HORSE RACING AT TURFFONTE
Tale of woe for short-odds punters
With opinion polls continually getting it wrong, disgruntled punters of odds-on favourites must be walking around with empty pockets. First we had Britain leaving the EU that was predicted not to happen, last Saturday America’s superstar racehorse California Chrome was beaten at the Breeders Cup and on Wednesday Donald Trump made more nonsense of the supposed experts by defeating Hillary Clinton for the US presidency. There is an odds-on shot in action in the second race at Turffontein on Thursday in the form of trainer Sean Tarry’s Aussie import, Samurai Blade. Australian imports have been making hay in recent big races and Samurai Blade must beat his four rivals tonight with the minimum of fuss to justify his position as second favourite for the Sansui Summer Cup on November 26. Leige, a stable companion of Samurai Blade, heads the Cup market at 13-2 with Samurai Blade offered at 7-1 and two more stablemates, Master Sabina and Deo Juvente, quoted at 8-1. The withdrawal of Amsterda...
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