The annual Charity Turf Challenge now sponsored by Track And Ball always adds spice to the SA Champions Season and is open for entries.
This is a competition that is a must for racing fans to enter as it generates huge excitement and is highly rewarding for astute studiers of form.
The competition requires patrons to choose a list, or lists, of ten horses which accumulate points throughout the Champions Season for winning or being placed in certain races.
Previous renewals of this competition showed that finding the Vodacom Durban July winner is one of the keys to winning the competition. The July is one of four races alongside the Tsogo Sun Sprint, the Rising Sun Gold Challenge and the eLan Gold Cup where the winning horse earns a five point bonus for CTC entrants.
Horses capable of winning or being placed in Gr 1 races are the ones to find, because these races carry more points. Therefore, it should be noted staying races have generally been downgraded this year and horses will not earn as many points as they did in previous years for winning or being placed in them.
It is always wise to include a top three-year-old filly as horses in this category have plenty of opportunities.
The entries must be submitted before the opening Champions Season meeting on May 7. The submitter of the winning list will win R100,000 and there is a R20,000 prize for second and R10,000 for third.
Furthermore, there is a R20,000 stand-alone prize for the list which generates the most points on Vodacom Durban July day. Spot prizes will also be drawn randomly throughout the competition.
Entries are R50 per list and as many lists as desired can be submitted. Online entries (visit www.charityturfchallenge.co.za) are offered a free bonus entry for every five lists they enter.
Furthermore, if you open a Track And Ball account (www.trackandball.co.za) you will receive free betting vouchers to the value of your entries up to a limit of R200 per person. Entries van be done online at http://www.charityturfchallenge.co.za.
Manual entry lists can be found at participating Totes, Track And Ball outlets, and Independent Bookmaking Outlets, or On course at specified KZN race meetings, including the May 7 meeting.
David Thiselton
