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WSB Champions Cup 2018 – Ante-Post Betting

Sail South winning the WSB Champions Cup at Greyville

Ante-post betting for the Grade 1 WSB Champions Cup 2018 is now available at Hollywoodbets. This R1 Million stakes event over 1800m takes place on the Greyville turf on Saturday 28 July 2018. Defending champion Sail South is set to return, while African Night Sky will be seeking redemption after his fifth placed performance in the Vodacom Durban July. Surcharge, Undercover Agent and It’s My Turn will be looking to add another Grade 1 title to their resume. View the latest betting and a preview on the big race below.

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WSB Champions Cup
Grade 1 – R1 Million – 1800m 
Greyville – Saturday 28 July 2018

Horse Odds Trainer MR
African
Night Sky
SCR Justin Snaith 112
Bulleting
Home
40/1 Sean Tarry 113
Captain
America
10/1 Brett Crawford 123
Cascapedia
(IRE)
25/1 Mike de Kock 109
Crowd
Pleaser
10/1 J A Janse van Vuuren 105
Elusive
Silva
25/2 Justin Snaith 111
Eyes
Wide Open
7/1 Glen Kotzen 114
Gold
Standard
40/1 Glen Kotzen 115
Heavenly
Blue (AUS)
25/1 Mike de Kock 112
It’s
My Turn
16/1 Dean Kannemeyer 106
Mambo
Mime
33/1 Dean Kannemeyer 103
Matador
Man
16/1 Sean Tarry 105
Pack
Leader
14/1 Glen Kotzen 106
Perovskia 16/1 Harold Crawford 109
Rocket
Countdown
14/1 Candice Bass-Robinson 102
Roy
Had Enough (AUS)
50/1 Frank Robinson 106
Sabina’s
Dynasty
33/1 Paul Peter 106
Sail
South
10/1 Brett Crawford 123
Surcharge 9/2 Stuart Pettigrew 112
Tap O’
Noth
8/1 Vaughan Marshall 110
Undercover
Agent
4/1 Brett Crawford 125

Ante-post betting rules apply.

Betting is subject to change. E&OE.
Betting last updated on Wednesday 18th July 2018, 17:15.

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WSB CHAMPIONS CUP ENTRIES 
Written by Richard McMillan (Gold Circle)

The Vodacom Durban July winner Do It Again will not be doing it again in the R1-million, Grade 1 World Sports Betting Champions Cup at Greyville in Durban on July 28 but the big race winning trainer Justin Snaith will be looking to complete the coveted Grade 1 double with Elusive Silva and African Night Sky, third and fifth respectively in Africa’s greatest race last Saturday.

Do It Again gave jockey Anton Marcus his fifth win in the premier event, denying jockey Jeff Lloyd the July victory he desperately sought after so many unsuccessful attempts and which brought him back to South African from his adopted home in Australia for a final try before retiring from the saddled at the end of the season.

But the non-appearance of Do It Again will not detract from the status of the famous weight-for-age race that on the quality of the 21 entries, has all the making of being another thriller with last year’s winner Sail South, runner-up Captain America as well as the Rising Sun Gold Challenge winner Undercover Agent, all from the Brett Crawford stable, out to give the popular Cape trainer the race double.

Sail South and Captain America finished third and fourth behind Undercover Agent in the Rising Sun Gold Challenge and, just as Snaith runners completed the trifecta in the Vodacom Durban July, the Crawford trio on form could replicate the achievement in this tough 1 800m clash.

However, the Crawford runners will not have it all their own way and apart from the Snaith pair of top-class performers, they could have to deal with Dean Kannemeyer’s five-year-old Dynasty gelding It’s My Turn that has regained his talent and enthusiasm and has run off two very good wins in the Track & Ball Derby and the DStv Gold Vase. He has also been nominated for the eLAN Gold Cup and one would have to wait for final acceptances to see which race he will contest.

But, also among the entries for this race is the three-year-old Captain Al colt Pack Leader that is highly rated by the Glen Kotzen stable. He finished fourth in the Betting World 2200 last Saturday and could do better here.

Johan Janse van Vuuren has entered his Captain Al colt Crowd Pleaser that missed a July run but finished second in the Betting World 2200 after being runner-up in the Cup Trial before that and Mike de Kock has nominated his Irish-bred filly Cascapedia that won the London News at Turffontein at the beginning of the year.

This race is likely to strip down to a high-quality competitive field which could also include the Winter Guineas and Winter Classic winner Rocket Countdown, Gerald Rosenberg winner Sabina’s Dynasty, Investec Cape Derby winner Eyes Wide Open and Independent On Saturday Drill Hall Stakes winner Perovskia.

What a cracking race this is likely to be.

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