Champion Double
Sean Tarry and Lyle Hewitson enjoyed a profitable afternoon at Turffontein on Saturday with a hat-trick of winners, including a great feature double
1st April 2018
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Sean Tarry and Lyle Hewitson enjoyed a profitable afternoon at Turffontein on Saturday with a hat-trick of winners, including a great feature double
Vaal-based Gokhan Terzi took the plunge a year ago to leave Zimbabwe and face the more competitive demands of racing in South Africa
The Judpot gelding Coral Fever produced the peak run of his career at Turffontein on Saturday
In testing conditions over the 2000m, the talented Hewitson overcame a wide draw and took the lightly-raced Chariot Of Gold up to lead
Tara won this feature with Vauclair (2014), Sir Duke (2015) and Normanz last year. With four of the eleven starters on Friday, she must have rated her chances of lifting the trophy again
A possible Cape Winter Series candidate for the Snaiths on this showing!
The 2017 Charity Mile runner-up Social Order registered his last victory exactly a year ago to the day on Sunday
Glen Kotzen and Justin Snaith’s success at the Vaal on Saturday may have given their colleagues some food for thought
The Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship at Scottsville in May could be on the radar for the talented Carlita
Gauteng based owner-trainer and breeder St John Gray had plenty of cause to celebrate at Turffontein on Saturday
A drop in distance to 2200m and a switch to the polytrack. Jacques Strydom and the Kruger family, new trainer and owners of the Querari gelding Desert Wisdom, must have believed the R110 000 Lakeside Handicap was theirs for the taking!
Just hours after the Springboks beat the All Blacks in Cape Town to lift the 2024 Freedom Cup, an equine speed merchant that first saw the light of day just 130km away from the DHL Stadium was announcing his arrival on the US racing scene
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
