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
Beyond the pending investigations, things ended well enough for the Bass-Robinson yard when the improving Rainbow Lorikeet stamped her Paddock Stakes prospects with a gutsy victory under a top-notch ride by Aldo Domeyer
The evolving fairytale of a filly that couldn’t raise more than a R60 000 bid in the sales arena continued on Friday evening
There is no disputing that Jet Master continues to cast a long shadow over the South African racing industry
SA Champion trainer and big race title-holder Justin Snaith has nine entries in the early stages of the R5 million World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met class of 2025 that was unveiled earlier today
