Sean Tarry’s Rafeef colt Thunderstruck rounded off a testing campaign for the Randjesfontein raiders when he dug deep in the soft falling rain to hold on for honours in the Khaya Stables Gr2 Diadem Stakes
Owner Suzette Viljoen completed a fantastic four-feature winning weekend for trainers Justin Snaith and Tony Peter
Double Grand Slam registered her maiden stakes victory in classy style on Saturday and now looks a serious contender for feature honours in Durban from May to July
Golden Sickle goes from gun to tape to run her four rivals off their feet
With the carryover of R500 000 producing a nett R3 215 219 Pick 6 pool on the final day of the Cape Summer Of Champions Season, Royal Aussie righted the ship for punters
The Steven Burridge-trained Makin gave favourite backers a scare before knocking in a well-deserved win in the SG$70,000 Class 3 race over 1400m on Saturday
It was a particularly special race for the veteran trainer as his Captain Al champion One World celebrated a maiden graded stakes success in the process
In a typical example of the frustrating ‘Cape Crawl’, the 1800m race turned into a sprint for home with the tote favourite Rainbow Lorikeet (5-2) holding off a determined challenge from UK visitor Daniel Muscutt on Summer Lily (7-2) in a time of 115,44 secs
South African trailblazer Rachel Venniker saved her best until last in Round 4, on the turf over 2100m, with a positive ride on Cliffs Of Fury (GB)
The vacant positions are due to the resignations of Prof. I Sanne and Adv. C F van der Merwe SC
South Africa’s oldest active racehorse, a R20 000 purchase as a yearling, registered his twelfth career victory and took his earnings to over R1,1 million at Turffontein on Thursday
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
