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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
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
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
Hugh Bowman is optimistic a drop in distance will pave the way for Sky Trust to push for victory in the first section of the Class 3 Cosmos Handicap at Sha Tin on Saturday when the gelding squares off with emerging talent Sky Jewellery
