J & B Met, Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town
The J&B Met in Cape Town, which is well known as a spectacle of glossy vibrancy and intense exhilaration, enveloped in a cauldron of sensual excess that sets the pulse racing. The race really came alive outside of racing circles when in 1978 J&B stepped in as sponsor and the J&B Met as we know it today was born.
This is the core of the J&B Met day at the Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town on the last Saturday of January of every year. It’s a gathering of the rich and famous, the fashion junkies and the thousands of people who seek to explore the intensity of life amongst he milling crowds.
It provides the vehicle for dreams as the masses experience the thrill of the thundering hooves and the brute force of the majestic thoroughbreds as they compete for glory in the greatest race on the southern tip of Africa. The roll of honour includes the names of many of the top horses to race in the country including Foveros, Wolf Power, Model Man, Empress Club, London News, Horse Chestnut, Yard-Arm and Pocket Power.
J & B Met, Kenilworth Racecourse, Cape Town
Like the great sporting and social events around the world, the J&B Met Horserace in Cape Town is a celebration of beauty and magnificence – a gathering of the majestic thoroughbreds and the beautiful people who flock to the Kenilworth Racecourse in their thousands to be part of the very special occasion.
J & B Met, Kenilworth Racecourse, Cape Town
A contribution from ticket sales will be going towards funding the Kenilworth Conservation Area in the middle of the racecourse. This pristine tract of Cape Fynbos is internationally renowned due to its conservation significance which includes a number of protected species of both fauna and flora. Your contribution to the long-term protection and survival of these species is greatly appreciated. The land inside Kenilworth Racecourse has no less than 22 Red Data plant species – internationally recognised as being threatened with extinction – the highest number anywhere on the globe for an area that size.
J & B Met, Kenilworth Racecourse, Cape Town
ABOUT KENILWORTH RACECOURSE
Kenilworth is a left handed track and is unique amongst South African racecourses in that it consists of three separate tracks.
There is a “new” track with a circumference of 2800m and a run-in of about 600m which is used primarily in summer and an “old” track with a circumference of 2700m and a run-in of about 450m which is normally used for winter racing.
KENILWORTH SATURDAY 28 JANUARY 2012
Generously sponsored by J&B Rare Scotch Whisky
KENILWORTH EVENT NUMBER – 021 700 1808
GENERAL QUERIES
Gia Pra-Levis on email gia@worldsport.co.za
For further activities and accommodation in the area we recommend you to log onto our website: South African Hotels
For accommodation in the area we recommend:
The Andros Country House Hotel
Beaumont House Boutique Guest Lodge
Cellars-Hohenort Hotel & Spa
Silvermist Mountain Lodge
