What A Comeback
A determined ride and a great comeback from a beaten position was the highlight of Dawn Assault’s thrilling R250 000 Gr3 London News Stakes win on Sunday
7th January 2019
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A determined ride and a great comeback from a beaten position was the highlight of Dawn Assault’s thrilling R250 000 Gr3 London News Stakes win on Sunday
After winning his first two starts with authority, Mike de Kock’s exciting Silvano colt Hawwaam was called on for the first time to show some fight
Mike de Kock and Gavin Lerena sealed the first leg of a Turffontein Sunday feature double
The Ato gelding Chijmes confirmed again that he is no slouch when leading all the way to win the R150 000 Listed Sea Cottage Stakes
One of 26 entries for the R400 000 Gr2 New Turf Carriers Stayers to be run over 2800m on Sun Met day, Brett Crawford’s Gimme One Night continues to lift his game
“I must catch a wake-up.” The words of jockey Richard Fourie who tumbled out of the saddle of the fancied Bunker Hunt at the start of the Politician Stakes but who would go on to win the very next three races – two Gr1’s and a Gr2!
SA Horse Of The Year Oh Susanna dished out a galloping lesson to her eleven rivals as she made it consecutive victories in the R1 million Cartier Gr1 Paddock Stakes
Joey Ramsden’s R20 000 Master Of My Fate colt Twist Of Fate maintained his moneyspinning march up the ladder for his Mauritius connections with a facile victory
Gaynor Rupert’s Drakenstein Stud dominated proceedings on the opening day of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Festival on a glorious Cape summer’s afternoon at Kenilworth on Friday with a feature double
Drakenstein Stud’s five time Gr1 winning Cartier Champion celebrated another locally bred stakes success when his daughter Princess Irene continued her climb up the ladder
With over fifty horses running at Kenilworth this weekend, Justin Snaith still found some time to travel the 2000km round trip on Wednesday to Fairview to grab the first feature trophy of 2019.
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
