Quid Pro Quo’s Travel Plans Delayed, Eyes Sprint Comeback
Trainer Barend Botes has been advised to crank up the former 2yo Champion filly for the May 31 renewal of the Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint
21st March 2025
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Trainer Barend Botes has been advised to crank up the former 2yo Champion filly for the May 31 renewal of the Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint
An exciting host of 28 individual Group 1 winners headlines entries for FWD Champions Day on Sunday, 27 April at Sha Tin
The fields for Champions Day, Day 3 of the 2025 4Racing’s The Championships, have been unveiled
Questions of why Wednesday’s Hollywoodbets Scottsville racemeeting could not have been switched to the Durban City track have been answered by Gold Circle Racing Executive, Raf Sheik
‘Pamela was not only a caring friend and much-loved racing partner but she was also the strongest woman I have ever met’ – John Freeman
Inothewayurthinkin stunned champion Galopin Des Champs to win the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup for trainer Gavin Cromwell and jockey Mark Walsh at Cheltenham last week
The Tarry galloper’s rating was increased from 103 to 108 after she won the 4Racing Gr3 Sycamore Sprint at Turffontein on Saturday
A filly by leading sire Zoustar has topped the 2025 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale after selling for $350,000 at Morphettville on Tuesday
Holding Thumbs reminds us a bit of the perpetual motion machine Saccharum, who raced for the Fleggs and was trained by the late Theo de Klerk in the 1970’s
Ridgemont’s red-hot five-time Grade 1 winning stallion Canford Cliffs maintained his extraordinary season with two of his talented progeny bringing it home for their sire
Ozone therapy is increasingly recognised worldwide for its powerful healing properties in animals – accelerating wound healing, reducing inflammation, boosting immunity, and combating infections
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
