There’s a lot more to the Met than celebrity fashion and horse racing. Here’s some Met facts you might not have known.
- The first MET took place in 1883.
- Sun International took over the Met in 2016, and its now known as Sun Met.
- This year is the first ever Sun Met.
- The MET in SunMet stands for Metropolitan Mile.
- Pocket Power won back to back races in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
- Pocket Power also won the Durban July in 2008.
- The event has been postponed twice, in 1986 and 2004, due to equine flu and African Horse Sickness.
- The Grade 1, 2000m race carries a total stake of R5 million for the first time in the Met’s history.
- The Met reached full capacity in 2002 when 50 000 people attended race day.
- As of 2017 the Sun Met is now the richest race open to all horses on the continent.
- Since 2000 only four horses from Gauteng won the Met. All the other winners have been trained in the Western Cape.
- Horse trainer saw five of his horses claim the title since 2007.
- There has only been four horses to land the Met after winning the previous Durban July.
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