The Iron Lady Retires
In an age where the majority of female runners generally bid the track farewell at age five, maybe six, at a push, Rouge Allure has defied the benchmark
11th August 2022
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In an age where the majority of female runners generally bid the track farewell at age five, maybe six, at a push, Rouge Allure has defied the benchmark
So Monday came and no local racing. I went to the 3 operator’s web sites to see if they have a message for me as a customer. Do I need to say…?”
Horseracing is not only the sport of kings. There are queens, princes, princesses and everybody else too! So said 4Racing CEO Fundi Sithebe at Turffontein on Tuesday
Public voting in the official Equus polls opened today and will close on Friday 12 August
Teams competing in the new Global Team Horse Racing night series (GTH) met at Durban’s Hollywoodbets Greyville racecourse last Friday evening
The National Horseracing Authority handicappers have published the weekend’s feature race ratings
The Ridgemont Highlands-bred Humdinger led her rivals a merry dance to win the feature at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday
‘This is my third time and I have been on the wining team every year, so I am going to have to retire now! And it is great to have my family here’ – Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle winner Neil Callan
The guest of honour will be South Africa’s only current female professional jockey Rachel Venniker
One of the true-blue characters of the South African turf, retired trainer and former jockey Ivan ‘Picks’ Pickering passed away this week
Can the legend win this prestigious Gr1 juvenile contest for a record 17th time?
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
The son of Twice Over has been gelded and will be aimed at the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the WSB Cape Town Met
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
