Look Out For Laird At Turffontein Today
Trainer Alec Laird saddles four today at Turffontein – don’t forget to take the free-to-play Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge on both the local meetings today
22nd March 2025
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Trainer Alec Laird saddles four today at Turffontein – don’t forget to take the free-to-play Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge on both the local meetings today
Trainer Alan Greeff sends out My Best Shot in the Bryanston Auctioneers Listed East Cape Guineas – Race 7 at Fairview this afternoon
Dennis Yip will attempt to win a consecutive BMW Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin on Sunday, 23 March, when he saddles Noisy Boy in the third and the final leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series
Hollywoodbets-sponsored Trainer Candice Dawson sends out Grand Crescendo under jockey Andrew Fortune in the 2nd today
Varshall Marshall’s star 3yo returns from a 10-week break after two incredible Gr1 victories to take his place in the R5 million HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap today
The curtain comes down on Cape Racing’s 2024/25 Summer Festival Of Racing on Sunday
Brett and James Crawford send out Pomodoro’s Jet in the sixth and he looks to be too good for this field
Muzi Yeni, who reached 100 wins for the season on Thursday, takes the ride on Justin Snaith’s Without Question in the sixth at Fairview today
After a three day blank on the local racing calendar, Turffontein plays host to an eight-race programme on the Inside course today
It’s all systems go for a regal and action-packed curtain call on a bumper 2024/25 Summer Festival Of Racing as Hollywoodbets Kenilworth hosts the inaugural Royal Raceday on Sunday 16 March
Gorgeous Bomb from the Alyson Wright stable takes her place in the third under jockey Gavin Lerena
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
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!
