Size Seizes 1500th Hong Kong Victory
John Size has become only the second person to achieve such a feat behind fellow Australian John Moore
19th November 2023
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John Size has become only the second person to achieve such a feat behind fellow Australian John Moore
Celebrating a joint national second most stakes winners last term and record stakes earnings, including Maine Chance Farms having bred SA Horse Of The Year Princess Calla, the family also purchased the historic Litchfield Stud in October
A R1 million Cape Premier Yearling Sale purchase, the 7yo Sachdev bounced back from his 2022 temporary retirement following a knee injury, to score something of a surprise victory
Starting at 8-10 on the strength of his impressive last victory, the classy Khaya’s Hope was given a confident ride from off the action by Louis Mxothwa
Mike de Kock and Sean Tarry have trained five Summer Cup winners each, with Tarry holding the current form power, having saddled four of the last six winners
‘It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance’
How is that even possible? To have the Speed to run this fast for 1000m and then the Stamina to keep going and even accelerating for another 1000m to stop the clock at 1 min 55.2 sec for 2000m
It’s been twelve years since Mike de Kock saddled Igugu to wear the champion trainer’s only SA Triple Tiara crown
While things definitely didn’t go the way of Highveld-based champion Mrs Geriatrix, Glen Kotzen and the Arundel family find themselves with a serious WSB Cape Fillies Guineas candidate
Piet Botha’s Dare 2 Dream Racing Team celebrated one of the most popular winners on a sundrenched Hollywoodbets Durbanville afternoon on Saturday
The first French-trained Horse Of The Year since Treve in 2013 is a dual award winner on a glittering evening
Two South African star performers in Dean Kannemeyer’s Gimme A Prince and the Vaughan Marshall champion 3yo One Stripe, who runs in Sunday’s HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap, feature in the first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
