HORSE RACING
Tarry, De Kock do battle at city track
Turffontein will host two grade2 races
In football terms, next Saturday’s Guineas meeting at Turffontein is as enticing as a Manchester derby between United and City. The city track will host two grade2 races — the Betting World Gauteng Guineas and the Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas and both are clashes between the top stables of Sean Tarry and Mike de Kock. Champion trainer Tarry saddles four runners in the Betting World race against three from De Kock, while the Wilgerbosdrift field sees both stables represented by four horses. In early betting, two Aussie imports from De Kock’s stable, Heavenly Blue and Ektifaa, have been priced up favourite for the two 1,600m races. Both will be ridden by Callan Murray. Heavenly Blue, with a merit rating of 100, is the market leader for the males at 7-2 while stablemate Ektifaa tops the boards for the fillies at 28-10. De Kock has strong back-up to Heavenly Blue in Janoobi with Piere Strydom booked to partner this three-year-old, who has an identical merit rating to that of M...
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