Nationals On 10 & 11 April
An exceptional catalogue has been drawn up for the 2025 National Yearling Sale with a majority of South Africa’s top stud farms to be represented at this sale
10th March 2025
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An exceptional catalogue has been drawn up for the 2025 National Yearling Sale with a majority of South Africa’s top stud farms to be represented at this sale
A gelding by I Am Invincible returned the highest price at the 2025 Hong Kong International Sale at Sha Tin after fetching a bid of HK$5 million
Gold Circle and trainers and their staff are working hand-in-hand to ensure that blasting and the relocation of Eskom lines on Sunday 9 March will have a nominal impact, if any at all, on the Hollywoodbets Scottsville racemeeting on the day
The champagne corks were popping down in the beautiful Robertson valley on Friday with the Ridgemont team celebrating another sparkling performance by their stallions in two provinces
Competitive handicaps are the order of the day at Sandown on Saturday afternoon
The Ridgemont team celebrated a Canford Cliffs homebred double trained by the Brett and James Crawford partnership and ridden by their retained jockey Richard Fourie
The sustained freeze on livery, first four months reduction, and export grant top-up will represent a HK$140 million investment made by the Club
Cosmic Speed’s merit rating was increased from 116 to 120 following his victory in the Wilgerbosdrift HF Oppenheimer Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes
Spumante Dolce’s disappointing run in Saturday’s Wilgerbosdrift Gr1 SA Classic can possibly be put down to mucus found in her trachea
The 2025 edition of the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale continued to defy the pre-sale apprehension amongst participants on Monday with the results from Day 2 of the sale showing further gains on the promising start to the sale on Sunday
The R1 million Gr1 Computaform Sprint is the next target for Corne Spies’ top-class Rafeef gelding William Robertson who lumbered top weight of 62kgs
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
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
