Best of the best clash in race of the season
This pair could easily see Snaith emulate his Durban July feat of first and second past the post.Former July champ The Real King (128) is an obvious danger to the duo, but the story doesn’t end there.
- ▪This pair could easily see Snaith emulate his Durban July feat of first and second past the post.Former July champ The Real King (128) is an obvious danger to the duo, but the story doesn’t end there.
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HORSE RACING NEWS - Only eight go to post, but Saturday’s HKJC Champions Cup at Greyville is justifiably dubbed “the race of the season”.Twenty runners started Africa’s most important race, the recent Hollywoodbets Durban July, but the quality of this Grade 1 contest is indisputably higher.Compelling such a comparison is the fact that the top three horses in the July ante-post betting market, who were later withdrawn, are all present here.One thing’s for sure, there won’t be any downgrading of the Champions Cup in the near future – a fate befalling too many of our big races, such as the Gold Cup, the grand old staying event that headlines Saturday’s action despite being a humble Grade 3 these days.Six of the top 12 merit-rated horses are in the Champions Cup field, and seven of the top…
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