HORSE RACING
Met now set for full gallop as more hopefuls stake claims
Good performances by Bela-Bela, Whisky Baron and It’s My Turn have seen all three Cape-trained horses shorten in the betting for SA’s richest race — the R5m Sun Met
After being dubbed a "two-horse affair", the complexion of the R5m Sun Met has now changed drastically, with a number of hopefuls throwing their hats into the ring. Good performances by Bela-Bela, Whisky Baron and It’s My Turn have seen all three Cape-trained horses shorten in the betting for SA’s richest race to be run at Kenilworth on January 28. Bela-Bela, unplaced in last season’s Vodacom Durban July, won back many of her fans when capturing the grade1 Maine Chance Farms Paddock Stakes under a masterful ride by Anton Marcus. Bookies clipped the grey’s odds to 6-1 for the Met. Whisky Baron, an Aussie import trained by Brett Crawford, made it four wins in a row when taking the grade2 Peninsula Handicap and is now third favourite for the Met behind Legal Eagle and Marinaresco. Another Snaith inmate, It’s My Turn, boosted his Met prospects with a good effort behind Whisky Baron and his odds were immediately clipped from 30-1 to 12-1. Marcus won his sixth Queen’s Plate — his first su...
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