They say that promises and pie crust are made to be broken. But a passionate horseracing man visiting his former homeland from Australia at Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Durban July told a story of how he won a big jackpot and ended up keeping his word
Racing operator Gold Circle apologise unreservedly as they advise that a full investigation has been launched
NHA CEO Vee Moodley has told the Sporting Post that the request for the lights ‘guarantee’ actually came directly from the jockeys
In years gone by, the only other stallions to have captured the July/Met double with different horses in the same season were Royal Prerogative with Mark Anthony (Met) and Royal Chalice (July) in 1988, and Silvano who sired Martial Eagle (Met) and Heavy Metal (July) in 2013
The 127th renewal of Africa’s Greatest Race at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday produced a memorable occasion of firsts
Turffontein trainer David Niewenhuizen produced the goods in fine style on Hollywoodbets Durban July day
A showdown with Sean Tarry’s unbeaten Gr1 Gold Medallion winner Lucky Lad in the Gr1 Premiers Champion Stakes on the season climax Champions Day on 30 July is on the cards
Richard Fourie and trainer Sean Tarry built further on their successful partnership this term, grabbing a Gr1, Gr2 and Gr3 success at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday
An original early entry for the 2023 Hollywoodbets Durban July, the Sean Tarry-trained Futura gelding Future Pearl stamped himself as a smart staying prospect
An unprecedented jockey protest in regard to the absence of safety in respect of an inability to guarantee lights, led to the sad abandonment of the final three races
The City Of Durban will be red-faced after switching the lights off on their leading social and sporting event of the year
In a remarkable turnaround after a five year ban and many years of application and hard work, jockey Chad Little has been granted a licence to ride again
Sunday’s Hollywoodbets Greyville feature, the non black-type Model Man Mile, won by Mike de Kock’s Artist’s Model, paid tribute to one of South Africa’s greatest turf legends of the 20th century.
A man we are privileged to have known as a loyal friend of this great game and of the Sporting Post, a personal mate, and one of South African horseracing’s great characters, Shaheen Shaw, a husband, loving Dad and Grandad, passed away suddenly at the age of 55
The sad reality is that no matter who did what wrong, the Peter saga has been a scar on the SA horseracing landscape for far too long and besides the old favourite of justice delayed, it has lingered lengths ahead of KZN star Royal Victory’s big win in the 2023 renewal of the Highveld showpiece
