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While Gavin Lerena may have been left with a mildly bloodied nose after being given one to think about in the Hollywoodbets Greyville Sunday opener by Rachel Venniker, the former SA Champion jockey bounced back with genuine character to ride three winners
Victory Moon’s story is marked by much joy, triumph and a poignant ending—reflecting the bittersweet fate shared by many equine champions throughout history
Why did the in-race communication via a warning siren or flag take forever to get the riders to pull-up?
The daughter of Invader who was a near sale topping A$3.9 million purchase has turned out an incredible investment for the Camilleri family – having already earned her purchase price back
Scott Darby’s extraordinary affinity with the Classic Yearling Sale continued at Flemington on Saturday when the A$30,0000 bargain buy Within The Law won the A$500,000 Listed Inglis Banner
North England has secured his berth in all the feature 2yo races of next year with a tough victory in the A$1m Inglis Golden Gift at Rosehill on Saturday
Isaac Shelby made his 3yo debut in a high-class running of the Gr3 Greenham – the race in which Night Of Thunder lost his unbeaten record to Kingman
The 2024/2025 Cape Racing Summer Festival of Racing is back and better than ever, offering eight captivating racedays from 23 November 2024 to 16 March 2025
While Garth Puller avoided the temptation of scratching after the surface switch, jockey Craig Zackey was less impressed with the Durban all-weather track
Dave The King looks very likely to take his place in the Betway Summer Cup after passing a medical on Monday after an out-of-character performance in last Saturday’s feature
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
