Rock up for the Gold Cup
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. 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 July 31 to August 1 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 good-value payout.
To win, horse players must pick the winner of the Champions Cup on Saturday and the Gold Cup on Sunday. There will be consolation payouts for first and second, with 15% of the pool set aside for each consolation.
Due to software issues, probable payouts displayed will be 100% of the pool, when only 70% is for winning the double outright. So deduct 30% from any probable payout displayed to get the true dividend.
The festival double pool is already open. To play in a TAB, use the normal betting form and mark the venue oval 10.
There are big Pick 6 carryovers to both meetings – Saturday’s pool should hit R4 million and a R1.75 million 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 this weekend: SATURDAY July 29 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 July 30 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