History will be made at Kenilworth’s Sun Met meeting in Cape Town on Saturday when punters will have the opportunity to participate in two Pick 6 bets.

The first will run, as normal, from Race 4 to Race 9. The carryover going forward on the first Pick 6 on Saturday at Kenilworth, Sun Met day, has been increased to R2.2 million and the pool is now expected to reach R8 million.

The second Pick 6 starts in Race 8 and will run through to Race 13. A carryover of R500,000 was announced on Monday and the pool is forecast to reach R2.2 million.

“I believe this is the best Met card ever assembled and for that reason we have decided to introduce a double Pick 6.

“We are always looking to introduce innovative betting concepts for the public and I believe having two Pick 6s on a card is an exciting prospect and will add another dimension to the day,” said Vee Moodley, Executive Director: Sports Betting for Phumelela.

“With 13 races run at a single meeting for the first time the decision to have two Pick 6 bets looks an obvious option.

“It also gives bettors the chance to be involved in Exotic bets from the start of the meeting to the finish.”

The other very popular bet on the day is the Quartet and on the Sun Met, which is Race 9 on the card, the pool will kick off with a carryover of R600,000 and is likely to rise to R5 million.

There are two other Quartet carryovers on the day. Race 7, which is the tricky Grade 1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes over 1600m, will start with a carryover of R100,000 and is expected to reach R700,000 while Race 13 will have an extra R50,000 in the pool which is expected to reach R450,000.

There will also be two Jackpots, the first running from Race 5 to Race 8 and the second from Race 9 to Race 12. Jackpot 2 will be boosted by a R100,000 carryover with the pool reaching around R1 million.

The BiPot kicks off in Race 2 and a R50,000 carryover is likely to produce a pool of R500,000.

By Phumelela