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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
When Sean Tarry started out at Randjesfontein in the early days of this century with just 16 horses, he was determined to break through in a tough game
Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board
In our weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, including some slow-run Grade 1 contests at Turffontein
