Pick 6 pool likely to top R10 million at today’s Charity Mile meeting

Connoisseurs of fine horse racing are in for a treat today, with epic contests in the US and Australia – and an appealing meeting on home turf at Turffontein into the bargain.

The Emperors Palace Charity Mile today gives Joburg racing fans the chance to get off the TV room couch and stretch the legs at Turffontein.

There’ll be a decent crowd there, with 16 celebrities representing the 16 charities whose allotted runners will battle it out for R1 million in welfare cash giveaways.

The scratching of hot favourite Buffalo Bill Cody has thrown open the Charity Mile, with every starter now having a realistic chance of scooping the R150 000 first-place cheque for its charity.

The Turffontein Pick 6 pool is likely to hit R10 million – a fast-wealth opportunity few red-blooded punters can allow to pass by.

The two-day Breeders’ Cup race meeting that started yesterday is dubbed by the Yanks the “World Championships of Racing”.

It is being staged at California’s iconic Santa Anita racetrack today – with full coverage in South Africa on Tellytrack and an array of betting opportunities available on TAB.

The pools are co-mingled – meaning they’ll be massive and payouts could be sensational.

Win, Place, Exacta, Swinger, Trifecta and Quartet bets are available on all Breeders’ Cup races, alongside a plethora of other bet types, such as Pick 6, PA, Pick 3, rolling Doubles and no less than four Jackpots on each day.

The action picks up again today at 7.07pm until 2.44am tomorrow.

The principal event, the Breeders’ Cup Classic, the finale, is run on dirt and bitter past experience has scared off the international competition.

However, the penultimate contest, the Breeders’ Cup Turf, has several European-based runners.

Anthony van Dyck, trained in Ireland by the phenomenal Aidan O’Brien, is second favourite for the “Turf” at 3-1 – behind 18-10 shot Bricks And Mortar from the Chad Brown stable.

Next on the board, at 4-1, is English hope Old Persian, conditioned by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin.

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