HOT TICKET
Dean has a winning Cup ticket!
Jack Milner: Only the handicapper can beat Hot Ticket! That’s the view of trainer Dean Kannemeyer ahead of Saturday’s eLan Property Group Gold Cup over 3200m at Greyville.
HOT TICKET
Gold Cup day: What the trainers say about their runners
ELAN PROPERTY GROUP GOLD CUP (GRADE 1) – 3200m DEAN KANNEMEYER: Hot Ticket is probably…
KINGSTON MINES
Kingston Mines ready to unearth goods at the Vaal
Jack Milner: One would have hoped the well-bred Kingston Mines may have already had a few wins to his name after six starts. However, one tends to forget this beautifully bred son of Archipenko was reared in the northern hemisphere and is thus six months younger than his local counterparts.
FUTURA
All the Grade 1 betting: Futura shortens for Champions Cup
Money has come for Futura in Saturday’s Grade 1 Beach Beauty Champions Cup over 1800m at Greyville. Brett Crawford’s charge was available at 4-1 after early money poured onto Pomodoro, but the Vodacom Durban July third-placed runner has since been backed in to 22-10.
ASPEN
Snaith loses three horses going home
Nicci Garner: “This championship has come at a high cost,” said a choked up Justin Snaith on Monday after three of his horses and a New Turf Carriers groom, Elias (28) died outside Laingsburg on the road back to Cape Town from Durban.
S'MANGA KHUMALO
S’Manga Khumalo selected to ride in Shergar Cup in UK
SOUTH AFRICA’S champion jockey in waiting, S’manga Khumalo, will ride in the UK for the first time in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup on Saturday 9 August. He will be a member of the Rest of the World team – alongside Japanese legends Yutaka Take (captain) and Yuichi Fukunaga.
