MJ Byleveld will resume at Kenilworth on Saturday little more than seven weeks after his horror fall on the Greyville polytrack.

He said yesterday: “They had to operate and put a plate in my broken thumb but I am now 100% again. I am just taking the one ride (Red Eight in the Tabonline Maiden) to begin with.”

MJ Byleveld

Byleveld, riding Fonteyn for Yogas Govender in a 2 000m fillies maiden on 19 July, was involved in a three horse pile-up. When Honeymoon Cove clipped heels 700m out, she fell like a stone and Byleveld’s mount galloped straight into her, firing her rider into the ground with the force of a pile-driver – “and, believe me, the poly is not soft,” said the jockey.

Anton Marcus flies in for six good rides: Rommel, Eastern Front, Ice Queen and True Words for Joey Ramsden, Leadman (Brett Crawford) and Querari’s Secret (Vaughan Marshall).

Fake News, formerly President Trump, makes his long-awaited debut for Justin Snaith in the first, a 1 200m maiden. Bernard Fayd’Herbe rides but apparently the stable is not expecting fireworks.

However Snaith Racing is expecting a lot from Winter Series winner African Night Sky and reports that the four-year-old will have his first race of the season in the Matchem Stakes at Durbanville on 7 October. The L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and Sun Met are the targets.

Racecourse general manager Dean Diedricks yesterday confirmed that the Durbanville seven meeting campaign will go ahead as planned, starting on 23 September. There were rumours floating around at Kenilworth last Saturday that there had been second thoughts. Not so, said Diedricks.

Bookmaker Bertie Dobbie and his brother Melvyn, due to cease on-course operations after last Wednesday’s meeting, have been granted a reprieve and were happy to accept an invitation to carry on for a limited period.

By Michael Clower

Glen Kotzen’s top class colt Gold Standard is in full work and will be a leading contender for the two Principal Grade 1 events of the Cape Summer Of Champions Season, the L’Ormarin’s Queen’s Plate and the Sun Met.

Kotzen will also have a strong team for the three-year-old classics led by his Grade 1 Premier’s Champion Stakes winner Eyes Wide Open.

Gold Standard (Liesl King)

Gold Standard “went wrong” after his excellent fourth place finish in an ultra strong Sun Met at the end of January and a decision was made to avoid the SA Champions Season in KZN.

Kotzen said the couple of months holiday had done the strapping Trippi colt a “world of good”.

He will now take the traditional Cape Summer route for a top older horse of the WSB Green Point Stakes, the Queen’s Plate and the Met.

However, he might have a preparation outing before the Green Point.

Kotzen said, “He is in a good place, he’s cruising, and is twice the horse he was as a three-year-old.”

It was a surprise to many when last season’s Grand Parade Cape Guineas winner William Longsword was not named the Equus Champion Three-year-old Male and he and Gold Standard looked to be a class apart in the latter race both in looks and performance. Gold Standard had earlier beaten William Longsword when winning the Grade 2 Selangor Cup and his record against the Equus Three-Year-Old Male Champion, Edict Of Nantes, was two-nil. He then proved his class in the Met, finishing 1,25 lengths ahead of Marinaresco on 2kg better terms than weight for age, whereas Marinaresco beat Edict Of Nantes in the Vodacom Durban July, despite the latter being 4kg better off than weight for age with him. The Equus Awards now appear to be based chiefly on Grade 1 victories, presumably to avoid controversy, but this measure has arguably made it more controversial as Gold Standard was not even among the nominees in the Three-year-old Male category.

Eyes Wide Open, a Dynasty colt, runs in the same colours as Gold Standard, being owned outright by Hugo and Suzanne Hattingh’s Chrigor Stud, who part-own Gold Standard together with Drakenstein Stud.

Eyes Wide Open won the Grade 1 Premier’s Champion Stakes in impressive style on Gold Cup day. He was subsequently given a three week break and given his African Horse Sickness vaccinations.

Kotzen said, “He is out of the top drawer and is a serious contender for the three-year-old classics.” His chief targets are the Cape Guineas and the Investec Cape Derby. He will also likely defend the yard’s crown in the Selangor Cup before those two races.

Eyes Wide Open (Candiese Marnewick)

Kotzen also views two of his other colts as classic contenders, Opera Royal and Pack Leader.

Opera Royal by Oratorio won his maiden in his third start by 3,5 lengths over 1400m on the Greyville poly. He followed up by finishing a narrow second to the promising Roy Had Enough in a Juvenile Plate over 1900m on the Greyville turf. The form of the latter race has not worked out too well to date, but Opera Royal looks to have plenty of scope for improvement. Kotzen said, “He is a really smart colt and I think once he matures we will hear a lot about him.” The connections believe he might have got going too late in that 1900m event because with the blinkers on he had not seen the other horse on the inside rail. The blinkers were put on for the previous 1400m race, as it was considered too sharp for him, and they were kept on after he had won that race easily. However, they might now be removed. Kotzen views Opera Royal as a Cape Derby horse.

Pack Leader, a Philanthropist colt, was unlucky in the Premier’s Champion Stakes, where he finished a 1,45 length seventh. Kotzen said, “Craig Zackey had to check him and he reckoned he would otherwise have won the race. The Philanthropists get better as they get older and I believe he will mature into a beautiful three-year-old. He is a Guineas and Derby contender.”

Kotzen’s leading three-year-old filly is the Grade 3 The Debutante winner Princess Peach, by Captain Al. He said on paper she should stay a mile, but she had enjoyed reverting to 1200m in the Debutante, so the Grade 1 WSB Cape Fillies Guineas might not be part of her program.

However, he has another filly, Too Phat Too Fly by Bezrin, whom he rates as a Guineas contender. She finished second in two Listed events in Cape Town, over 1200m and 1500m respectively, before travelling to Durban to run in the Grade 1 Thekwini Stakes over 1600m at Greyville on Gold Cup day. She finished a 3,85 length sixth, but Kotzen said, “I thought it was an incredible run. It was her first time going clockwise, and she came from stone last and made up a lot of ground. Richard (Fourie) was impressed and said she would be his preferred Fillies Guineas horse.”

By David Thiselton

Turffontein Standside is one of fairest tracks in the country and punters will be looking forward to the eight race meeting tomorrow.

The Pick 6, Jackpot and PA look attainable.

In the first leg of the PA, a MR 89 handicap over 1600m, Shukamisa looks to be a banker. He stayed on well over 1400m last time and being by Silvano should be coming into his own and should relish the step up in trip. If Elevated lines up he could be a threat. It would have taken a good horse to finish fourth in this year’s Grade 1 Grand Parade Cape Guineas, as he did, as the form of that race has proved strong. He proved his class on Saturday in his first run for the Mike de Kock yard when winning hands and heels over this trip on the Inside track. Some will say the second run after a layoff theory means little unless it comes too soon after a hard comeback effort. On the one hand this run does come just three days after the comeback, but on the other he was not hard ridden to win.

Hunting Owl

In the first leg of the Pick 6 over 1600m, two up and coming sorts, Walter Smoothie and Stay With Me should relish the course and distance. The former has a nice big stride and this rangy sort caught the eye running on over 1400m on debut. Stay With Me is also a scopey sort and he ran out of straight over 1400m last time, despite having been caught wide in the running.  He will be a big runner here, especially if getting better luck in the running from another tricky draw. The more experienced Dancing Rebel can be included for the risk averse. He over raced a touch last time over this trip on the Inside track but still stayed on well for third. If he settles better from a similar draw he will be right there, although this is his 38^th run in the maidens.

The next race is an uninspiring maiden for fillies over 1600m and looks to be a two horse race between Serendipity and Candy Kisses, although Sussex is a lurker who could upset. The form of both Serendipity and Candy Kisses speaks for itself. Sussex would likely prefer further, but his improved run over 1800m last time makes him a danger over just 200m shorter on the same galloping track.

Race five, a fillies and mares handicap over 1160m, is a potential stumbling block. Melinda’s Garden might be all the rage, but history will show that young three-year-olds merit rated above 80 are often outgunned in their first meeting with older horses, even if they later prove to be better than that rating. Her 82 merit rating is thus a concern, especially as her easy maiden win over 1000m was not run in a great time. Therefore a bold decision to leave her out has been made and Open Road (dropped to an attractive merit rating), Madam Secretary (under achiever who should be coming into her own), Burundi Bush, Secret Vision and Last Girl Standing (all in good form) are selected to get punters through.

The next is an equally tough 1000m handicap, although Unchained Melody still looks reasonably merit rated on 70 considering his easy start to finish maiden win over this trip. He cast a shoe in his only subsequent start and if reproducing his maiden win could defy topweight. Rebel Renegade, Hunting Owl, Western Warrior and Chief Sioux are the ones who make most appeal of the rest and this is on the grounds of them being reasonably handicapped on their best form over what should be a suitable trip.

In the fifth leg of the Pick 6 over 1400m, the progressive Starret City is the choice from a good draw over a suitable trip, although one slight concern is this is his first run since the end of June and it might be being seen as a run to get him going for the season. Dan The Lad’s only win was over course and distance. His resolute finish makes him suited to this long-straighted course and a wide draw should not be of too much bother. Yankee Captain keeps on improving and is ideally course and distance suited. He is also capable of running on too, so a wide draw is not insurmountable. Holy Joe is interesting dropped in trip from a good draw on this galloping track as he is capable of turning it on. Rambo can never be ignored despite being a nine-year-old.

There should be a lot of pace in the last leg with both Time To Be Great and Just A Gigolo involved and this should set it up for the closers Rand Club, Pachucho and Tommy Waterdevil. Crazy Vision can also be included for the risk averse.

By David Thiselton

Three months ago Still I Rise had a hole in her head as if she had been shot with a bolt from a humane killer, and it was a bolt that went perilously close to killing her.

“She rolled in her box, somehow spiked her head on the ring and the metal stuck in her skull,” said Joey Ramsden as Steph Grentell produced the evidence on her phone to prove it. Yet, despite repeatedly swishing her tail in protest at Morne Winnaar’s whip, this AUS$ 80 000 (R825 000) Melbourne purchase showed a decisive turn of foot – a good omen if ever there was one – to make a winning debut in the Test Kitchen Maiden at Kenilworth on Saturday.

Joey Ramsden (Kenilworth Racing)

Siberian Husky in the Shirtliff colours, 4-1 winner of the Perpetua House Maiden with Greg Cheyne in the irons, also has a difficult medical history. “He has an urticaria – we thinks it’s an allergy from something in his box,” related Eric Sands, “So all this week I put him in a paddock day and night with a companion.”

The treatment worked but there were side-effects in the form of bite marks on the gelding’s neck – the so-called companion decided to show the patient who was boss and further doubts set in when the horse worked badly last Thursday.

A treble has brought Justin Snaith’s total in 16 seasons to just two short of 2 300 winners but he was most unhappy about last term’s 175 – 40 less than Sean Tarry – and he has vowed to do much better this time.

“Last summer was the worst I have ever had and this season we are on a mission,” he declared. “We always seem to do well early and now I want us to push on throughout the season.”

Richard Fourie started the ball rolling with an enterprising no-nonsense ride on One Direction, Bernard Fayd’Herbe celebrated both his return and Chris Snaith’s 67^th birthday on Greenflashsunset and Grant van Niekerk completed the stable’s treble by making all on Weston in the last.

Van Niekerk, who was also in treble form, is quietly building up a useful and potentially rewarding association with Snaith Racing and he also took full advantage to snatch the Carl Greaves Brokers Pinnacle on the Ramsden-trained Catkin when Icon King decided to treat the shadow from the stands as if it was the first fence in the Grand National.

Richard Fourie (Nkosi Hlope)

But the Pinnacle proved most disappointing for heavily- backed favourite Silicone Valley. He was odds-on only a few minutes before the off but he threw away a priceless advantage coming out of the pens and Piet Botha never looked happy on him after that.

“I needed to commit and go but I was caught three wide,” he said, reliving the frustration. “When I wanted to go the others quickened and when I wanted to ease back they slowed.”

Victorious Captain has been frustrating for Vaughan Marshall as well as punters but he made virtually all under Corne Orffer to score at the eighth attempt. ”He should have won two races by this stage,” said the trainer. “But he has had terrible problems with his shins – they are like those on American horses.”

Marshall’s day was made when the consistent, and clearly talented, Sequined broke her maiden in the St Dalfour Platewith Van Niekerk asking her to do the bare minimum out in front.

– Elevated’s win in the mile handicap at Turffontein on his first start for Mike de Kock was greeted with delight by Riaan van Reenen for whom the gelding finished fourth in the Cape Guineas.

The Philippi trainer said: “Elevated left me after the Winter Classic but I am still involved in the planning and I am recommending that he goes to Dubai. He is very good in the sand.”

By Michael Clower

Glen Kotzen is aiming for the top with his Premiers Champion winner Eyes Wide Open.

He said: “The horse has had a good break and has now started working again. His targets are the Cape Guineas and the Cape Derby and he could go for the Selangor (Nov 18) first. He is going to be a proper horse.”

Kotzen won last season’s Selangor with Gold Standard who went on to finish second to William Longsword in the Guineas and fourth to Whisky Baron in the Sun Met.

By Michael Clower

It was first time for the trio and “about time’, said a relived Nathan Kotzen after his colt Cumulus made a winning debut for Rob Haswell who was absent to lead in his first winner as an owner at Scottsville yesterday.

Kotzen, a long-time lieutenant of Mike de Kock in KwaZulu-Natal, decided to go on his own after De Kock shut up his Summerveld shop. That was some months back and as Kotzen said, it was about time that he had his first winner.

Cumulus (Candiese Marnewick)

Haswell, former municipal manager of Msunduzi (Pietermaritzburg) hence the Alderman title before his name, is visiting family in the United States so missed out on his first winner although good friend Des McDonald was on hand to help out along with breeder Anton Proctor.

Dennis Bosch is never one to hold back when stirred and was vocal about the current racing programme – mostly unprintable.

But with stable companion Chantyman out with a virus, Billy Silver made short work of his three rivals in the Govender’s Garage Novice Plate and is on track for his immediate target, the Lanzerac Ready To Run to be run at Kenilworth early next month.

Gary Rich has more than served his apprenticeship in the racing game. Father Dessie was a legend in his time, winning the July Handicap with Lightening Shot in 1977. Rich has been assistant, trainer, Jockey Academy riding master, private trainer and is now back on his own at Ashburton.

Connect Me is not the easiest customer in the mornings, the filly making her debut in pacifiers, and there was always a risk of her boiling over on the course. “Her temperament is a worry,” said Rich after winning the card opener.

However, Billy Jacobson lists adrenalin sports as one of his hobbies and is often a ‘go-to’ jockey on difficult horses that scare the pants off many of his weighing room colleagues.

However, Connect Me was perfectly behaved yesterday and put it all together.

Duncan Howells was officially crown KZN Champion Trainer at an awards ceremony last Tuesday evening and behind much of his success is prolific owner Dave Maclean who has invested heavily in some top bloodstock.

MacLean’s dayglo orange and black silks are now a familiar sight in the winner’s enclosure and Edge Of The Sun added another victory in a hard-fought win in the Derby Meats Maiden Plate. Not one to exert himself in the mornings, the gelding races in blinkers and Keagan de Melo earned his riding fee as he was hard at work from the jump to get home narrowly from a fast-finishing Amritsar.

If that was close, De Melo was asked to work even harder on the MacLean-owned Howells-trained Wild Wicket. In receipt of 10kg, apprentice Ashton Arries was on his bike from the top of the straight on Saint Marco. De Melo, on the hot-pot favourite, was wise to the tactic but it was an agonising few seconds for Wild Wicket supporters as he slowly reeled in the runaway leader to snaffled him in the last jump.

Louis Goosen, settled in to Ashburton this month, had his first winner from his new yard with the giant Haddington. Given a smart ride by champion apprentice Eric Ngwane, Haddington took command early and kept up a relentless gallop all the way to the wire.

By Andrew Harrison

The racing programme more often than not dictates as to where a trainer runs a horse and there are times when two horses from the same yard are forced to take each other on or stay in their boxes because another suitable race could be weeks or even months away.

The Govender’s Garage Novice Plate at Scottsville on Sunday is a case in point where Dennis Bosch has to smart colts entered who look likely to dispute favouritism, and possibly the finish.

Billy Silver (Nkosi Hlophe)

Billy Silver and Chantyman were both facile maiden winners with pedigrees out of the top drawer but choosing between the two could be tricky.

Chantyman fluffed his lines on debut, when sent out favourite but made amends in no uncertain terms second up when bolting home by seven lengths over Sunday’s course and distance. “He’s a lovely horse and was a bit unlucky,” said Bosch of the colt’s debut effort. “He got left but it was not Alec’s (Forbes) fault.”

Anthony Delpech concurred with Bosch’s assessment after winning on the colt but when asked on which was the better after Billy Silver’s win, Chantyman or Billy Silver, after the latter had hacked up on debut, he refused to be drawn. Opting out he said “They are both smart horses. I don’t want to upset any owners.”

The fact that Delpech has stuck with Billy Silver may be an indication as to which is the better over Sunday’s trip but with Anton Marcus on Chantyman, this could develop into a stable dog-fight.

Bosch took a chance on entering Chantyman for the Gr1 Premier’s Champion Challenge after his maiden win, a jump from 1200m to a mile. The colt was far from disgraced, finishing five lengths back to the winner, Eyes Wide Open, but also telling is that Tom Collins was among Chantyman’s victims in his maiden win and Dennis Drier’s charge subsequently shed his maiden over a mile and lines up in the eighth race on Sunday, a MR 66 Handicap over 7500m.

Anthony Delpech (Liesl King)

“A very, very smart horse,” was Delpech’s assessment of Billy Silver after his maiden romp and that may prove to be the salient point. Billy Silver was down to race at Scottsville last Sunday but because this Novice event was an add-on to the programme, Bosch was given permission by the stipendiary stewards to scratch in order to contest this Sunday’s event.

This pair appear to have scared off any serious opposition with only five other runners carded including the filly Lady Val, an Australian-bred daughter of High Chaparral. James Goodman describes her as a filly that “shows class”. She has a postage stamp on her back but will need to be really smart to beat winners of the ilk of Billy Silver and Chantyman on debut.

Duncan Howells was officially crown KZN Champion Trainer at an awards ceremony last Tuesday evening and behind much of his success is prolific owner Dave Maclean who has invested heavily in some top bloodstock. One of these is the Dynasty gelding Wild Wicket who steps up to bat in the PAFTA Service Centre Handicap and looking to snap a run of seconds. After a narrow win over the Greyville 1600m, he has subsequently been undone by stable companions Chicago Beat and latterly Nicklaus, neither of which are slouches.

There is nothing else from the Howells stable in this line-up that could pose a threat and Wild Wicket this time around and he does look a cut above most of the field.

Likely dangers are the Garth Puller-trained pair of Main Player and Saint Marco. Both have been consistent in lower divisions but as this is a handicap and with both in receipt of around 9.5kg, Wild Wicket could be felled by a bouncer if stable rider Keagan de Melo is not wide awake.

With a run of seconds, Louis Goosen has been banging on the door for his first winner since moving to Ashburton and his first win could come courtesy of the giant gelding Haddington. The son of Ideal World had been confined to extended sprints on the Highveld but the decision to send him over 1950m last Sunday almost paid dividends. Apprentice Eric Ngwane dictated from the start and was in front everywhere except the line where the heavily supported favourite Brigheyebushytail got up in the last few jumps.

With another light weight to shoulder he could notch the second win of his career although he faces two progressive three-year-olds in Tom Collins and Cool At Heart while Fangia has the word ‘passop’ written all over him.

By Andrew Harrison

The Alec Laird-trained speedster Romi’s Boy returns from a lay-off tomorrow, but that should not stop him from going close in the Grade 3 Spring Spree Stakes over 1200m on the Turffontain Inside track.

The Querari gelding has only run once over this course and distance and dominated the race, beating the fair sort Doosra by over five lengths. From a good draw of five, he will be a tough nut to crack as he will only be getting stronger. As a sprinter the layoff since June 10, where he was cut into when running a 1,6 length fourth to the classy sprinter Sommerlied over 1100m at Greyville, should not detract too much from his winning chances. Angel’s Power is course and distance suited and is better drawn than a lot of the other chief contenders. His last run over 1000m at this track can be ignored as he was hopelessly trapped in a pocket. He is 4kg better off with Romi’s Boy for a 1,9 length beating over 1200m at the Vaal, which puts them just about together.

Will Pays (Nkosi Hlophe)

Will Pays was surging late over 1160m last time when losing to Pure Blonde by 0,7 lengths and to Captain Aldo by a head. He is now 1kg better off with Pure Blonde, faces Captain Aldo on the same terms and is drawn in pole position. Spring Steel beat Pure Blonde by 1,4 lengths over 1160m in June and is now 0,5kg better off, so has a chance from a good draw. Maximizer comes off an easy win in the Listed Darley Arabian over 1600m on the Greyville Poly. He has never run in a sprint before, but is a strong horse with some pace and Keagan de Melo stays aboard from a fair draw. Sporting Monarch has pace and a fair draw, but the handicapper might have his measure. Amazing Strike is weighted to comfortably beat stablemate Romi’s Boy on their last meeting, but he has a tricky draw, particularly considering he likes to be within striking distance.

Captain Aldo is consistent  from sprints up to 1400m and S’Manga Khumalo has been doing well for trainer St. John Gray lately. However, the wide draw will make it tough for this handy sort. Pure Blonde outpaced the field over course and distance in his penultimate start, but must now do it from the widest draw of all. The classy Champagne Haze jumps has a fine turn of foot, so will likely be dropped out from a wide draw before running on. However, making up the ground carrying 63kg won’t be easy. Classify is an in form raider from Port Elizabeth, but this is a lot stronger and he might find 1200m a touch sharp. Finchatton makes little appeal on current form and the trip will likely be too sharp.

Earlier, Secret Star could defy topweight in the Non-Black Type For The Ladies Stakes over 1200m. She has speed and a telling kick and the rider who brings the best out of her, Piere Strydom, is back aboard. She has a fair draw too. Myfunnyvalentine proved her Cape Town form was all wrong last time out when returning from a long layoff.  She has won over course and distance before and has the pole position draw. Spring Wonder is 5kg better off with Myfunnyvalentine, despite beating her by 0,3 lengths. However, she will have to bounce back from her last start where she was not persevered with. She was found to be not striding out on one front leg and had abrasions from the starting stalls on one of her hind legs.

By David Thiselton

Silicone Valley has a clear chance of registering his first win for ten months in the Carl Greaves Brokers Pinnacle Stakes at Kenilworth tomorrow.

The seven-year-old has had some well documented problems but he has plenty of ability – enough to take second in the Merchants and fifth in the Queen’s Plate – and, although he has to give weight all round, he is suited by the trip and the conditions.

Heartland (Nkosi Hlophe)

If this was a handicap he would be meeting his seven rivals on much more disadvantageous terms and his recent form is good. True, he has been done no favours by the draw but Piet Botha is riding well and should be able to overcome this.

Second top-rated Heartland has been disappointing and Catkin, possibly at his best over this trip, looks the main threat. Turbulent Air is on the upgrade but he was raised six points for last time’s half-length mile win and it remains to be seen whether this was fully warranted.

Bernard Fayd’Herbe returns after a five-week absence and has a big chance of kicking off with a winner on Eternal Night in the Test Kitchen Maiden. The Eric Sands four-year-old is rated 3.5kg inferior to Tough Love but only gives her 2kg whereas the weight-for-age scale says she should be conceding 7kg. Not surprisingly, the sahorseracing computer says Fayd’Herbe’s mount will score convincingly.

However preference is for Tough Love’s stable companion Bid Before Sunset who really caught the eye on debut last month. She was an unconsidered 20-1 shot (despite having Callan Murray in the irons), lost two lengths at the gate and a fair bit more as the more experienced left her wondering what it was all about.

She ran on really well from a long way back to take second to It Is What It Is with Tough Love a length and three-quarters further back. The experience will have really brought her on and Grant van Niekerk’s mount now looks the one they all have to beat, Eterenal Night included.

Five-year-old Quarllo has a similar weight for age advantage in the opening Perpetua House Maiden but Photocopy finished just in front of him on debut and should be able to confirm the form with that experience under his belt. Indeed the computer predicts victory for Sihle Cele’s mount.

However it may be worth taking a chance with Victorious Captain who has some good form to his name and has been running well.  He is well drawn while Henry Tudor should also be in the shake-up.

By Michael Clower

Eight houses are up for grabs in a new win-if-you lose competition.

Corporate fixed-odds operator Betting World and TAB, which operates pools betting in eight of South Africa’s nine provinces, will give away eight houses to their customers in a grand lucky-draw competition that launches tomorrow, 1 September.

To stand a chance of winning one of the houses, customers must take a R10 or more bet with TAB or Betting World in September or October – and lose.

Customers then enter the competition by writing their name, ID number and contact details on the back of the losing ticket and placing it in the in-store competition entry box.

“We are really excited about the competition which we have titled ‘8 houses in 8 weeks’. For most of our customers it will be a life-changing experience to win a house and we look forward to making that happen for eight different people”, said Rob Scott on behalf of Betting World and TAB.

“The campaign is unique in the betting industry in South Africa because of its scale,” he added.

The lucky draw for the eight winners will take place at Turffontein Racecourse on Saturday 25 November, when the Gauteng Sansui Summer Cup – better known as ‘The People’s Race’ – will be run.

The competition will run from 1 September to 31 October 2017 in all provinces across South Africa.