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’
The Dynasty filly Happy Chance grabbed her maiden stakes success with a terrific victory in the weather-delayed R200 000 World Sports Betting Sweet Chestnut Stakes
Just over two years after a career peak victory in the Gr1 Computaform Sprint, former Equus Champion Sprinter Rio Querari found his best finish under a cucumber-cool Richard Fourie
On a day that honoured his long-time boss Dennis Drier, Summerveld trainer Stuart Ferrie saddled his maiden stakes success
Wilgerbosdrift stallion Flower Alley had another good day at Turffontein on Saturday
Summerveld trainer Peter Muscutt pulled one back for the often maligned KwaZulu-Natal racing community when the Narrow Creek Stud-bred Isivunguvungu stormed to victory
Cape champion trainer Justin Snaith had a jibe at his colleagues, asking ‘where is everybody else?’
Three months of top-class feature racing kicks off at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday 6 May
A brand new chapter was written in the history of Cape horseracing on Monday with the approval by the Competition Commission of Hollywood Sportsbook Holdings (Pty) Ltd acquisition of Kenilworth Racing (Pty) Ltd
Trainer William Haggas took the wraps off a promising Shadwell homebred at Newbury last Friday
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
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
