2012 Charity Turf Challenge

Must say the scratchings a pain but I guess we are all in the same boat, except the shrewdies!

im tailed off but running on - sorry guys must have been pissed when i put Antius and that stable in wtf ran a shocker

Latest press release attached,was not able to copy and paste very well...

Attached files Press release CTC - 13 May 2012.pdf (73.3 KB)Â

I was under the impression the only feature races to count were on the one's on the list of "2012 Charity Turf Challenge Feature Races". I had no idea that features from the Eastern Cape and other venues. I would have looked at these races as well for possible inclusions. Only features from KZN were listed. :S

hotline Wrote:

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> Why is SHEA SHEA nominated with the powers to be
> having a question mark hanging over his
> head...will he stay or will he go?Now we know the
> answer and a waste of an entry,rather pathetic
> planning by the organisers!

Apparently he is going into quarantine end of this month...

012 CHAMPIONS SEASON CHARITY TURF CHALLENGE (CTC)

sponsored by GOLD CIRCLE



The Racing South Africa team is still processing all manual entries and payments received before doing an internal audit of the competition. We apologise for the delay and THANK racing fans for their patience in advance.



Since the start of the 2012 CTC, there have been very few points scoring opportunities. However, the highlight of the weekend was the Gr.3 East Cape Derby run at Arlington Racecourse on Sunday 13 May. The good form of the late Roy Eckstein and his trainer, Vaughan Marshall, also the leading trainer in the CTC, continued when Tribal Dance (Tiger Dance) showed his class over 2400m with an effortless win to frank the form of the two top Cape performers, Jackson and Variety Club. Tribal Dance will now travel to KZN for the balance of the Champions Season and whilst the stable will be eyeing a few options, his main mission could be the Gr.2 Betting World Derby to be run on Sunday 24 June at Clairwood Racecourse. Tribal Dance scored 9 points and Indian Hawk (Black Minnaloushe) scored 5 points for second. As Forest Digger (Classic Flag) was not part of the competition, no points were earned for his third place.



Some of the popular choices in this year’s competition would have left their fans with mixed feelings after their below par prep runs. Taipan (Dynasty) and Antious (Pure Prize) in particular featured highly on many entrants’ teams and they will have to improve significantly if they are to earn the big points on offer in the forthcoming feature races.



On the other side of the coin, however, the followers of Variety Club (Var) will have been thrilled to learn that the connections of the outstanding miler have decided to delay his international campaign and it is expected that his next start will be in the Gr.1 Rising Sun Challenge to be run on 9 June. On the weekend, fans that included English Garden (Camden Park), Castlethorpe (Not A Single Doubt) and Vettel (Known Heights) could be in the pound seats as all 3 horses impressed in their respective races.



The next major point scoring race in the competition will be the Gr.2 Betting World 1900 to be run at Greyville Racecourse on Tuesday, 22 May and then of course, on Saturday 26 May it is the first of the Bonus Races, the Gr.1 Golden Horse Casino Sprint, worth 25 points to the winner.



The leading horses by points of the competition thus far are:



2012 CHARITY TURF CHALLENGE by LEADING HORSES (13 May)

NAME of HORSE


POINTS

1. TALES OF BRAVERY


14

VARIETY CLUB


14

3. CHESALON


9

JACKSON


9

REASON TO BELIEVE


9

TRIBAL DANCE


9

7. BULSARA


6

FELIX THE CAT


6

GOLDEN CHATEAU


6

10. INDIAN HAWK


5

11. ACAPELLA


1

BRATALOOCHEE


1

CASTLETHORPE


1

CHOCOLICIOUS


1

ENGLISH GARDEN


1

GREAT FOX


1

JET IN THE SKY


1

MEADOW MAGIC


1

THE REAL NICK


1

VETTEL


1



A provisional leader board (subject to verification during final audit) will be available shortly.



The first of the spot prize draws took place on Friday, 11 May (Greyville night racing) on Tellytrack before the start of Race 4. This is a computer generated, random draw from all entrants and not dependent on points earned. The two winners of a R500 telephone betting deposits (each) kindly sponsored by TAB GOLD “The Intelligent Bet” are:

Christos 3
Sporting Bet

CONGRATULATIONS to both winners!



As and when Charity Turf Challenge horses earn points, we will update the Racing South Africa website and email data-base: www.racingsouthafrica.co.za



Best Regards



Charity Turf Challenge Team



Monday, 13 May 2012

i got 37 points..would be higher if bambina stripes didnt lose the jock!:X

The leader board is taking a very long time to come up considering all the latest technology available to them.

I agree very disappointing.

Sure they are waiting until they have checked all the payments..

What is stopping the so called manual entries from being "doctored".The manual entry method has without doubt left it open to abuse from unscrupulous individuals.Totally unfair to ALL who have made on line entries as we are already onto the Greyville 1900......

Does anyone know where I can find the provisional leaderboard on the CTC website. Before the Greyville 1900 the person with Deez said that the provisional leaderboard would be out this morning and maybe even last night. I can't find it anywhere on their website. :S