25th April 2025
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The National Punters’ Guide for today’s Fairview racemeeting has been published
With only three barriers left to be drawn at the official barrier draw function at Sha Tin on Thursday, Ka Ying Rising was faced with the prospect of drawing either gates four, seven or the outside barrier of 13…
With Mother Nature wreaking havoc in KZN and Gauteng, a Fairview polytrack fixture saves the day on Friday 25 April, with the first of eight races carded for 12h25
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
Today’s pen reading at 13h00 is 32 (heavy), with some areas reaching 46
Park Appeal’s Al Quoz Sprint winning son Great Britain, a full-brother to Cape Cross, has gotten into the act this season, albeit as a broodmare sire
The Turffontein racemeeting scheduled for today, 24 April 2025, has been postponed to Sunday, 27 April 2025
Heversham Farm is offering stallion incentives for the next two breeding seasons that are incomparable and unparalleled in the South African racing industry
The final leg of The Championships, known as the Championship Finale, is set to run at Turffontein Racecourse on Saturday
The acknowledged unofficial national championships of the South African racing season, Champions Season 2025 launches at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday 3 May
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
The son of Master Of My Fate will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial into the big one on 5 July
Outstanding colt Nepotism (Brutal) scored one of the most remarkable Gr1 wins by a 2YO on an Australian racetrack in recent memory
