Pick 6 bonanza after two huge carryovers
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Weekend’s upset results have a silver lining for punters.
TAB customers can get ready for a Pick 6 carryover bonanza with 18 TAB Pick 6 pools being boosted by carryovers totalling nearly R6 million over the next three weeks.
The Daisy Guineas fixture at Greyville last Friday night and the Champions Day extravaganza at Turffontein the next day produced some grand racing and several stunning upsets, resulting in only a percentage of both Pick 6 pools being won.
Friday delivered winners at 6-1, 18-1, 11-1, 8-1, 20-1 and 14-1, a sequence that no-one managed to predict and saw R1.8 million remaining in the pot.
At Turffontein, the Pick 6 kicked off with a kick in the pants for punters. William The Silent, a 45-1 shot, stole up in the first leg – the SA Nursery. Those lucky few still on their feet after that blow were soon knocked to the canvas by a 55-1 winner in the SA Derby, Hero’s Honour.
TAB had R5,864,689 in the Pick 6 carryover kitty as of 6 May and Pick 6 players who got it wrong at Greyville and Turffontein will have a host of opportunities to win back their money and much more in inflated Pick 6 pools starting on Friday.
TAB has allocated the bulk of the carryover money to Pick 6 pools at selected major meetings, including R1-million carryovers to the Tsogo Sun fixture at Scottsville on Saturday 26 May and the Daily News 2000 meeting at Greyville a week later.
The party gets started with the big two-day fixture at Fairview in Port Elizabeth this weekend – with a likely pool of R700,000 tomorrow and a cool R1.4-million on Saturday.