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The Grand Battle Of 34 At Aintree
A full field of 34 runners contest the 2025 Randox Grand National at Aintree today
5th April 2025
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A full field of 34 runners contest the 2025 Randox Grand National at Aintree today
Just over an hour earlier, winning sire Canford Cliffs’ extraordinary versatility was underlined when Richard Fourie booted the five time Grade 1 winner’s daughter Strata – also bred by Ridgemont – home for the same stable over 1200m
TAB customers have a glittering menu of international fare to bet on this Saturday, starting early with Day One of the Championships at Royal Randwick in Sydney
Trainer John Size will attempt to fill a rare gap in a bulging career portfolio when the master horseman saddles Howdeepisyourlove in the Gr1 Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan on Saturday
A major piece of broadcasting history will be made in this year’s Randox Grand National when Gina Bryce becomes the race’s first female commentator in 73 years.
The track is currently waterlogged, and the forecast for tomorrow predicts similar weather conditions to those experienced today
The free-to-play Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge is available on the Meydan meeting on Saturday
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
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
Post Covid something changed with your racing, and I can’t quite put my finger on it…and the NHA needs to sort out priorities, be more transparent, and consistent in their findings
Chris van der Merwe says that judging by their posts, punters believe that they’re keeping horse racing alive and well in South Africa
The opening of direct exports creates an interesting market for South African racehorses. This is not confined to the best horses of each generation
