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Champions Day Fields Unveiled
The fields for Champions Day, Day 3 of the 2025 4Racing’s The Championships, have been unveiled
20th March 2025
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The fields for Champions Day, Day 3 of the 2025 4Racing’s The Championships, have been unveiled
Questions of why Wednesday’s Hollywoodbets Scottsville racemeeting could not have been switched to the Durban City track have been answered by Gold Circle Racing Executive, Raf Sheik
‘Pamela was not only a caring friend and much-loved racing partner but she was also the strongest woman I have ever met’ – John Freeman
Inothewayurthinkin stunned champion Galopin Des Champs to win the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup for trainer Gavin Cromwell and jockey Mark Walsh at Cheltenham last week
The Tarry galloper’s rating was increased from 103 to 108 after she won the 4Racing Gr3 Sycamore Sprint at Turffontein on Saturday
A filly by leading sire Zoustar has topped the 2025 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale after selling for $350,000 at Morphettville on Tuesday
In Time Is Money this week we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights
In Time Is Money this week we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights
High drama and some potentially dangerous race-riding cast a dark cloud over the inaugural running of the R5 million HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
After dedicating herself fully to the role for four challenging years, the increasing demands on her time and personal life have led her to reassess her career direction
Two smaller stables made their mark last week with notable victories, each carrying a backstory
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
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
