Re:EMPRESS CLUB STAKES (Grade 1) - Final Field

HSH PRINCESS CHARLENE EMPRESS CLUB STAKES (Grade 1)

1 2 Princess Calla 60 121 A Aldo Domeyer Ashley Fortune
2 1 Zarina 60 119 A Keagan de Melo Candice Bass-Robinson
3 12 She's A Keeper 60 116 A Anton Marcus Gareth van Zyl
4 9 Sparkling Water 60 114 A S'manga Khumalo Mike de Kock
5 10 Mount Laurel 60 108 CA Donovan Dillon Wendy Whitehead
6 13 Bold Fortune 60 105 BA Diego De Gouveia Stuart Pettigrew
7 7 Chat Ching 60 104 A Craig Zackey Candice Bass-Robinson
8 4 Sentbydestiny 60 103 T A Gavin Lerena Candice Dawson
9 5 Pretty Betty 60 100 T A Luyolo Mxothwa Candice Dawson
10 3 Rouge Allure 60 94 TBA Denis Schwarz Stephen Moffatt
11 8 Under Your Spell 57.5 114 T A Calvin Habib Sean Tarry
12 11 Sprinkles 57.5 110 A Warren Kennedy Paul Peter
13 6 Marigold Hotel 57.5 104 AM Richard Fourie Sean Tarry

Who's your money on?

Would you like Still or Sparkling water?

Bob Brogan wrote: Who's your money on?

Superman is riding She’s A Keeper. Yahoo.


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For me, I think the betting is correct and it lies between Princess Calla and Zarina; PC may need her first run in Gauteng, while Zarina had a good prep run - so on that I'd favor Zarina - however Domeyer is getting off Z to ride PC - so I find it hard to split them. Both have beaten She's a Keeper every time they met and SaK has a wide draw, so not for me; most interesting of the 3yr olds imo is Under Your Spell who was of course a champion juvenile and although I think she is held by the top 2 at the weights, she could still improve to upset and imo is better than the other 3 yr olds - we shall see

I hear the Fortunes are very confident Princess Calla will do the damage

Money also suggests she's the one

Trainer GJ Maroun has 4 winners from 150 runners this season with a 2.5% strike rate and In The Ether was paying 5-10 on the tote.

durbs wrote:

Trainer GJ Maroun has 4 winners from 150 runners this season with a 2.5% strike rate and In The Ether was paying 5-10 on the tote.

Can't find that one in the Empress Club field :ohmy:

Sorry meant for the Vaal thread

Panel for the Empress Club - Ali, Ash, Mavis and Terrence

Channel 240 tonight (From 21:30), Friday (From 20:50), Saturday (From 9:50).

4Racing has taken the decision to postpone Saturday’s HSH Princess Charlene of Monaco Empress Club Stakes raceday at Turffontein to next Saturday 23 April 2022.

Patrick Davis, 4Racing’s Racing Executive, said: “We would normally not take a decision like this based on a forecast. However, the various sources we rely on are unanimous in their predictions – and given the importance of this Grade 1 raceday, as well as both the sponsor’s and 4Racing’s investment into the event, we have decided to make an early call to postpone it to next Saturday.”

Davis added that the Turffontein track still has plenty of moisture in it as a result of the heavy rain last weekend and earlier this week – and with a very high water table, the track would not handle further meaningful rain.

The postponement presents an issue with insufficient jockeys for the Kenilworth meeting scheduled for Saturday 23 April 2022, therefore by agreement with Cape Racing and Gold Circle the Kenilworth meeting (featuring the first legs of the Winter 3 year old Series) will move to Sunday 24 April 2022, alongside the Hollywoodbets Scottsville meeting.

4Racing thanked all stakeholders for their understanding under these challenging circumstances.

Media release by 4Racing on Friday 15 April 2022