Peermont & Emperors Palace to sponsor Charity Mile again

THE Charity Mile, which brings together top racehorses and famous people in aid of charity, has become one of the highlights of Phumelela’s Spring-Summer Feature Race Season and will be sponsored by Peermont and Emperors Palace for the second year running.

Emperors Palace Chief Operating Officer Bob Yearham said: “On behalf of the Peermont Group and Emperors Palace I am especially delighted that for the second year in succession we are the principal sponsor of Charity Mile. Our association with this race goes back a number of years and we look forward to this year’s event being even more special than last year - and hope in years to come that every Charity Mile becomes an occasion not to be missed.’’

The Grade 2 race, formerly the November Handicap and one of the most famous races on the Johannesburg racing calendar, will be run over 1600m at a day-night meeting at Turffontein on Saturday 6 November, when it will spearhead an action-packed 10-race card that includes four other feature races.

The Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile is a unique event in which the 16 runners compete for the R600,000 stake as normal, but each also races on behalf of a charity with the finishing positions determining how much each charity receives.

Phumelela’s General Manager Marketing and Communications Robert Garner said: “This is a wonderful event that brings celebrities, horseracing, Peermont and Emperors Palace together for the benefit of charity. There’s going to be something for everybody at the meeting with superb racing and great between-races entertainment.”

Peermont and Emperors Palace give a total of R550,000 towards the charities, none of which leaves the racecourse empty-handed. The charity represented by the winner will bank a whopping R100,000 with R70,000 for second, R50,000 for third and R40,000 for fourth with the charities of the last five horses past the post each getting R20,000.

Sixteen charities, 12 associated with Peermont, have already been chosen. They are the Peermont Children’s Trust and 12 of its After-Care Centres - Monde Primary School, Reahile Primary School (five schools), Thembakazi Primary School, Nageng Primary School, Fortune Kunene Primary School, Jongimfundo Primary School, Umkhathize Primary School(three schools), Welamlambo Primary School, Khangazile Primary School, Maphanzela Primary School, Mogobeng Primary School and Iziboko Primary School. The other charities already identified are the Highveld Horse Care Unit, the Animal Anti-Cruelty League and San Michele.

Each runner has a sponsor and will be publicly represented by a celebrity. Eleven celebrities have already been confirmed:

- Supersport presenter and avid horseracing fan Neil Andrews
- Erfsondes actor, singer and MC star Emmanuel Castis
- Public figure, motivational speaker, TV presenter and advocate for TB Gerry Elsdon
- Celebrity couple Shona and Connie Feguson
- Rhythm City Actress Relebogile (“Lebo”) Mabotja
- Radio and TV presenter, finance journalist and motivational speaker Leanne Manas
- Actress, TV presenter, radio DJ and fashion model Bridget Masinga
- Former WBA and IBF junior lightweight world champion Brian Mitchell
- 94.7 Highveld Stereo DJ and TV presenter Pabi Moloi
- Vivacious TV presenter Cindy Nell
- Radio 5 and TV presenter Jen Su

Entries for the Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile close at 11am on Friday 15 October with supplementary entries falling due at 11am on Friday 22 October after which the weights will be announced. Final acceptances are at 10am on Wednesday 27 October and the runners for the race will be unveiled at Emperors Palace on Wednesday 27 October when the draws for starting-gate positions will take place.

Important dates for the other four feature races at the meeting are:

The R1.5-million Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup over 1400m (restricted to graduates of the 2009 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale), the R200,000 Graham Beck Stakes (Grade 3) over 1400m, the R165,000 Starling Stakes (Grade 3) over 1400m, the R135,000 Golden Loom Handicap (Listed) over 1000m: Entries close at 11am on Friday 22 October; supplementary entries close at 9am on Friday 29 October after which the weights will be announced; final acceptances fall due at 10am on Tuesday 2 November after which the final fields for all races except the Ready To Run Cup will be announced. The final field for the Ready To Run Cup will be published at a function on Tuesday 2 November when a ballot for barrier positions will be performed.



> For more information contact Phumelela General Manager Marketing & Communications Robert Garner: rgarner@phumelela.com



- Peermont is a hospitality and gaming company, which operates 14 properties in South Africa and Botswana including Emperors Palace near the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.

- Phumelela is the JSE-listed company that operates horseracing and tote betting in seven of the nine provinces in South Africa, including Gauteng. Turffontein in Johannesburg is its flagship racing venue.


SEATTLE ICE (jockey Gunter Wrogemann) wins the bulk of the R550,000 for WOMEN & MEN AGAINST CHILD ABUSE in the 2009 Charity Mile.

LOL... never heard of half those celebrities:P

It is the small details that are almost always reported incorrectly that gets to me, or the inaccurate representation of facts....

It hasn't been Radio 5 for years.... It is 5FM and Jen Su is hardly a mainstay of the station, she has a small weekly say on Gareth Cliff's show with regards to the goings on in tinseltown.. She is more a socialite, attends all the launches shows etc...

Please please please.. I am begging as a younger generation racing fan to make these sorts of things more appealing... There are so many many many many more alternatives than these celebs.... NO MARKETING/ CONSUMER RESEARCH WHATSOVER... SAD SAD SAD...

THE Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile raceday on 6 November is one of the most popular events on the South African racing calendar, bringing together famous people and top-class equine athletes in aid of charity.

Sixteen horses are set to line up in the Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile. Each will be represented by a celebrity and will run for a charity, with the sponsors giving away R550,000 to be split among 16 charities. The finishing positions of each runner in the 1600m Charity Mile will determine how much each charity wins - the charity represented by the winner gets R100,000.

The raceday is always chock-full of joy, excitement and tears and every one of the celebrities is looking forward to the big occasion.

The celebrities at Charity Mile include beauty queen Sonia Booth.




SONIA BOOTH

Wife of Bafana Bafana soccer legend Matthew, former beauty queen Sonia Booth has said: ``I always get offended when people call me a celebrity because in my mind there is only one in this country: Tata Nelson Mandela. The rest of us are just people in the public eye, some for the good work they are doing to empower, enrich other people's lives and others just being notorious/infamous.’’

One of the public’s favourite ``eyefuls’’, Sonia was SA finalist in the 1999 Face Of Africa competition and a model at New York Fashion week that year before going on to become second runner-up in the Miss SA pageant in 2001. She moved to Russia when Matthew landed a football contract there from 2003 to ’08 and since their return to South Africa, has started two businesses - a shoe boutique, Bonneventia, and Booth Sports, a T-shirt printing and memorabilia sales company. She is also a trustee and director of the Booth Education and Sports Trust. See her at the Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile at Turffontein on 6 November.

CRAIG HINDS

A Springbok water-polo player at school, award-winning band Watershed’s heart-throb lead singer Craig Hinds trained as a teacher, moonlighting as an entertainer in restaurants and bars. The response to his own material was so overwhelming that he was forced to choose between his profession and his ``hobby’’. Since focusing up on the music, Watershed has wowed fans all over the world, with its most enduring ballad being ``Indigo Girl’’, taken from the band’s debut album.

Craig founded Untapped Productions and in 1998, Watershed which has performed on ``Top Of The Pops’’ in Germany and at the first 46664 concert in Cape Town. Its four albums include ``In The Meantime’’ in 2002 and ``Mosaic’’ in 2005, which both achieved platinum sales as well as ``Wrapped in Stone’’ in 2003 and its most recent offering, ``Staring At The Ceiling’’, in 2008, which both achieved gold sales.

From writing and playing music for popular consumption Craig is now also making music for films. He has co-written two songs with Tim Rice for the local animated film ``Jock Of The Bushveld’’.

He won’t be singing, but you’ll see him at the Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile at Turffontein on 6 November.

OOPs big scary pic <

Searched Google,not many bikini pics of her (td)

OK HAVE ANOTHER IN TRAY FULL

GERRY ELDSON
CONNIE AND SHONA FERGUSON
LEBO MABOTJA
MANAS (BOB MY FAV YOU CAN POST)
BRIAN MITCHELL (ALSO A HERO)
MMABATHO MONTSHO
CINDY NEL (SURE YOU WILL POST THIS ONE BOB)
THULI SITHOLE

CHEERS!

Mind you Bob some nice pics for the lads having a closer look , plus I missed Pabi Moloi

Just for Bob

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SOME of the most promising two-year-olds last season could be seen in action as early three-year-olds at Turffontein on Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile day.

Horses like Gold Medallion (Grade 1) winner Link Man, who was transferred to trainer Mike de Kock after a good juvenile year with Dennis Drier, trainer Sean Tarry’s Premier’s Champion Stakes (G1) winner Gold Onyx and Kavanagh, who won last season’s SA Nursery (G2) before finishing second in the Premier’s Champion Stakes are among the entries for the R200,000 Graham Beck Stakes over 1400m.

The R165,000 Starling Stakes for three-year-old fillies has such good horses in the entry as Pretty Polly Stakes winner Oochee Agent, who went on to place in two other feature races, highly rated Nova Zembla, who is unbeaten in two starts after dead-heating with Fair Rosalind over 1200m recently, Stormy Coast, third in the Fillies Nursery and ultra-promising Sophomore Fillies 1000 winner Worood.

Worood is trained by De Kock, who could also hold a strong hand in the R1.5-million Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup, a race restricted to graduates of the Ready To Run Sale which will be held the same weekend as the Charity Mile raceday. He has nominated Igugu, who has a perfect record of three wins from three starts, and Checcetti, a two-time winner and never unplaced in five starts, as well as Chekeche, Danehill Darling and Umhlaba.

The older horses get their chance in the R135,000 Golden Loom Handicap over 1000m and horses like Mana Mou, Exhilaration, Link Man and Vacherin are on the list of entries.

Entries for the R200,000 Graham Beck Stakes (G3) over 1400m:

ART WISH (R R Sage); BERMUDA TRIANGLE (L J Erasmus); BERMUDA WINTER (D N Stenger); CAPTAIN BLUSH (P F Matchett); CAPTAIN'S KEY (M G Azzie); CITY OF BELLS (M G Azzie); COLCA CANYON (G B Scott); COUNT DUMANI (C Spies); DRUM MASTER (W H Marwing); ELUSIVE RIVER (C Laird); FORT JEFFERSON (W H Marwing); GALILEO'S DESTINY (C Laird); GOLD ONYX (S G Tarry); HIGH ACCOLADE (C Laird); HOUSE OF WAX (G V Woodruff); JET JAMBOREE (D Zaki); JET LEGEND (M F De Kock); JUAN BELMONTE (P A Peter); KALUROOZ JET (J Vos); KAVANAGH (M F De Kock); KING'S GLORY (B D Botes); LINK MAN (M F De Kock); PERANA (M F De Kock); RED TIDE (P F Matchett); ROCKINGANDROLLING (P F Matchett); RODEO DANDY (E M Cox); SELBORNE SUPREMACY (S G Tarry); SHEA SHEA (G V Woodruff); SNOWDON (O A Ferraris); TENDER TWILIGHT (O A Ferraris); THE APACHE (G H Van Zyl); THE ASSAYER (M F De Kock); THE RAJ (M F De Kock); UMFUTHO (A G Laird); VALOR (M G Azzie); WILDEST DREAM (M G Azzie).

Entries for the R165,000 Starling Stakes (G3) over 1400m:

ALOUETTE (M N Houdalakis); ARABIAN GLAMOUR (C Spies); CANDY COTTON (L W Goosen); CAPTAIN'S DANCER (P A Peter); CAREY'S QUI (A G Laird); DIAMOND GAME (M F De Kock); EMBLEM OF PEACE (C Laird); ENCHANTED KINGDOM (P A Peter); FAIR ROSALIND (P F Matchett); FOLLOW THE PIPER (D Zaki); GIGGS (P F Matchett); GOSSAMER (P F Matchett); HAPPY ARCHER (S G Tarry); HAWKER HUNTER (O A Ferraris); HOLLYWOODBOULEVARD (C Laird); JUNE BUG (M G Azzie); LAS RAMBLAS (J M Goodman); MINA SALAAM (R R Magner); NOVA ZEMBLA (C Laird); OOCHEE AGENT (P F Matchett); PIMPINELLA (G M Alexander); PURE SILVER (O A Ferraris); RESTRAINT (P A Peter); SABRINE'S CHOICE (R R Sage); SIMPLY BLUE (R R Magner); SOUTHERN LIGHTS (S G Tarry); STORMY COAST (G B Scott); SUCCESS COUNTS (O A Ferraris); TANYA'S CHOICE (G/K Anthony); UGLY BETTY (R R Magner); VESTAL VIRGIN (G V Woodruff); WOROOD (M F De Kock).

Entries for the R135,000 Golden Loom Handicap (Listed) over 1000m:

ARABIAN MIST (G M Alexander); BATTLESTAR EXPRESS (G/K Anthony); BLUE VOYAGER (C Laird); CASTANELLI (C E Erasmus); CHALLENGER QUAY (D N Stenger); CRUSO (P F Matchett); EXCLAIM'N'EXCLUDE (C Laird); EXHILARATION (D Zaki); IMALI (M G Azzie); LEGISLATURE (M G Azzie); LIGHTNING LECTURE (D J Nieuwenhuizen); LINK MAN (M F De Kock); LITTLE MASTER (L Lotz); LULU BELLE (L Lotz); MAGICO (P A Peter); MANA MOU (S G Tarry); MR MICKEY MOUSE (A J Rivalland); NATIONAL VICTOR (O A Ferraris); NECO (S G Tarry); OFFICER CLASS (C Binda); OPENING NIGHT (C Binda); RENEGADE (L W Goosen); ROYAL EXIT (P F Matchett); SECOND WORLD (L J Erasmus); SERVICE ACE (M G Azzie); STRIKE PARADISE (D Zaki); VACHERIN (M G Azzie).

Entries for the R1.5-million Ready To Run Cup over 1400m:

AL'S MARK (C Laird); BRIAN'S WAGER (P F Matchett); BUSSELL (D Zaki); CHECCETTI (M F De Kock); CHEKECHE (M F De Kock); CHERIE'S BOY (E Verdonese); CHIP SHOT (D N Stenger); COUNT DUMANI (C Spies); DANEHILL DARLING (M F De Kock); DRACONIAN (C Laird); EMPIRE RULER (L J Erasmus); HOLLYWOODBOULEVARD (C Laird); HONOLULU (M Dixon); IGUGU (M F De Kock); KASASSI (E Verdonese); LITTONDALE (E G Anderson); MERLION (B O Wiid); NANDA DEVI (L J Human); OH DRISCOLL (D Zaki); PAINTYOURFACE (R R Magner); RED DELICIOUS (S G Tarry); RICHINSTYLE (L J Human); RUNNING ROGUE (L J Erasmus); SINGLE TEMPO (A Wright); SUCHA WONDER (L J Erasmus); UMFUTHO (A G Laird); UMHLABA (M F De Kock); UP TO CASEY (C Laird); VAR'S CHARM (B D Botes).

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SUBJECT: Pierre Jourdan draws well at No 3 for Charity Mile

PIERRE JOURDAN drew at No 3 for the R600,000 Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile over 1600m at Turffontein on Saturday 6 November and his trainer Gary Alexander was delighted with what he described as “a cracking draw”.
“The draw is important over 1600m, especially at Turffontein,” he said. “We’re there for nothing because he won’t have to fight for position. Now we just have to leave it to Andrew (Fortune).”
Alexander added that his star four-year-old’s preparation was going well.
Pierre Jourdan, who has been beaten only twice in his career, made a winning comeback from a long rest in the Joburg Spring Handicap recently and Alexander mused: “It was a surprise when he won, but his class got him through. I’m very happy with him. As an individual he’s getting stronger and bigger all the time. He’s turning over nicely and is on track for the Summer Cup - if he can pull off a win in this race, it’ll be great.”
Pierre Jourdan will run on behalf of the Maphanzela Primary School and will be publicly represented by Bridget Masinga.
Trainer Mike Azzie was not too disappointed when Service Ace drew at No 9, though he said: “I would have liked to be drawn 3, 4, 5, or 6. But nine isn’t a bad draw and he will stay out of trouble from there.
“Obviously the Summer Cup is his mission, so he’s just short of his best, but I have got him well enough to run a nice race. I want him to come out of the race unscathed and to come on from the run.
“I wish the graded race committee would give this race back its Grade 1 status because, looking at the field, it deserves it. It is certainly a race I’m keen on winning. I came so close with Imperial Despatch. And if Service Ace did win it, I would be over the moon.
Service Ace will be represented by Emmanuel Castis and will run for the Peermont Emperors Palace-nominated charity Thembakazi Primary School.
Galanthus’ trainer Tyrone Zackey was also at the draw ceremony and said: “Galanthus is a nice horse and he’s improving daily”.
He confirmed that Galanthus, who was most impressive in winning last week, is still on the upgrade and will be a contender in both Charity Mile and Summer Cup.