Carryover Saturday and Friday

20 NOVEMBER 2008



Please be advised of the following carryovers:



A Quartet Maxipool carryover of R196 087 to the Turffontein Racemeeting on Sunday, 23 November 2008. Estimated Pool: R650 000 (Race 9 off at 16:40).




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Gill Simpkins

Please be advised of the following carryovers:



A Pick 6 carryover of R126 976 to the Fairview Racemeeting on Friday, 21 November 2008. Estimated Pool: R1,4 million (Race 4 off at 14:10).


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Gill Simpkins

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'Lottery-busting' Scoop6 will be won, say Tote



IT HAS frustrated punters for 11 successive weeks - but Totesport forecast that the Scoop6, the bet it believes to be racing's 'holy grail', will at long last be won on Saturday, when a lottery-busting £5 million is up for grabs.

If, as predicted, a staggering £4m is bet into the Scoop6 pools prior to Lingfield's opening leg at 2.10pm, a single successful ticket holder who goes on to find the winner of next Saturday's bonus race is likely to pocket a sum well in advance of the estimated £4.6m Lotto jackpot.

The win fund already contains £2,037,527, while the bonus fund - which cannot be played for until seven days after the win fund has been emptied - houses £904,426. After deductions, the Totesport believe the win kitty could soar to £3.5m with the bonus pot increasing to £1.5m.

The Tote finalised the six races that have the potential to change lives. As expected, it nominated Lingfield's 2.10, 2.40 and 3.20, but also added the track's 3.50 event, which becomes the final leg. Haydock's 3m handicap chase at 2.45 is included, as is Huntingdon's 3m2f handicap hurdle, whose start time has been moved from 2.55 to 3.30. At the time of writing, 75 horses were still engaged in the six races, all of which will be televised live by Channel 4.
The Tote, which has this week utilised Hull City manager Phil Brown to help promote its Saturday special, was on Friday preparing itself for the biggest day in its history, and its spokesman Damian Walker believes the day will end with the Scoop6 having yielded at least one winner.

"I do think it will be won," said Walker.

"It was so nearly won last Saturday when there were 19 tickets going into the last leg, and this time there will betwice as much money bet into the pools and the races have smaller fields and look to be less competitive."

Walker added: "There has been a real snowball effect and we have had a crazy day dealing with lots of media interest. We took £2 million on the bet last Saturday and this time it could well be double that."