Gold Circle will stage an additional race meeting at Greyville on Saturday, 28 January 2017, to coincide with the running of the R5-million SunMet (Gr1).

“It’s a no-brainer for us to embrace the Kenilworth festivities and to provide our racing fans the opportunity to enjoy the SunMet and supporting races on the big screen at Greyville, while taking in some local action at the same time,” said Gold Circle’s Marketing Executive Graeme Hawkins.

“We race on Friday night the 27^th at Greyville and also Sunday the 29^th at Scottsville, so the additional meeting creates a first-time-ever weekend carnival of horseracing in KwaZulu-Natal. The Friday night meeting features the popular “Prize-Nite”, in partnership with Hirsch, and also a Night Market in the Paddock Area, while the Scottsville meeting features the Marula Sprint over 1200 metres,” added Hawkins.

For the added race meeting on Saturday 28^th, the official 8-race programme at Greyville will comprise six local races as well as the SunMet (Gr1) over 2000m and the Blue Label telecoms Cape Stayers (Gr2) over 2800m as races 3 & 5 respectively. The first local race is due off at 16:05 but on-course betting facilities will open at 12:00 to allow for wagering on the Kenilworth and Turffontein meetings.

The Durban View restaurant will be open to the public and bookings can be made with Gail Klopper on (031) 314 1780. All other on-course catering facilities, including the Braaizone and the Lightning Shot Bar, will be available to the public.