HORSE RACING
Woodruff trio chasing fifth cup win on the trot
In his bid to win the R2m Sansui Summer Cup for the fifth year in a row, trainer Geoff Woodruff will have three runners in the 20-horse field with Piere Strydom an eye-catching booking for Master Switch. However, when Phumelela Gaming & Leisure revealed the runners on Wednesday there was no place for Woodruff’s talented filly Bi Pot. The daughter of Judpot had hinted she could be a leading player in the cup when she took third place behind the Irish-bred filly, Cascapedia, in the grade3 Yellowwood Handicap at the beginning of November. Woodruff has dominated Johannesburg’s most famous racing contest for the past four years, scoring with Yorker (2013), Louis The King (2014) and Master Sabina (2015 and 2016). Pagoda and Banner Hill are the two other runners from the stable, with JP van der Merwe engaged for the former and Cape jockey Grant van Niekerk booked for the latter. Gavin Lerena was originally mentioned as the likely pilot for Pagoda, but the popular highveld rider has kept fa...
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