Purton Overthrows Hong Kong’s Champion
Zac Purton has now toppled Hong Kong’s champion in three separate Group 1 races aboard Waikuku, California Spangle and the latest, Beauty Eternal
28th April 2024
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Zac Purton has now toppled Hong Kong’s champion in three separate Group 1 races aboard Waikuku, California Spangle and the latest, Beauty Eternal
Romantic Warrior stunned James McDonald and once again lived up to his name as he produced a titanic late surge saw to land a record-breaking third FWD QEII Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday
Justin Snaith has added a 9th Hollywoodbets Durban July nomination, by supplementing his Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas winner
Fastnet Rock, Champion Sire in Australia in 2011-2012 and 2014-2015, has established himself as a truly top-class broodmare sire
Unbeaten after a meteoric start to his Hong Kong career, Massive Sovereign tuned up for the Gr1 FWD QEII Cup at Sha Tin with an eye-catching Happy Valley trial on Friday
The Varsfontein-bred Master Of My Fate filly Splicethemainbrace showed her class to register a dual sex regional Nursery double when she proved a touch too classy for her eight rivals
Ayr racecourse hosts the Premier Raceday meeting on Saturday
For only the second time in South African horseracing history, a horse was scratched from a race for elevated pre-race TC02 levels at Vaal on Wednesday.
Renowned as the premier event on South Africa’s racing calendar, the Hollywoodbets Durban July is set for 6th July 2024
“On paper this looks to be a strong catalogue. If the yearlings match up physically, it will be a good sale.”
Good horses don’t know how much they cost and champions can arrive from any part of the market place
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
Longstanding Dean Kannemeyer Racing team member Morris Mg Cube was the proudest man at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday after his favourite charge Gimme A Prince stormed to victory in the HKJC World Pool Gr1 Cape Flying Championship
