Lyle Shows Way At The Valley

Lyle Hewitson removed luck from the equation aboard Highland Rahy and the rider found a willing partner as Francis Lui’s galloper secured a first Hong Kong win

Cheltenham Opener: Bookies 1 – Punters 0

Bookmakers were spared an estimated payout of £50million on an opening day of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday that saw the previously-unbeaten Constitution Hill crash out of the Champion Hurdle and Majborough beaten in the Arkle

A Premier Two Days Ahead!

An exciting high-quality catalogue awaits prospective buyers when the 2025 CRS Premier Yearling Sale is held at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on 13 and 14 March

Some Nippy Times – And A False Course Record

What is interesting about Kleinzee’s win is that it broke the publicized course record of 91,1 secs by 0,26 seconds. However, basic mathematics, and indeed some logic, tells us different

Green Light For Varsfontein’s Champion Sire At Premier

Varsfontein Stud will be offering six (three as Agent) yearlings by their Champion Sire Gimmethegreenlight at the upcoming CRS 2025 Premier Yearling Sale this week

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Stallions – What’s The Recipe?

The best view we have of stallions’ success (or not) is when they are deep into their stud careers. Breeders and buyers are making crucial decisions in advance of having full knowledge

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Cosmic Speed (Craig Zackey) stays on well to beat Texas Red (Kabelo Matsunyane) in a slow-run race (Pic - Candiese Lenferna)

Turffontein Gr1 Go Slow

In our weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, including some slow-run Grade 1 contests at Turffontein

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Handicapping in South Africa

The ideal racing program must consist of a balanced combination of Merit Rating races (real handicaps) and Conditions races (Maiden and Plate/Race Figure races

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The Ten Furlong Challenge

The opening of direct exports creates an interesting market for South African racehorses. This is not confined to the best horses of each generation

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