Few stallion open days were more widely looked forward to than the annual get-together at Summerhill Stud, where stud master Mick Goss would welcome fellow breeders, even overseas visitors
Wary of light-weight threats, Douglas Whyte hopes forecast rain can tilt the scales in Russian Emperor’s favour when the reigning Hong Kong Champion Stayer tackles the Gr3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap
The first British Classics of the season, the 2000 and 1000 Guineas, will be run at Newmarket today and tomorrow
There should be plenty of interest in the Newmarket showpiece, as the likely favourite Auguste Rodin has strong pedigree connections to South Africa
Puerto Manzano became the first horse in the current season to win two open Grade 1 events
Some categories were fairly predictable, and others attracted lengthy discussion
Cape racing star Charles Dickens makes his much anticipated return on Saturday
Quasillo may never reach the lofty heights that Querari has. Yet despite limited representation, he is doing his bit to maintain the family honour
Isivungvungu has had his rating raised from 119 to 130 following his fluent success in the Grade 1 Jonsson Workwear Computaform Sprint
It must be the first Champions Season opener in close on twenty years without a Justin Snaith runner to add some spice, but Milnerton resident Candice Bass-Robinson, with a string of eight at Summerveld, could surely carry the Cape flag
‘It was a day that showed Hong Kong racing has fully come back to the world stage with the atmosphere and the performances of these champion horses’
A final field of 17 will face the starter at the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth 2000m marker on Saturday 25 January for the 163rd renewal of the R5 million World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met
Two past winners of the Cape’s premier summer speed clash are in the fifteen strong line-up
