Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile - GREAT NEWS

Racing. It's A Rush: Press Release

Subject: Peermont and Emperors Palace injects a whopping R1 million into
the annual Charity Mile



The Grade 2 Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile (PEPCM) has become
associated with one of the largest charity drives in the South African
horseracing industry. And the good news for this year’s 16 selected
charities is that no less than R1 million will be split between them, a
massive R450 000 increase from last year’s total donation of R550,000.





The big race, which will also have a stake of R1 million, will be run on
October 31 at Turffontein Racecourse. The proportion of the R1 million that
each charity receives will be decided by the finishing position of the
horse that is representing them.





The PEPCM Barrier Draw ceremony to be held on Wednesday 21 October at the
Peermont Emperor’s Palace is therefore going to be particularly exciting,
while the race itself is likely to be accompanied by much nail-biting and
followed by joyous celebrations from the representatives of the winning
charity.





The split per finishing position will be as follows: The winning charity
will collect R150 000, the 2nd prize is worth R100 000, 3rd R80 000, 4th
R70 000 and then R50 000 from 5th position all the way to 16th spot
therefore every charity goes home a winner.





On the day, as usual, each runner in the PEPCM will be publicly represented
by a celebrity and a media partner.


The latter tradition has made this race day one of the most popular on the
calendar as it adds a lot of glitz and glamour and also gives ordinary
members of the public a chance to rub shoulders with famous people whom
they usually only ever see on television screens.





The day will also feature two lucrative Sales races, the R2,500,000
Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup over 1400m (Cape Thoroughbred Sales) and
the R2,015,000 Bloodstock SA Ready To Run Cup over 1400m.


There will also be top class horses appearing on the day in races like the
Grade 3 R250,000 Graham Beck Stakes over 1400m, the Grade 3 250,000
Yellowwood Handicap over 1800m, the Grade 3 R250,000 Starling Stakes over
1400m, the Listed R150,000 Golden Loom Handicap over 1000m and the Listed
R150,000 Java Handicap over 2450m.





The Maidens will also be a part of a big payday as HSH Princess Charlene of
Monaco has once again donated some of the prize money for what has become
the richest Maiden Plates in the country, the R250 000 Maiden Plate over
1160m and the R250 000 Maiden Plate over 1600m.



Bezanova won last years Charity Mile

Yes great news and well done to Bob and his team at Emperors who always come to the party in a BIG way