Proactive Stipes Review Champions Day Photo-Finish
Muzi Yeni and trainer Fanie Bronkhorst looked to have dished up a knockout blow in the fourth race
29th March 2025
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Muzi Yeni and trainer Fanie Bronkhorst looked to have dished up a knockout blow in the fourth race
Confidence is a major asset in the armoury of any big race jockey and Richard Fourie coupled that by stretching his luck to near breaking point with a bold ride from the front on Joey Soma’s Fiery Pegasus to win the Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer Gr2 SA Oaks at Turffontein on Saturday
Sunday (originally Friday) moves to Monday – Monday (originally Sunday) moves to Wednesday
Returning from injury, Zac Purton is excited to reunite with Ka Ying Rising when the world’s highest-rated sprinter contests the HK$5.35 million Gr2 Sprint Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday
The Sean Tarry trained filly Green Diamond shed her maiden with an impressive performance on Saturday to grab top honours in the TAB Gr2 SA Nursery at Turffontein
Sean Tarry saddled his fourth TAB Gr1 SA Derby winner at Turffontein on Saturday when Legend Of Arthur was produced down the outside of the soft track by the rampant Richard Fourie to secure a thrilling victory
The high-riding Eastern Cape combination of Alan Greeff and Richard Fourie got the 2025 Champions Day feature action off to a flying start when the Varsfontein-bred Master Of My Fate filly Golden Palm showed her class to win the Wilgerbosdrift Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery
Alec Laird’s Fire Away colt Fire Attack benefitted from a superb ride by reigning SA Champion Richard Fourie to win the HKJC World Pool Gr1 Premier’s Champion Challenge
The Ridgemont-bred William Robertson’s milestone victory in the TAB Gr1 Computaform Sprint at Turffontein on Saturday will go down as the fairytale moment of 4Racing’s 2025 Champions Day as the Rafeef gelding registered a deserved maiden Grade 1 success
Following in the footsteps of his father, James Crawford enjoyed the honour of saddling the racing family’s Fatal Flaw, who went pillar to post to win the 2025 TAB Gr1 Empress Club Stake
The free-to-play Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge is available on the Hong Kong racemeeting on Sunday
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
‘The actions of the jockeys on the day have given South African racing a black eye in the international horseracing community and have caused considerable reputational and financial harm to our industry in general and Cape Racing in particular’
When Grant van Niekerk opened his mouth after the second race, the complexion of a raceday was turned on its head…
In this business, none of us should overestimate our powers of prediction and our best tools are experience and context, couched in all the humility we can muster
