Two Days To Find Your Champion
South Africa’s premier thoroughbred auction, the National Yearling Sale has a long and storied history, and its graduates continue to score at the highest level
19th April 2023
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South Africa’s premier thoroughbred auction, the National Yearling Sale has a long and storied history, and its graduates continue to score at the highest level
Sparkling Water’s name will not be amongst the first entries for the 2023 renewal of Africa’s greatest horserace to be announced shortly after midday today
The Handicappers were unanimous in their opinion that 3rd placed Marigold Hotel made for the ideal line horse, leaving her unchanged on a mark of 107.
4Racing has announced an 8% increase in total stakes for Eastern Cape races to R31 776 570 for the period 1 June 2023 to 28 February 2024
Arries put his head down and rode for his life. But while his mount was shifting away from the crop, he made no visible effort to straighten until the very final stages – maybe he was lucky to only get 7 days
You will have 19 chances at the BSA National Yearling Sale to get your share of the Rafeef action!
Considered to be an illegal substance when imported into the Southern African market without the required permit, and therefore the NHA strongly condemns its use in horseracing
Labelling his charge a ‘solid, sound horse’, Dean Kannemeyer said the Drakenstein galloper was seemingly better on a right-hand turn.
Successful at last month’s Cheltenham Festival, the nine-year-old moved powerfully throughout after starting as the 8-1 favourite
‘We’ve won two Gr1’s with her, that’s enough for her pedigree so we have to ask ourselves if we go out on a high or go for another big race or a trophy. Fortunately, Mary always puts her horses first so the right decision will be made’- Mike de Kock
The Sean Tarry machine continued with another feature success at Turffontein on Saturday when the talented Philasande Mxoli rode a copybook race
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
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
