Racing
tipsters throughout
South Africa
will begin their bids to become the country’s star tipster next
month when the Gomma Gomma Summer Cup takes place at Turffontein
Racecourse on November 27.
The
R2-million race will herald the start of the R100 000 Tipstar
competition for print media tipsters sponsored by Gold Circle and
Phumelela and contested over the 28 races that make up the qualifying
events in the All Star Series held in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the
Western Cape.
This
will be the second competition of its kind, the first having been
staged last season on all graded races run throughout the country. It
was won by Charl Pretorius of the Racing Express with Johan Stassen of
the EP Herald second and Damian Patterson of the Pretoria News third.
The
competition requires participating tipsters to select the horses to
fill the first three official places in the specific races. Points
will be allocated on the following basis 10 for first, six for second
and four for third, where the predictions match the result of the
race.
In
cases where selected runners finish in the first three but not in the
positions as predicted, two bonus points will be awarded.
At
the end of the season, the three tipsters earning the most points will
receive cheques of R60 000, R30 000 and R10 000 for finishing first,
second and third respectively.