A massive betting line-up for Gold Cup Festival Of Racing at Greyville

Two guaranteed Pick 6 pools and an exciting big-race double across two days are the highlights of TAB’s betting line-up for the Gold Cup Festival of Racing at Greyville this weekend, when TAB customers will have a string of chances to win big.

For the first time the Gold Cup race meeting has been turned into a two-day festival with Saturday’s meeting headlined by the R1-million World Sports Betting Champions Cup and Sunday by the R1.25-million eLAN Gold Cup, South Africa’s premier equine marathon.

These are the final big races of the 2016-17 horseracing season, which runs from 1 August to 31 July annually, and it’s going to be two days of great racing and betting opportunities.

To celebrate the occasion TAB is running a special Festival Double and adding R100,000 to the pool, which guarantees a goodvalue payout.

Bettors must pick the winner of the Champions Cup on Saturday and the Gold Cup on Sunday. There will be a consolation payouts for first and second, and second and first, with 15% of the pool set aside for each consolation.

Due to software issues probable payouts displayed will be to 100% of the pool, when in fact only 70% of the pool is for winning the double outright. So deduct 30% from any probable payout displayed to get the true likely dividend.

The Festival Double pool is already open. To play in a TAB use the normal betting form and mark venue oval 10. The cost per double remains R1 but the minimum bet is R10.

There are big Pick 6 carryovers to both meetings – Saturday’s pool should hit R4 million and a R1.75million carryover to Sunday could generate a pool of R6 million! TAB has guaranteed a R3.5-million Pick 6 pool for Saturday and R5 million on Sunday.

Here are the highlights of TAB’s betting line-up for Greyville: SATURDAY 29 July Race 4: Pick 6 MEGAPOOL - R1,000,000 carryover, GUARANTEED pool R3,500,000 - likely pool R4 million plus!

Race 7: Champions Cup Quartet MAXIPOOL - R100,000 carryover, likely pool R1,500,000! SUNDAY 30 July Race 2: BiPot Leg 1 - R45,000 carryover, likely pool R600,000!

Race 3: PA Leg 1 - likely pool R1,500,000!

Race 4: Pick 6 MEGAPOOL Leg 1 - R1,750,000 carryover, GUARANTEED pool R5,000,000 - likely pool R6 million plus!

Race 5: Jackpot Leg 1 - R50,000 carryover, likely pool R1,500,000!

Race 7: Gold Cup Quartet MAXIPOOL - R300,000 carryover, likely pool R3,000,000!

NOTE: TAB Place payouts on first 5 runners to finish in Gold Cup!

* Likely TAB Win pool Gold Cup: R1,200,000!

* Likely TAB Place pool Gold Cup: R900,000!