South Africa’s joint highest rated galloper, Main Defender (131) will make his season debut as he steps out to defend his title in Saturday’s R550 000 Betway Gr3 Joburg Spring Challenge at Turffontein
To reduce the number of horses requiring a second test, and in an effort to ensure that the above 99.7% normal population of horses is catered for, a new specimen collection procedure for TCO2 analysis will be implemented on race days
The loss of 50% of the racemeeting is a blow for local stakeholders who have already seen the loss of Wednesday’s scheduled racemeeting at Hollywoodbets Greyville
The 58th running of the Gr1 Sprinters Stakes at Nayakama Racecourse in Japan on Sunday produced the quickest renewal since 2012.
Returning from a 12-week break Gimmethegreenlight filly Gimmie’s Countess delivered a dazzling late effort to win the Baker McVeigh Gr3 Diana Stakes at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday
Milnerton veteran Vaughan Marshall saddled his fifth winner of the Matchem Stakes in the 21st century when the consistent Questioning romped home at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday
Glen Kotzen’s very consistent 5yo gelding King Regent looks ready to bank the R250 000 bonus and claim top honours in the 2024 Nelson Mandela Bay Racing Poly Challenge Triple Crown on 18 October,
Coolmore has announced that 6-time Group 1 winner and dual Derby hero Auguste Rodin, will take up stud duties for the 2025 season at their base in Ireland
Former SA Champion jockey Smanga ‘Bling’ Khumalo was discharged from hospital on Thursday following knee surgery
Silent Witness is the only horse immortalised in bronze as a statue at Sha Tin, and the SA champion rider fondly recalls the galloper’s supreme competitive spirit ahead of Sunday’s R46 million equivalent Gr1 Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama
A natural lightweight, Cole ‘Frost’ Dicken booted home a double for the powerful Glen Kotzen Summerveld satellite yard at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday
The classic has a long and proud history dating back to 1955 when it was run as the Cape of Good Hope Guineas
