MONDAY 23rd - THURSDAY 26th MAY 2016
No. 2254
FLAMINGO PARK
The capable Dynasty gelding Stormy Eclipse is the choice
12:20pm (Monday)
VAAL classic 12:15pm (Tuesday) GREYVILLE poly 11:45am (Wednesday) VAAL turf 12:45pm (Thursday)
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MR 95 HANDICAP at Greyville on Wednesday
Conspiracy theories may have abounded at Greyville last Wednesday when the day’s banker bet refused to load and was withdrawn at the start – only to be substituted in the exotics with a half unlikely tote favourite, who, horror of horrors, failed to run into the money.
Fate
The talented Tripandie is on the up and was fancied, despite the handicapper’s liberal rating, to register his fourth win on the trot. But fate was to strike. Dean Kannemeyer’s Trippi gelding refused point blank to load and was dismissed by the starter. This is where things go pear shaped. With four horses in the running for tote
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he stressful nature of this wonderful game can lead to fertile imaginations and a search for wrongdoing at times, where only motive appears to exist. Racing returns to the Durban city venue this Wednesday and punters will still be scratching their heads about the seventh at Greyville last Wednesday.
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favourite, it was the Drier horse Thunderwood, going off at 13-2, who eventually overtook the lot and started the Tripandie sub. Under replacement rider Muzi Yeni, the son of Horse Chestnut ran a dirty nowhere and took out thousands of exotic tickets in the process – there was five times more Bipot tickets on Tripandie than anything else combined. It was left to two appropriately named fellows to fill the top two berths
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– Captain Chaos beating Psycho Syd. Seriously! Did somebody take a position in those last three minutes and press the buttons on Thunderwood? The win pool was just over R100 000. And if the mystery punter did, was there any wrongdoing? At our request, Saftote are investigating. We aren’t holding our breath though.
Topliner
But back to the present and topping the weights in
Wednesday’s topliner, an MR 95 Handicap, is the Mike Azzie trained 2015 Supreme Cup winner, Deputy Jud. The son of Judpot has done next to nothing since his glory day on the sand at the end of September 2015, and dropped right out last time when finishing 27 lengths behind Legal Eagle in the Premier’s Champions Challenge. Cont. p.2
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