Watch: Great tips and gallops for the Sun Met
The Sun Met will go down in history as the most lucrative day for horseracing on the continent. Can you make some cash out of it yourself?
The buzz around the Sun Met, celebrated with GH Mumm, has been electric. The final field for this R5-million showdown was unveiled on Wednesday.
The Sun Met will go down in history as the most lucrative day for horseracing on the continent with upwards of R22-million in stakes money offered on a day that sees Cape Town’s social scene descend on Kenilworth.
The ‘Decades of Glamour’ theme is set to inspire a number of fantastic raceday looks spanning between the 1920s right through to the disco era of the 1970s and beyond.
The official Sun Met after-party presented by GUESS has attracted a star line-up of some of South Africa’s biggest artists including the likes of Mi Casa, Goodluck, Sketchy Bongo, Euphonik, Kyle Deutsch and Shekinah.
Tickets for the Sun Met, celebrated with GH Mumm are available from Ticketpro here.
Unsure of which horse to bet on? You can watch this great video interview with Mark van Deventer, an expert racing analyst, who says the top three horses will definitely be in the money this year, and he is most impressed with Legal Eagle.
But these are flesh-and-blood creatures, and anything can happen. So do your homework and also look at the gallop videos. Good luck!
If you think you can spot something fantastic in a “dark horse” for this race, cast your eye over how the full field gallops below.
