Woolavington 2000 – the two premier races in the country for three-year-olds over 2 000m. Winners of these races have gone on to win the country’s premier event and is the pinnacle event in determining the top three-year-olds in the country. The 2 400m, Grade 3 Lonsdale Strirrup Cup is the first event in the programme for stayers leading up to the Grade 1 Gold Cup.

Saturday, June 8, Clairwood: The biggest meeting of the year at the Southern Durban venue headed by the Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge, the ultimate test for milers at weight-for-age. The programme comprises no less than nine feature events including the Grade 2 Tibouchina Stakes at weight-for-age for fillies and mares, the Grade 3 Cup Trial and the three finals of the KZN Winter Challenge Series.

Friday, June 14, Greyville (night meeting): The Grade 2 Post Merchants over 1 200m, a prestigious sprint event who’s history dates back many decades.

Sunday, June 23, Clairwood: Derby Day featuring the best staying three-year-olds in the Betting World Derby and Betting World Oaks, both at Grade 2 level over 2 400m.

Sunday, June 30, Greyville: The R1-million KZN Breeders Million Mile, a conditions race for graduates from the KZN yearling sales.

Saturday, July 6, Greyville: Africa’s greatest racing and social event – Vodacom Durban July Day. The R3.5-million, Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July tops the programme that includes the Grade 1 Garden Province Stakes, the Grade 1 Golden Horseshoe and the Grade 1 Golden Slipper as well as the Grade 2 Gold Vase and four other feature events.

Saturday, July 13, Clairwood: South Africa’s premier weight-for-age race for sprinters, the Grade 1 Mercury Sprint – the race that often determines the best speed horse in the country.

Saturday, July 27, Greyville: The grand finale to the season, Super Saturday featuring South Africa’s premier and most famous distance race, the Grade 1 Gold Cup over 3 200m. The programme includes the Grade 1 Champions Cup over 1 800m, the final Grade 1 feature events for two-year-olds in the Premiers
Champion Stakes and Thekwini Stakes and three other feature events.

Champions Season 2013 is the country’s greatest gathering of champions and a season that offers everything to everyone in spectacular and exciting racing and entertainment – don’t miss it.

bayern Wrote:

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> There is certainly some good bets, unfortunately
> they will be short in the betting, Capetown Noir
> and Blueridge Mountain, hopefully the sports
> betting fundis can give a good rugby or soccer bet
> to boost the odds.


WATCH BOTH ODD ON CAN GET BEATEN.

IN CAPE BLUERIDGE MOUNTAIN CAN GET BEAT BY ONE .. :S !maybe wit the same colour jacket,in bass yard.. -

Have been waiting for Dawn Approach in 2000 gns but maybe Hughes can make it difficult ?
Should be a great race with 2 unbeaten colts

hibernia Wrote:

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> Kentucky Oaks kicks us of on Friday then the 2000
> Guineas from Newmarket on Saturday,plus the
> Kentucky Derby,the 1000 Guineas on Sunday and a
> possible seasonal Debut for Camelot at the Curragh
> on Monday..
>
>
> Dont forget the local action KRA Guineas and Drill
> Hill on Saturday and Blueridge Mountain on the
> Sunday
>
> Great Stuff X(

And Borrowdale Park hosts their only Gp1, the Castle Tankard on Sat.

scotia Wrote:

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> Have been waiting for Dawn Approach in 2000 gns
> but maybe Hughes can make it difficult ?
> Should be a great race with 2 unbeaten colts


definitely the highlight for me and even tho hughes is hot im going with dawn approach to win the 2000 guineas

Dreaming of Julia tonight in the Oaks

What? Dreaming of Julie Alexander? Hibs u nawty man><