De Gouveia reiterated that it was a racing incident – the movement by his horse, his foot slipping out the stirrups and the starter’s hand on the button. How can they not have given him the benefit of the doubt?
South Africa’s infamously onerous export protocols are a drag on any average day but may well have worked fortuitously for owners Tony Jelinski and Sterling Miller
Dean Kannemeyer produced the magic for the Hollywood Syndicate at the Theatre of Champions on Sunday when the ultra-consistent Rafeef filly Shantastic showed her customary turn of foot
South Africans Luke Ferraris and Douglas Whyte combined for their first success together when The Good Deal swept to victory in the Class 5 Lam Tsuen River Handicap
None Other was winning the SA Oaks at the first renewal bearing the name of SA Racing’s former first lady Bridget Oppenheimer, and is a granddaughter of Ilha Da Vitoria, who won the Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes in 2006, coincidentally the first year the race carried the name of Harry Oppenheimer
Candice Bass-Robinson’s Trip Of Fortune became the first Cape raider since Captain America in 2015 to win the R1 million HF Oppenheimer Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes
One of the best performed racehorses in the South African stallion ranks today, Ridgemont Highlands’ internationally proven five time Group 1 winner Canford Cliffs has maintained his superb momentum in his second SA season
Almost a year after saddling her maiden Gr1 winner, Vaal trainer Ashley Fortune is ready to celebrate at the elite level again
South Africa’s most popular horseracing competition produced two thrilled joint winners, including a a Durban-based novice punter and a Cape racecaller
The Handicappers were of the unanimous opinion that runner-up Nebraas made for the most suitable line horse, which leaves him unchanged on a mark of 116
High quality fields were declared on Tuesday for Day 3 of 4Racing’s The Championships, which will be held at Turffontein on Saturday 1 April
Superlative Stakes winner and Classic-placed Gustav Klimt will stand at Heversham Park Farm in South Africa, having stood at Haras d’Annebault most recently
