“It’s a very cool day.” The understatement of the year from Craig Kieswetter as he spoke from a wet Newmarket after the hammer had fallen on a 1,100,000gns Godolphin purchase
Mike de Kock has the top two on the log and also on the Hollywoodbets antepost betting boards
The Hollywoodbets Punters Challenge is free to play, and if you finish in the top 20 on the leader board, you can win your share of R5000
The National Horseracing Authority handicappers have published their merit rating assessments after the weekend
A great-grandson of Danzig, Rafeef is fast emerging as a fitting successor to erstwhile Highlands-based champion National Assembly, who proved himself the best son of Danzig to stand in this country
The grey is owned by Kirsten Rausing, who also owned stallion Alado and raced horses previously in the Cape with Vaughan Marshall
After the Hollywoodbets Settlers Trophy objection on Heritage Day, where a lack of communication was probably more of an issue than the outcome of the reversal of Somerset Maugham over Han Solo, Saturday’s objection outcome was more logical – watch the replay here
The R1 million topseller Maharanee has the Gr1 WSB Cape Fillies Guineas at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on 3 December as her potential short-term target
For the second consecutive weekend, a Hollywoodbets Durbanville feature was decided in the boardroom. That’s not by choice and it’s racing for you
Muzi brought home the bacon, riding a confident race on the 5-4 favourite
Santa Maria wasn’t everyone’s idea of a popular winner, but produced the fireworks to win going away under Corne Orffer
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
The Ridgemont’s Kieswetter and Drakenstein’s Rupert families are major players in our horseracing and the Monmouth Park feature thus held more than a passing interest for many of us
