If the bookies have got their sums right, Saturday’s "Champions" meeting at Turffontein will be dominated by the stables of Sean Tarry and Mike de Kock. Tarry, the ruling champion trainer, is fancied to take both the R4m Premier’s Champions Challenge and the Computaform Sprint, while De Kock is fancied for top honours in the SA Derby. Leading Highveld bookmaker Lance Michael has priced up "horse-of-the-year" Legal Eagle as the 4-10 favourite for the meeting’s richest race, the Champions Challenge. While there is unlikely to be one pundit opposing Tarry’s star, it is a surprise that the De Kock inmate Nother Russia is available at 10-1 given her excellent recent win in the Empress Club Stakes. As the filly escapes a penalty for that win, she has to be fancied to run another big race in the hands of promising young rider Craig Zackey. However, Michael has Brazuca and Legal Eagle’s stablemate French Navy as the 7-1 co-second favourites and the latter hinted at a return to his best with...
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