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Usually something comes from the slow run one and does you from behind and if you are piggy in the middle, waiting for the one in front to come back, you quite often get done which seemed to be the case here…
With our champion jockey Manoel Nunes out for a month serving a suspension for retuning to scale underweight, Australian rider Michael Rodd stepped up to the plate this weekend
With a proliferation of new stallions in the SA sire ranks, Sarah Whitelaw notes that the KZN arsenal is looking particularly promising.
“We could feel the disappointment when people got knocked out of the exotics and realised there is a need for a product that keeps people involved throughout the day”
Captain Al well and truly dominated Saturday’s Scottsville meeting, with a pair of Grade One winners and a pair of Gr1 seconds
With good weather, good company and great racing, the 2015 Tsogo Sun Sprint day truly delivered.
If you are drawn high up the straight course, you are racing in what appears to be a long line of glue, suggests trainer Joey Ramsden
It was tremendous fun and a privilege and pleasure to join Marsh Shirtliff for a birthday celebration on Monday evening, arranged by his equally sociable son Guy, who has been in Singapore for several years now
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would be a member of the team broadcasting one of the biggest International Gr1 events in the world, surrounded by some of the finest horses, trainers, jockeys and various media
When the guys on top – with the best intentions – are sending you in the opposite direction as well, it really does make for some tough decision making
The Smirnoff/Medallion winner to have left arguably the greatest legacy in recent times was the wonderful racemare, Tracy’s Element, writes Sarah Whitelaw
Snaith star runs in a a capacity nationally representative field for the 129th renewal of the R5 million Hollywoodbets Gr1 Durban July!
Patience rewarded for the blue and white powerhouse while Team Valor’s Quid Pro Quo is on her way to Jerome Reynier in France
In perfect weather conditions, an enthusiastic record crowd – probably larger than that seen at many local racemeetings – turned out to enjoy coffee and pastries and watch their big race fancies going through their paces
SplashOut-sponsored Apprentice Savanna Valjalo broke the ice at Hollywoodbets Greyville at her 11th ride under rules on Wednesday
