It promised to be a scintillating event — the fabulous and the moneyed converging on  historic Turffontein racecourse for Gauteng’s biggest horse race.

But even though the organisers of this year’s Summer Cup pulled out all the stops — landing a R2m purse for the main race thanks to sponsor World Sports Betting and only allowing fully vaccinated patrons onto the track —  they didn’t bet on Mother Nature raining on their parade...