The victory made it a glorious Drakenstein owned and bred Silvano Gr1 double on a memorable afternoon, after Silver Darling had captured the Woolavington 2000 a half hour earlier
Justin Snaith picked up his fifth Woolavington 2000 and the opening Gr1 contest of the 2022 SA Champions Season
The Alan Greeff yard dominated the finish of the R150 000 Listed Milkwood Stakes at Fairview on Friday when the super-consistent grey 4yo Glacier Gold beat her year younger stablemate Franca in a rousing finish
The Gr1 Woolavington 2000 is a testing leg in the projected R5 million Pick 6 at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday
Safe Passage – “He’s going to go into the July a very fresh horse, that’s for sure, which is good. But he’s not 100% for Saturday “, Mike de Kock
’This son of Master Of My Fate has now won the first two legs of the Winter Series – congrats all round. I wouldn’t be surprised if Master Of My Fate makes champion sire this year’
Tony Millard posted his 700th victory in Hong Kong when Above All triumphed in the second section of the Class 4 Mirs Bay Handicap (1200m) under Ruan Maia
A total of 98 entries were received on Monday for the Hollywoodbets Scottsville speed spectacular of four Gr1 races to be held on 4 June
The feature race action was restricted to Kenilworth this past weekend. The National Horseracing Authority handicappers have reported on the second legs of the respective sex winter series
The Woolavington was thrown wide open when star filly Rain In Holland was scratched last week
Descendants of Danzig’s July Cup winning son Green Desert shone on both the international and South African stage this past weekend
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
The son of Twice Over has been gelded and will be aimed at the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the WSB Cape Town Met
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
The Ridgemont’s Kieswetter and Drakenstein’s Rupert families are major players in our horseracing and the Monmouth Park feature thus held more than a passing interest for many of us
