Synonymous with Golden Sixty’s towering feats, Vincent Ho has anointed Galaxy Patch as Hong Kong’s ‘next future star’ after the gelding’s dominant HK$5.35 million Gr2 Sha Tin Trophy Handicap victory
Frank Robinson’s DStv Gr3 Gold Vase winner Madison Valley got the upper-hand in an incident filled R120 000 PinkDrive Michaelmas Handicap at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
While it was a quiet day by his own high standards, reigning SA champion jockey Richard Fourie displayed his tactical mastery at a sunny Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday when he steered a ring rusty Snow Pilot to an eyecatching victory
Mike de Kock hasn’t saddled a Summer Cup winner since the mare Flirtation won the race under Randall Simons back in 2010, and the veteran clearly means business with seven of the 42 entries
An electric atmosphere and frenzied trade characterised a remarkable opening session at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Tuesday with a Frankel filly realising 4 400 000 guineas, the second highest price for a yearling in European auction history
The South African Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie visited Hollywoodbets Kenilworth headquarters
Jockey Bruno Queiroz has edged fellow champion Brazilian jockey Manoel Nunes out for a narrow win of the Singapore jockeys’ premiership this season
It has been a long road since Donavan Mansour booted home his first winner Solar Voyager on 23 August 2008 at Turffontein for Lucky Houdalakis
Gold Cup winner heads for Kuala Lumpur as Muzi flies back to SA at 3am on Monday to focus on his title aspirations
Rachel Venniker amplified her wide range of skills in the saddle when she travelled to Turffontein on Saturday to steer the lightly raced Back In Business home for Joey Soma in the Betway Gr2 Spring Challenge
Celtic Rumours scored a well-deserved maiden stakes success when she benefitted from a finely judged ride by Gavin Lerena to win the Betway Gr2 Joburg Spring F&M Challenge
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
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!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
