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Imbongi leads Turf Challenge

Following last Friday night’s victory in the Gr II Drill Hall Stakes run at Greyville Racecourse, the chestnut son of Summerhill Stud’s Russian Revival, Imbongi, earned 10 points for his
supporters in Racing South Africa’s inaugural running of the Charity Turf Challenge.
For fans of the Mike de Kock racing stable Imbongi’s stable companion, Bold Ellinore, clinched second place and a valuable 5 points.
Imbongi looks set to take his place in one of the three bonus point
races, the Gr I Gold Challenge, run over the Clairwood mile on Saturday, June 14.
The winner of the bonus races will earn an additional 25 points and might be the key to winning the grand prize worth R50 000!
The Gr I Golden Horse Casino Sprint run at Scottsville Racecourse on May 31 and the Vodacom Durban July run at Greyville Racecourse on Saturday, July 5 are the other two bonus races.
Peter Gibson, CEO of Racing South Africa, the competition organiser, was thrilled with the response to the Challenge, saying: “We achieved our target number of entries despite a very slow start which was not helped by the recent shortened working week.
“This is a fantastic start and the concept seems to have caught the imagination of the racing public.
“When selecting their teams, entrants were forced to look as far ahead as the Gr I Canon Gold Cup run at Greyville on Saturday, August 2 and, therefore, capture the competitive spirit of the KZN Champion’s Season.”
Racing South Africa envisaged a series of Charity Turf Challenges being introduced to support the Cape Summer Season as well as Phumelela’s Highveld Feature Season.

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