Six Winners For Greeff!
An 8yo former East Cape Derby winner marked his 61st run just a week after he was headed for retirement as a riding hack, when winning the R175 000 Listed Glenlair Trophy
14th April 2023
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An 8yo former East Cape Derby winner marked his 61st run just a week after he was headed for retirement as a riding hack, when winning the R175 000 Listed Glenlair Trophy
Ridgemont Highlands proven international sire Canford Cliffs has thirteen lots going through the ring at the BSA National Yearling Sale in Johannesburg on 21 and 22 April
For the first time TAB bets can be taken on any one of the 40 carded runners in this Saturday’s Randox Grand National at Aintree, the greatest steeplechase in the world
Some trainers prove to be dab hands at getting the best out of fillies. Duncan’s track record clearly places him in that category
As a precautionary measure, Princess Calla will not line up in Saturday’s HSH Princess Charlene Gr1 Empress Club Stakes, but the final field of seven promises a tightly contested race
The seven race card on Monday really was ‘scraping the barrel’ in the words of a veteran KZN racing man
All the leading contenders for the Randox Grand National have stood their ground at the five-day declaration stage for Saturday’s big race at Aintree
Classic horses were the meat and drink of the Mauritzfontein breeding operation, underlined by its remarkable record as the birthplace of 15 Oaks winners, all but one of which carried the Oppenheimer silks to victory
It’s not often that we get insight into such a detailed interrogation
Calvin Habib finally had his first taste of sweet success in Singapore after Wind Trail got up in an exciting finish in the SG$50,000 Super Easy 2012 Stakes, a Class 4 race on Saturday
In a startling assessment, Zac Purton believes Lucky Sweynesse is capable of further improvement as Hong Kong’s top-rated sprinter prepares to contest the HK$5 million Gr2 Sprint Cup
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
