SA Connections On World Stage
South African bred and raced champions made their presence felt in major racing events and award ceremonies last week
2nd February 2024
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South African bred and raced champions made their presence felt in major racing events and award ceremonies last week
‘He’s the most beautiful looking horse. This is what we can breed. We might not have the biggest stud farms or the best stallions and mares, but this is what we produce, which is just so typical of South Africa’ – Justin Snaith
After his big win on Double Superlative on Saturday, Daniel Muscutt tells the Sporting Post about the impact
Final fields for Guineas Day 2024 were declared on Tuesday as we count the days down to the start of 4Racing’s The Championships Season at Turffontein on Saturday
Visiting trainer Lucky Houdalakis and his connections take the trophy and the cheque with both hands after the supremely consistent Joburg Merchants winner Dyce finished powerfully to register his first Gr1 success
The withdrawal reduces the field to eleven runners, after Bless My Stars was withdrawn in midweek due to travel restrictions
The list of Met seconds over the past quarter of a century or so makes for fascinating reading
With the kind compliments of Hollywoodbets, the Sporting Post is offering a R1000 betting voucher to the reader who tips the top four
Jehan Malherbe announced his retirement from commentating in 2023 having spent more than 40 years in as one of the principal commentators in Cape Town
Qatar’s most prestigious race day, HH The Amir Sword Festival at Al Rayyan Racecourse in Doha, has attracted 152 international entries from 11 different countries among a grand total of 414 horses
The owners and trainer of the Querari filly Bavarian Beauty have acknowledged the National Horseracing Authority for acting proactively and assisting them in a situation that had the potential to have ended unhappily
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
