Avontuur Dream Shines
Superstar Frankel took his global stakes footprint reach to seven countries when he produced his first South African stakes winner
31st March 2019
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Superstar Frankel took his global stakes footprint reach to seven countries when he produced his first South African stakes winner
Van Halen can pace it with the best of them on his day and caught punters wrong -footed when he bounced back from a dismal Cape summer campaign to win the R250 000 Gr3 Man O’War Sprint at Turffontein on Saturday
The last time Piere Strydom partnered a Sean Tarry horse in the SA Oaks there were a few less smiles than on the winner’s podium at Turffontein on Saturday
On a testing day for the Mike de Kock team, their progressive miler Soqrat was far too good for his ten rivals when winning the R1,25 million HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes
Just three weeks after dead-heating in the Listed Ruffian Stakes at the same venue, Wylie Hall’s stakes icebreaker Twilight Moon and the undefeated Aussie import Frosted Gold bumped heads again
The shock withdrawal of boom 3yo Hawwaam cast a dark cloud over Derby Day at Turffontein on Saturday
A first stakes winner for Ridgemont Highlands based Gr1 winner Potala Palace, Palace Of Dreams turned on the jets at the 200m
A somewhat controversial Vodacom Durban July inclusion last season, the very capable Dark Moon Rising finally put it all together
Tara Laing’s maiden Captain Anne Bonny upstaged the hot favourite Brandina in an exciting finish to the afternoon’s feature
The R110 000 East Cape Poly Challenge first leg produced the finish of the afternoon at Fairview on Monday
Leading Gauteng owner Lawrence Wernars celebrated his birthday on Saturday as longshot Divine Odyssey, a horse he bred and part owns, bounded home
The South African bred former Equus Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu made a terrific winning debut on US soil for trainer Graham Motion and confirmed his Prevagen $1million Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint aspirations
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
