Randjesfontein trainer Sean Tarry made it a 100% victory strike at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday when saddling the winners of both the Tabgold Derby and the Tabgold Gr2 Oaks
Former South African champion jockey Jeff Lloyd was a proud man on Saturday
‘This is why we’re in the game, it’s all about Group 1 racing and these are the ones we want all the time’ – Mike de Kock
Caspar Fownes reached another towering Happy Valley milestone on Wednesday night
The scratching of Hollywoodbets Durban July log contenders Main Defender and Royal Aussie on Wednesday has opened the door for fringe contestants
Recordbreaking Richard honoured as Xavier gets a month for possible lapse of concentration
Mercurial Cape talent Grant van Niekerk broke the ice in his birthday month with three winners on the anniversary of the first ever ride of his career
Sean Tarry’s Lucky Lad won’t run in the big race but Hollywoodbets Durban July plans look to still be on track for Snaith’s Mucho Dinero
Dave Mollett observes that the 2023/24 season has not been a memorable one for jockey Smanga Khumalo
With just 27 days to go to the big race, there were no real fireworks from the quartet of Hollywoodbets Durban July entries who lined up in Sunday’s R250 000 Gr3 Jubilee Stakes at Turffontein
Double Grand Slam broke the SA Champions Season ice for the Snaith team when winning the Gr3 Umzimkhulu Stakes at the end of March, when she was also Richard Fourie’s first winner this season for his former boss
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
