Groundbreaking Scratching At Turffontein On Saturday
For the first time in South Africa, a horse was scratched from a race for elevated pre-race TC02 levels
9th April 2024
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For the first time in South Africa, a horse was scratched from a race for elevated pre-race TC02 levels
Tony Cruz further cemented his place in Hong Kong racing’s firmament of stars by reaching the 1500-win milestone as a trainer
The Pierro x Winx filly’s price of A$10m eclipsed the previous world record for a yearling filly set in 2013 and decimated the Southern Hemisphere yearling record price of $5m
A remarkable feat of training and jockeyship delivered the goods in the Jonsson Workwear Gr1 Computaform Sprint at Turffontein
Running fresh off a brave second behind Double Superlative in the WSB Cape Town Met ten weeks ago, the son of Vercingetorix powered up the middle carrying topweight under replacement rider Morne Winnaar to catch the dour pacesetter Montien
The meeting hails the return to action of national log-leader Richard Fourie after a short break
With so much depending on a freshman sire’s initial market appeal and first book of mares, Wilgerbosdrift stallion Buffalo Bill Cody found himself very much on the backfoot when he retired to stud in 2020
It has been a common discussion point among the horsey crowd that nobody knew what was happening on the export front, except that SAEHP seemed to be spending a lot of money on a futile exercise
Born into poverty in Cape Town’s District Six, Hassen Adams was selling newspapers on the winter streets of the Mother City before he was ten years old
‘We have stables and equipment, and now we can return with our horses to fill those stables. In recent seasons the Dubai Carnival has lost its competitive edge and with that some of its glamour’
‘If you’d said in December that I’ll be running on Dubai World Cup night I’d think ‘don’t be so ridiculous!’ – excited trainer
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
