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Piet Botha’s Dare 2 Dream Racing Team celebrated one of the most popular winners on a sundrenched Hollywoodbets Durbanville afternoon on Saturday
11th November 2023
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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
The anticipated return showdown between top 3yo’s Sandringham Summit and Main Defender is unlikely to happen in the R650 000 Jonsson Workwear Gr2 Dingaans at Turffontein on Betway Summer Cup day
He became the first jockey since Harry White to win the Cup in consecutive years on different horses
Clearly more fired up than ever since Cape Town has become a welcoming home-from-home for top trainers like Gareth van Zyl and Adam Azzie, the Snaiths securing of low-key Gqeberha resident Yuzae Ramzan was to prove a masterstroke
The trainer-jockey combination has won this race six times with other victories coming with Wrote (IRE) (2011), George Vancouver (2012), Hit It a Bomb (2015), Mendelssohn (2017) and Victoria Road (IRE) (2022)
Philippi trainer Brett Crawford only took two horses up the Garden Route for the 2023 Algoa Cup Festival which commenced at Fairview on Friday
Alistair Cohen, South Africa’s world-class race caller, has been appointed Senior Manager, Broadcasting and Commentating, for Cape Racing
The launch of new breeding venture Paardeberg Stud is to be lauded and serves as a welcome boost to the local breeding ranks
On Tuesday KZN trainer Tienie Prinsloo supplemented the progressive Erupt gelding Sugar Blast, while fellow Summervelder Nathan Kotzen nominated recent Michaelmas Handicap winner Royal Victory
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!
