Newsflash: Watch Muzi Grab Goodbye Gold At Kranji!
The SA national log-leader rode a cracker to win the final running of the Gr1 Grand Singapore Gold Cup over 2000m at Kranji on Saturday
5th October 2024
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The SA national log-leader rode a cracker to win the final running of the Gr1 Grand Singapore Gold Cup over 2000m at Kranji on Saturday
South African jockey log leader Muzi Yeni has been granted a one-day visiting jockey’s licence to ride at the Gr1 Grand Singapore Gold Cup meeting
2009 Gr1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner, Sea The Stars will once again look to make his mark on the grand race on Sunday – this time as a sire and grandsire
Querari has always found himself overshadowed by barn mates Silvano and Vercingetorix, yet has proven himself a fine stallion in his own right
The Justin Snaith-trained Vercingetorix 4yo The Grey King galloped his way into the history books on Wednesday as he laid claims to being one of the most successfully syndicated horses in South African racing
South Africa’s joint highest rated galloper, Main Defender (131) will make his season debut as he steps out to defend his title in Saturday’s R550 000 Betway Gr3 Joburg Spring Challenge at Turffontein
To reduce the number of horses requiring a second test, and in an effort to ensure that the above 99.7% normal population of horses is catered for, a new specimen collection procedure for TCO2 analysis will be implemented on race days
The loss of 50% of the racemeeting is a blow for local stakeholders who have already seen the loss of Wednesday’s scheduled racemeeting at Hollywoodbets Greyville
The 58th running of the Gr1 Sprinters Stakes at Nayakama Racecourse in Japan on Sunday produced the quickest renewal since 2012.
Returning from a 12-week break Gimmethegreenlight filly Gimmie’s Countess delivered a dazzling late effort to win the Baker McVeigh Gr3 Diana Stakes at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday
Milnerton veteran Vaughan Marshall saddled his fifth winner of the Matchem Stakes in the 21st century when the consistent Questioning romped home at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday
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
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
