The R120 000 World Sports Betting 400m Dash provided an exciting start to the opening meeting of the 2023 Champions Season at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday
The Charles Dickens fairytale is back in print in 2023 after the magnificent chestnut son of Trippi soared to victory
Vercingetorix daughter Peach Daiquiri caused the first feature upset of the 2023 Champions Season
Just a month after winning the HF Oppenheimer Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes up at Turffontein, the well-travelled and improved Trip Of Fortune produced a top-class effort
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
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
