Turffontein moved to Sunday

Late finish

Please be advised that due to persistent rains, the race meeting scheduled for Turffontein Saturday 16 February 2019 has been rescheduled to Sunday 17 February 2019. First race is at 15h00 and the 10th Race is at 19h40. Please note that due to time constraints, the back parade ring will be in use for the entire meeting.

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SUBJECT: Time changes and carryovers
DATE: Valentine’s Day, 2019
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With three South African race meetings abandoned this week due to inclement weather, and more rain forecast for Johannesburg on Saturday, Phumelela has opted to move Saturday’s Turffontein racemeeting to Sunday, starting at 15:00.
“Unfortunately, the weather is not something we can control,” said Rob Scott, Betting Executive at Phumelela.
“We can, however, control our racing schedule, and we have therefore made the change in an attempt to ensure that the Turffontein meeting goes ahead.
“By rescheduling it to a twilight meeting on Sunday 17 February, we are giving the Turffontein track as much time as possibly to dry out sufficiently to ensure that racing takes place on a safe surface.
“It also gives trainers, jockeys, the racing public and other stakeholders ample time to plan”
An additional racemeeting is now also scheduled for Wednesday, 20 February, at Turffontein.
Racegoers should also note that there is a Carryover of around R28,000 on the Quartet on the last race at Sunday’s Turffontein meeting. The estimated pool is R400,000.
Other carryovers include:
Kenilworth, Saturday 16 February, Pick 6 carryover of R350,000, with an estimated pool of R2 million;
Scottsville, Sunday 17 February, Pick Six carryover of R200,000 with an estimate pool of R1.7 million.
Turffontein, Wednesday 20 February, Pick Six carryover of R100,000 with an estimated pool of R1.5 million

Eish, won't be able to play this meeting then with a 1500 start

Would love to see the formula used to work out the starting time of the 1st race...................
Starting at 12:00 or 15:00. The 3 hours is going to be critical.
Hold thumbs!

PHUMELELA MEDIA RELEASE
SUBJECT: Changes and carryovers UPDATE
DATE: Valentine’s Day, 2019
RELEASED BY: Phumelela Gaming


With three South African race meetings abandoned this week due to inclement weather, and more rain forecast for Johannesburg on Saturday, Phumelela has opted to move Saturday’s Turffontein racemeeting to Sunday, starting at 3pm.
“Unfortunately, the weather is not something we can control,” said Rob Scott, Betting Executive at Phumelela.
“We can, however, control our racing schedule, and we have therefore made the change in an attempt to ensure that the Turffontein meeting goes ahead.
“By rescheduling it to a twilight meeting on Sunday 17 February, we are giving the Turffontein track as much time as possibly to dry out sufficiently to ensure that racing takes place on a safe surface.
“It also gives trainers, jockeys, the racing public and other stakeholders ample time to plan”
An additional racemeeting is now also scheduled for Wednesday, 20 February, at Turffontein.
Racegoers should also note that there is a Carryover of around R28,000 on the Quartet on the last race at Sunday’s Turffontein meeting. The estimated pool is R400,000.
Other carryovers include:
Kenilworth, Saturday 16 February, Pick 6 carryover of R350,000, with an estimated pool of R2 million;
Scottsville, Sunday 17 February, Pick 6 carryover of R200,000 with an estimate pool of R1.7 million.
Turffontein, Wednesday 20 February, Pick 6 carryover of R100,000 with an estimated pool of R1.5 million.
All the races from Turffontein on Sunday will be broadcast live on Tellytrack on channel 239 on DStv.
The race times are as follows:
Race 1: 15:00
Race 2: 15:30
Race 3: 16:00
Race 4: 16:35
Race 5: 17:10
Race 6: 17:40
Race 7: 18:10
Race 8: 18:40
Race 9: 19:10
Race 10: 19:40

The Bipot will comprise Races 2-7; Place Accumulator Races 3-9; Pick 6 Races 4-9; and Jackpot Races 5-8.
Make sure to get your bets in on time on Sunday.
The race times for the twilight meeting on Wednesday, 20 February 2019, are as follows:
Race 1: 16:05
Race 2: 16:40
Race 3: 17:20
Race 4: 17:55
Race 5: 18:30
Race 6: 19:05
Race 7: 19:40
Race 8: 20:10

The R135,000 Egoli Mile, which was scheduled to be run at the Vaal on Valentine’s Day, will now form part of Wednesday’s Turffontein meeting.

manwatweet wrote: Would love to see the formula used to work out the starting time of the 1st race...................
Starting at 12:00 or 15:00. The 3 hours is going to be critical.
Hold thumbs!

They are trying to give it as much time as possible... Hearing it`s still raining now, and fingers crossed we even race on Sunday

Good move by Phumelela.


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'"All the races from Turffontein on Sunday will be broadcast live on Tellytrack on channel 239 on DStv" - Why would they not be ?

They will be missing out on my R100 contribution - but all in all I think the changes made were forced by the weather - so 'racing' should be thankful that some alternative plans were made

Rained the entire night! Doubt we will have any racing from JHB tomorrow at this stage!

Weather chart says from 3pm today it will be totally sunny until next Saturday.




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South Easter has been very quiet last few days so no rain should be around from today. Has been blistering hot so I imagine Kenilworth will be rattling fast today. Speedster to stay upfront and horses racing handy are the ones to f

Not looking good seemingly, fingers crossed