Horse Racing News: Pre-race news & previews and general racing news.
All post-race test samples taken from contenders in the 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships run on 1 and 2 November at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club have been cleared by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit
The sale signalled the end of an era for South African racing and breeding as a large portion of the equine interests of the late Hassen Adams, who passed away in March this year, were liquidated
Kimochi brought the Yulong racing empire its seventh Gr1 for the Spring and ended a frustrating run of top-level placings with a stirring breakthrough victory in Saturday’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield
Betfred Derby victor City Of Troy, who subsequently captured the Coral-Eclipse and Juddmonte International, and outstanding stayer Kyprios are also in contention for the evening’s premier equine accolade
Hollie Doyle will return to Hong Kong in search of her first LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship success having performed admirably on her first two appearances
Pierre Ng hopes the Gr2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday will deliver further evidence of Galaxy Patch’s status as a leading contender for next month’s Gr1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile
The Ridgemont Team look to have another classic prospect on their hands after the Rafeef filly Mon Petit Cherie followed in the golden hoofprints of the Robertson nursery’s past Cape Fillies Guineas winners Make It Snappy (2022) and Front And Centre (2018)
The trailblazing Rachel Venniker was the first female jockey to ride in the Summer Cup when she partnered Shango for Sean Tarry in the 2022 renewal of the Highveld showpiece
Tropical cyclone warning leads to cautionary abandonment
It’s all part of the plan for his main target – the 2025 L’Ormarins King’s Plate
Charlie Johnston’s Sacred Angel will face 11 rivals on Wednesday when Lingfield Park stages two Listed races for fillies and mares
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
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
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
