It was a day of fairytales for Inglis graduates at Caulfield on Saturday as a A$14,000 Premier Sale buy won the A$1m Showdown and wonder mare Pride Of Jenni returned to racing with an emphatic victory in the Peter Young Stakes
Uttoxeter hosts a seven-race card this afternoon headlined by the JenningsBet Midlands Grand National Chase
After the champagne and big numbers of the CRS Premier Sale Day 1 on Thursday, Day 2 on Friday gave a wider spectrum of buyers a realistic opportunity
It is no secret that the South African racing programme is not geared towards catering for middle distance horses and with so few staying races for fillies & mares, one cannot help but feel that Poplar Park has been robbed of a chance at black type
Veteran jockey Frankie Dettori says he feels ‘embarrassed’ after he filed for bankruptcy having been unable to reach agreement with His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs over a long-running case of tax avoidance
Due to the specific conditions of this race, the winner had to be capped at a maximum of 6 points and placed runners to 3 points
Gold Circle advises that as a result of the current and expected rainfall the racemeeting carded for Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday will be postponed to Wednesday
Two South African star performers in Dean Kannemeyer’s Gimme A Prince and the Vaughan Marshall champion 3yo One Stripe, who runs in Sunday’s HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap, feature in the first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025
Two South African star performers in Dean Kannemeyer’s Gimme A Prince and the Vaughan Marshall champion 3yo One Stripe, who runs in Sunday’s HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap, feature in the first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board
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
As the proud title sponsor of Africa’s premier horse racing and social spectacle, Hollywoodbets is honoured to reveal the 2025 theme
Sean Veale has recounted how poor judgement in private whatsapp exchanges with a registered owner could cost him the ‘best retained jockey position in the world’ and a professional opportunity of a lifetime
Bloodstock agent John Warren explains how he selects yearlings
Required reading for anyone who bets on horses or is interested in horseracing.
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
The opening of direct exports creates an interesting market for South African racehorses. This is not confined to the best horses of each generation
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
The importance of strategic breeding decisions, deep pedigree knowledge, and the pursuit of excellence that defines the world of breeding
