Potent field lines up for this year’s Charity Mile Top jockeys back in action
BIG PAYDAY: 16 SELECTED CHARITIES WILL SHARE IN A POT OF R1-MILLION
Rugby World Cup final to be shown live on a big screen at Turffontein.
Gavin Lerena is back in time to ride Buffalo Bill Cody in the R1-million Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile over 1600m at Turffontein on Saturday 2 November.
The final field was announced yesterday but the job of pulling their draws and putting the horses together with the charities and their celebrities, will take place at a function at Emperors Palace today.
This is a wonderful opportunity for 16 chosen charities to share in R1 million, the amount received depending on where their horses finishes in the race.
This looks to be one of the best fields seen in quite a while in this race and it is headed up by Buffalo Bill Cody, who is unbeaten over the distance, three of which have been on this Standside course. He will carry top weight of 60kg and will be reunited with Lerena who has notched up two wins on this Irishbred son of Redoute’s Choice.
De Kock has three other runners in the field and all have decent chances. Anton Marcus will ride Barahin, Callan Murray on Cascapedia and Muzi Yeni Noble Secret.
Champion trainer Sean Tarry also has four runners as well as another reserve runner.
Raymond Danielson will be riding last year’s Gauteng Summer Cup winner Tilbury Fort while Piere Strydom will ride nicely weighted Zillzaal, who was a very impressive winner of his first run after being gelded.
Tarry also saddles talented filly In The Dance and Pilou.
Camphoratus from the Robbie and Shannon Hill stable is back at Turffontein. She caused an upset when winning the Grade 1 Empress Club Stakes over this course and distance and then backed it up with a great run in the Durban July.
Candice Dawson has two decent contenders in Infamous Fox and Approach Control while Geoff Woodruff runs the always reliable Zouaves.
The Rugby World Cup final will be played on 2 November as well and rugby fans can come early, spend some time at the Joburg Beer Festival. For just R80 you can watch the match live on the big screen with a complimentary Heineken and an abundance of entertainment throughout the day – from Oompa bands and Irish dancing to live horseracing.
There are competitions, giveaways and prizes galore up for grabs, ensuring you have multiple chances to win, provided lady luck is on your side. With not one, but two ‘happy hours’, beer pong and drinks specials throughout the day, along with a variety of food vendors, your catering needs will be cared for.
Kiddies entertainment will also be provided and they can join in on a day jam-packed with festivities and live entertainment for the whole family (Please note that no under 18s are allowed in the beer fest area).
Gates open at 10h00 and entrance on to the race course is free. The
Rugby World Cup final starts at 11am and the first race is off at 12.45pm.
Final field for the R1-million Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile (Grade 2) over 1600m on the Turffontein Standside track on Saturday 2 November.
1 - 0 BUFFALO BILL CODY (M F de Kock) G Lerena 60.0 - 125
2 - 0 BARAHIN (M F de Kock) A Marcus 58.5 - 122
3 - 0 INFAMOUS FOX (C Dawson) M Byleveld 58.5 - 122
4 - 0 ZOUAVES (G V Woodruff) M van Rensburg 57.0 - 119
5 - 0 CAMPHORATUS (R/S Hill) G Wright 56.5 - 118
6 - 0 TILBURY FORT (S G Tarry) R Danielson 56.5 - 118
7 - 0 CASCAPEDIA (M F de Kock) C Murray 56.0 - 117
8 - 0 CHIJMES (G M Alexander) D Schwarz 56.0 - 117
9 - 0 DIVINE ODYSSEY (J J van Vuuren) C Maujean 56.0 - 117
10 - 0 MARCHINGONTOGETHER (G H van Zyl) W Kennedy 55.5 - 116
11 - 0 NOBLE SECRET (M F de Kock) M Yeni 54.5 - 114
12 - 0 ZILLZAAL (S G Tarry) P Strydom 54.5 - 114
13 - 0 IN THE DANCE (S G Tarry) ............... 53.0 - 111
14 - 0 PILOU (S G Tarry) ............... 52.0 - 109
15 - 0 APPROACH CONTROL (C Dawson) S Khumalo 52.0 - 108
16 - 0 TRISTFUL (A J Rivalland) S Veale 52.0 - 108
Reserve Runners
17 - 0 FLYING WINGER (A G Laird) Reserve 1 52.0 - 105
18 - 0 DOOSRA (J J van Vuuren) Reserve 2 52.0 - 109
19 - 0 TIERRA DEL FUEGO (S G Tarry) Reserve 3 52.0 - 103
Same Trainer: (1,2,7,11) (3,15) (6,12,13,14,19) (9,18)
The ranks of the local jockeys will have swelled considerably this weekend with the return of three leading jockeys who have been out with injuries.
Craig Zackey, who has had hip surgery, will be riding at the Vaal tomorrow, Anton Marcus, who has had surgery to his wrist and elbow, will be in action at Greyville on Friday night and at Kenilworth on Saturday, while Gavin Lerena who has had corrective surgery to his hand, will be riding at Turffontein on Saturday.
While the news will be received with delight by most of the racing public, the other jockeys who were managing to pick up some of the regular rides of these three might not be over the moon.
Marcus has a couple of fancied runners in both the Grade 3 Cape Classic and the Grade 2 Western Cape Fillies Championship at Kenilworth.
“It’s exciting to be back and I’m very fortunate that I have the support of Ridgemont,” he told Gold Circle, who added that by the time Marcus takes his first ride on Saturday he will have been riding work for two-and-a-half weeks and ridden in three barrier trials.
The four-time champion has been snapped up by Vaughan Marshall for top-rated Langerman runner-up Silver Operator in the Cape Classic (a race he has won three times in the last six seasons) and for his retainer, Ridgemont, he partners second favourite Pretty Young Thing in the Western Cape Fillies Championship as well as Yorktown in Race 5 over 1600m. Both are trained by Brett Crawford.
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