The Long Wait!
Randjesfontein trainer Jurgen van Heerden ended a twenty year wait when celebrating the first graded stakes winner of his career
3rd April 2017
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Randjesfontein trainer Jurgen van Heerden ended a twenty year wait when celebrating the first graded stakes winner of his career
Trainer Sean Tarry made it five wins from five races on Classic Day when Exquisite Touch won the Gr3 Man O’ War Sprint in double quick time
Callan Murray gave trainer Mike de Kock the second leg of a Classic double when the Australian-bred Heavenly Blue ran out a smooth winner of the Gr1 SA Classic
The outstanding miler Legal Eagle cemented his position as South Africa’s leading racehorse when he went start to finish at Turffontein on Saturday
Sean Tarry teamed up with Anton Marcus to maintain his Classic Day stranglehold when scoring his fourth straight victory on the big race programme
SA champion trainer – jockey combination Sean Tarry and S’manga Khumalo made a cracking start to Classic Day at Turffontein on Saturday
His trainer may have labelled him ‘a 16.1 hh Marie biscuit’ recently, but Gimmethegreenlight’s smart son Gimme The Stars amply makes up for his lack of physical constitution with a deadly turn of foot
Geoff Woodruf’s smart Mogok gelding Pagoda stamped himself a genuine SA Champions Season prospect
An enterprising ride by Callan Murray gave Mike de Kock the honour of saddling the first stakes winner for a sire close to his heart
A talented and precocious 2yo, Seattle Singer finally put her act together halfway through her 3yo term
The high – class Pierre Jourdan’s half-brother Champagne Haze has been a touch in-and-out since his big win in the 2015 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup.
‘We want to deliver the best quality racing on a consistent basis. That’s what we are striving for. We do not want to host the most racemeetings for the sake of it’
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
