Trainer Geoff Woodruff has walked away with the first three places at the 2013 SANSUi Summer Cup.
SANSUI Summer Cup was held on Saturday November 30 where some 15 000 spectators witnessed a thriller R2 million Grade 1 SANSUI Summer Cup event.
Yorker was guided home by jockey Anton Marcus who managed to pip stablemate Master Sabina to take the Gauteng Premier horseracing event. Woodruff also trains Tellina who came in strongly at third place and fifth runner Killua Castler.
Yorker is owned by B Kantor, M J Jooste and F E J Lewis and I Jooste.
Yorker stayed on strongly under a determined Anton Marcus to hold a flying Master Sabina by 0,25 lengths in a time of 122,20 secs. Tellina with a determined Glen Hatt finished strongly after cutting a path on the outside and then drifting inwards, where he finished another 1,25 lengths behind in third. Charity Mile winner, Royal Zulu Warrior, shaded Killua Castle for the fourth position.
There weren’t only horses racing at Turffontein on Saturday. Celebrities at this star-studded event didn’t only look good, but they also did good, by battling it out in the SANSUI-Phumelela Gaming Charity Dash over 100m. Azania exchanged her gorgeous gown for running shoes to compete against a formidable line-up and raise funds for The Rainbows and Smiles Foundation.
She faced off against media personalities Gerry Elsdon, Bonang Mathebe, Nicole Da Silva, Khanyi Mbau, Miss Earth SA 2012 Tamerin Jardin, Generations actor Thato Molamu, isiBaya star Jessica Nkosi, social butterfly Jen Su and motorsport star Gennaro Bonafede. Adding their voices to support our charity were Thembi Seete and Jacques Terblanche. Lerato Sengadi, Jacinda Louw-Schutte, Nic Bester, Somizi Mhlongo, Shashi Naidoo, Adriaan Bergh and Mika Stefano also competed. Thuli Sithole, also a past winner of the Miss SA title, did her bit too. Alex Caige also joined in, showing his support for a worthy cause. And the winner of the race was Gennaro Bonafede.
Winning celeb Bonafede handed over a cheque of R120 000 to nominated charity, The Rainbows and Smiles Foundation, which provides emotional, social and financial support to families of children with life-threatening diseases, and in particular cancer.
