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Christophe Soumillon has narrowly avoided a ban covering the Dubai World Cup meeting after pleading guilty to attempting to weigh out with a non-approved safety vest at Meydan’s Super Saturday fixture.
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The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
Cape Racing’s ongoing tussle with Mother Nature in what has been a wet July to beat all July’s, produced a fairytale at a sunny, but very chilly, Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Thursday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
Cape Racing presents an interesting preview of the 2024 World Pool Gold Cup Raceday today
Trainer Tim Fitzsimmons will have numbers on his side in the Gr1 Lion City Cup with Golden Monkey and Greatham Boy in the elite seven-horse field on Sunday at Kranji
Punters and racegoers can look forward to a spectacular racemeeting today as Hollywoodbets Greyville plays host to an exciting ten-race programme
