British trainer Ralph Beckett admits local star Ka Ying Rising looks an ‘absolute monster’ but is relishing the chance to take him on in the HK$26 million Gr1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint
Horseracing in KwaZulu-Natal took the next step to the dawn of a new era with the publication on Thursday of a revitalized racing programme and the news of the introduction of incentives and stakes adjustments
Ho joins a select group of elite riders to reach the milestone – Douglas Whyte (1,813), Zac Purton (1,783), Joao Moreira (1,235), Tony Cruz (946), Brett Prebble (806), Karis Teetan (704), Gary Moore (694), Basil Marcus (671), Gerald Mosse (659) and Felix Coetzee (652)
There is nothing quite like the reveal of first entries for a marquee race and on 25 January at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, one of these names will join the honours board with greats like Horse Chestnut, Politician and Pocket Power!
Who knows, perhaps Royal Victory’s success in last year’s race emboldened fellow KZN trainers to make the trek to Gauteng?
Second placed, All Out For Six, performed to 112 for beating the 110 rated line horse by a length (2 points) at level weights. His rating was adjusted accordingly from 107
The HK$24 million Gr1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase will have added poignancy for Barzalona as it will be his final Gr1 start as Godolphin’s retained rider in France, before he takes up the role of first jockey to His Highness the Aga Khan in January
One World was the toast of Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday when the Equus Champion supplied three Vaughan Marshall-trained winners
Justin Snaith’s Double Grand Slam bounced back to her best at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday with a smooth victory in the Summer Bowl
Clinton Binda’s Ziyasha produced something near his best to win the World Sports Betting non black-type Bantry Bay Stakes at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday
Drakenstein’s One World celebrated a 1-2-3 in Saturday’s World Sports Betting Listed Sophomore Sprint at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
