Bookmakers were spared an estimated payout of £50million on an opening day of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday that saw the previously-unbeaten Constitution Hill crash out of the Champion Hurdle and Majborough beaten in the Arkle
An exciting high-quality catalogue awaits prospective buyers when the 2025 CRS Premier Yearling Sale is held at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on 13 and 14 March
What is interesting about Kleinzee’s win is that it broke the publicized course record of 91,1 secs by 0,26 seconds. However, basic mathematics, and indeed some logic, tells us different
Varsfontein Stud will be offering six (three as Agent) yearlings by their Champion Sire Gimmethegreenlight at the upcoming CRS 2025 Premier Yearling Sale this week
Former Mike de Kock-trained SA bred star Gimme A Nother may have relinquished her seven run unbeaten record but made a top-class North American debut after an eleven month break
Bundle Award charged into HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby calculations with a brilliant victory in the Class 2 Carpenter Handicap
The diversity and strength across the Cape racing landscape can be seen when browsing the catalogue for the 2025 Cape Racing Sales Premier Yearling Sale
The winner’s sire Twice Over has six lots on offer at the CRS Premier Yearling Sale this week
Immediate Edge was given a superb ride by Ryan Munger to get the better of Gavin Lerena and Wild Intent in the World Sports Betting Listed Hawwaam Stakes at Turffontein on Saturday
The gloves were off at Meydan on Friday when Marbaan and Mysterious Night had a rematch – the fifth of their careers
Former professional jockey Louis Burke cemented his position at the top of the 2024/25 Hollywoodbets Workriders’ Series log when he went from start to finish to win the penultimate leg on the Justin Snaith-trained Dawn’s Early Light
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
