Cape Racing boss Greg Bortz has negotiated compromises, closed multi digit deals, and dealt with all-comers of various shapes and sizes in his years of corporate hand-to-hand combat in boardrooms across the world – and now he’s facing Mother Nature head on
The end of the current racing season is fast approaching and with only two weeks remaining, reigning champion Gimmethegreenlight looks to have clinched a third General Sires title with progeny earnings in excess of R28 million
Vihaan’s Bomb is turning into an exciting staying prospect as Gareth van Zyl’s gelding reeled off another victory in a Middle Stakes race over 2400m at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Wednesday
The integrity and dependability of South African horseracing’s official statistics have been brought sharply into the spotlight after a spike over the weekend
Please take note of the new dates for Cape racemeetings
‘A horse whisperer and a highly talented man of enormous intellect, talent and skill’
The SA champion elect wrote his name into the history books again at Fairview on Tuesday when setting a new bar for most East Cape winners in a season
With racing in Singapore closing after the running of the Gr1 Grand Singapore Gold Cup on 5 October, winning the Gr1 Singapore Derby on Sunday has taken on an even greater significance for trainer Daniel Meagher
Dean Kannemeyer’s star 3yo Green With Envy will not line up in the R1,5 million Gr1 The HKJC Champions Cup on the final major raceday of the current season
Francis Lui has staged a magnificent comeback on the final day of the 2023/24 season to claim the Hong Kong trainers’ championship for the first time
The late Captain Al is all set to be named South Africa’s Leading Broodmare Sire for 2023-2024
Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board
In our weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, including some slow-run Grade 1 contests at Turffontein
