British Trainer Celebrates On Carnival Closing Night

The Newmarket-based conditioner collected a first overseas winner when Max Mayhem stormed home in the featured Longines Spirit Flyback Handicap

East Cape Fillies Nursery Hat-Trick For Greeff And Fourie

Ridgemont rider Richard Fourie and his Gqeberha boss Alan Greeff registered a hat-trick of East Cape Fillies Nursery successes when the unbeaten Varsfontein-bred Master Of My Fate filly Anotherdanceforme romped home

My Wish & Rubylot Head The Field

My Wish and Rubylot head an enthralling group of 14 selected runners for the HK$26 million 148th BMW Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin on Sunday, 23 March

SA Record, New Cape High – Premier Powers Up!

Records fell and new benchmarks of excellence were established as the curtain came down on the select first session of the 2025 CRS Premier Yearling Sale at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on a vibrant Thursday evening

Hollywoodbets Scottsville: Saturday Moves To Wednesday

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

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Pomodoro Colt Tops Day 2

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

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Taxman Pips ‘Embarrassed’ Frankie

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

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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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