Horse Racing News: Pre-race news & previews and general racing news.
Luke Ferraris took his season tally to 20, while Keagan de Melo registered his fifth, with Lyle Hewitson on 9, as the curtain came down on Sunday’s Sha Tin racemeeting
The R160 000 purchase has been a model of consistency on both surfaces since her 2yo season
Plenty of rain in Ireland provided a thorough test for the eight runners in the Gr1 Lawlor’s of Naas
Ascot Racecourse has announced that prize money will reach a record £17,75 million in 2025, with the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes to be run for £1,5 million for the first time
Tara Laing and Chase Maujean get a look-in as the Greeff and Smith yards dominate
Justin Snaith’s enigmatically talented 4yo Snow Pilot is the champion trainer’s sole entry in the R1,5 million Gr1 Cape Flying Championship
Those punters that took the 7-2 average about Brett Crawford to lift the national title have been refunded their full stake by Hollywoodbets, without any deductions applicable
There are three feature races on today’s nine-race programme at the Vaal
A clerical error and a dropped ball over an equipment check at Fairview has ended well with the Stipes taking no action against the trainer – who it appears, was in the right in the first instance
Trainer Willie Mullins saddles 8 of the 12 runners in Naas Racecourse’s sole Group 1 of the year
The Andre Nel-trained Candy Town ran the Franschhoek Motor Museum Winchester Sprint Cup field clean off their legs with an impressive display of speed on L’Ormarins King’s Plate day at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
The charge originated from comments made by Jockey van Niekerk during a post-race interview following the running of Race 2 at Hollywoodbets Durbanville Racecourse on Wednesday 26 March
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
