Horse Racing News: Pre-race news & previews and general racing news.
A number of races are receiving makeovers in the form of name changes to honour significant racing figures including the Mike De Kock Ipi Tombe Challenge, The Mary Slack SA Fillies Classic and the Dr Richard Maponya Handicap
The man who rode competitively until the age of 65, was born today, 1 October, in 1918
Global View’s four winners won from distances of 1000 metres to 2600 metres, with the beautifully-bred stallion producing winners on both turf and polytrack, and at all of Turffontein, Hollywoodbets Greyville and Fairview in this spell
Polytrack specialist Renzo gave trainer Ricardo Le Grange a race day treble
Cape Racing have advised that the Hollywoodbets Durbanville racemeeting scheduled for today Saturday, 30 September, has been abandoned
Nine races carded for Hollywoodbets Durbanville – let’s hope we race!
The Wernars’ defending champion Puerto Manzano heads the log
‘We must caution that we are unable to give a 100% green light for Saturday’s racemeeting at this stage, in view of the 10mm of rain forecast overnight. If we do indeed receive that precipitation, it could be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel’s back’ – Justin Vermaak
Have you ever thought about where it has all gone wrong for racing and why have we been at a crossroads for some time for the greatest game in town?
The R600 000 race, restricted to eligible graduates of the 2022 Ready To Run Sale, is scheduled for Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday, 21 October, and will be contested over 1400m
After dedicating herself fully to the role for four challenging years, the increasing demands on her time and personal life have led her to reassess her career direction
Two South African star performers in Dean Kannemeyer’s Gimme A Prince and the Vaughan Marshall champion 3yo One Stripe, who runs in Sunday’s HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap, feature in the first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
