Cape Town Met Day races to be beamed live for betting

The Hong Kong Jockey Club will simulcast for betting ten races from the Cape Town Met Day meeting at Kenilworth racecourse, South Africa on Saturday, 27 January (First race 17.55 Hong Kong time).

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Taking centre stage on the day is the running of the Cape Town Met (G1 2000m) – the Cape region's most famous middle distance contest for three-year-olds and up.

The day will also feature the World Pool Cape Flying Championship, one of the country's major sprint races, and the Majorca Stakes for 3yo+ fillies and mares over a mile.

Subject to change, the ten races to be simulcast are as follows:

HK Time Race Name Distance (m) - Turf Status
17.55 Summer Juvenile Stakes 1100 L
18.30 Cape Slipper 1200 -
19.05 Politician Stakes 1800 G3
19.40 Cape A Stakes 1400 -
20.15 Olympic Duel Stakes 1200 L
20.50 World Pool Cape Flying Championship 1000 G1
21.25 Majorca Stakes 1600 G1
22.00 Gold Rush 1600 -
22.45 Cape Town Met 2000 G1
23.25 Western Cape Stayers 2800 G3

Final declarations with barrier draws for the Met Day races will be available on Friday, 26 January.


Hong Kong Jockey Club