Post race information and news relating to major horse races. We review and analyse how these races played out and discuss the details relating to performance and any other interesting facts people in the horse racing industry find useful.
The Scribante family found a tiny ray of sunshine after the sad loss of a much loved mare when her daughter Hurricane Shelley stormed out of the doom and gloom at a wet Fairview
The very lightly raced Toreador gelding Bull Valley booked his Gr2 Merchants berth on Sansui Summer Cup day in three weeks from now
Confidence is a major weapon in any jockey’s arsenal. That was the fine line between all and nothing in a thrilling climax to Saturday’s Graham Beck Stakes
Drakenstein’s proven stallion Philanthropist produced his first SA-bred stakes winner courtesy of the beautiful grey Avontuur-bred galloper She’s A Giver
Trainer Lucky Houdalakis gave favourite backers and the handicappers one to think about when producing a joker in the pack
Gavin Lerena and trainer Johan Janse van Vuuren put the cherry on the top of an unforgettable day as the Australian-bred New Predator charged home to win the R1 million Gr2 Charity Mile
The Summerhill Stud-bred Admire Main gelding The Elmo Effect shed his recently acquired bridesmaid tag and played a starring role in a thrilling four-cornered finish to the Java Handicap
The beautifully bred Silvano filly Girl On The Run showed her class as she stepped on the power late to score a deserved career first stakes success
He was a pricy yearling and there will be hopes that the son of Silvano will now go on and realise his potential
Australian-bred horses make it a feature whitewash at Kenilworth on Saturday
Table Bay’s facile victory under top weight in Saturday’s Gr3 Cape Classic follows in the hoofprints of Ramsden’s Gr1 performers Red Ray (2013) and Act Of War (2014)
‘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
