A Right Royal Showdown Looms On 6 January
Ricky Maingard and Bernard Fayd’herbe return to defend their L’Ormarins King’s Plate title at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on 6 January 2024
28th December 2023
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Ricky Maingard and Bernard Fayd’herbe return to defend their L’Ormarins King’s Plate title at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on 6 January 2024
South African bred Gr1 winning filly Vernichey appeared in the Tattersalls December Sales on 4 December 2023 and sold for R6,2 million to the bid of Kia Ora Stud, Australia
‘I have been involved in racing for decades and can’t recall an occurrence that has divided the South African racing public more than the Tony Peter and National Horseracing Authority standoff that is currently playing out’
The sensational run for the all conquering Te Akau Racing operation rolled on at Pukekohe in New Zealand on Boxing Day when star mare Campionessa scored a classy win
When Nile The Boss won at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday, she became the 21st winner to have emerged from her sire Potala Palace’s current crop of three-year-olds
The National Horseracing Authority confirms that the investigation carried out by O’Sullivan Brosnan & Associates, surrounding the events that transpired at the stables of Trainer Mr Anthony Peter on 25 November 2023, has been completed
Hollywoodbets Gr1 Cape Guineas runner-up Red Palace is a first supplementary entry for the 2024 WSB Gr1 Cape Town Met and will bid to follow in the footsteps of Oh Susanna
Pierre Ng will saddle nine runners tomorrow as he bids to produce at least one winner for the 15th consecutive meeting
Newly-minted Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas winner Snow Pilot fittingly describes the adage ‘Breed the best to the best and hope for the best’. After all, he is by War Front’s Gr1 winning son Lancaster Bomber out of dual Gr1 winner Snowdance
Happy Together showcased Gr3 January Cup Handicap credentials with a convincing win at Happy Valley on Wednesday
The first entries for the 163rd renewal of the R2 million L’Ormarins Gr1 King’s Plate have been announced
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
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!
