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It wasn’t pretty or anything particularly elegant but Sean Tarry’s flying Captain Al filly Cloth Of Cloud took the South African racing world’s collective breath away in a few strides
High drama, a touch of poetry, a champion 3yo and an army of orange and black clad supporters who converged on Turffontein on Saturday, formed a fitting backdrop to the arrival of a memorable and historic third SA Triple Crown champion
They said she’d need further but class and conditioning counts and Mike de Kock’s promising Australian-bred Fursa ran away from her field
Geoff Woodruff drew first blood on Champions Day when the consistent and dour stayer Arch Rival outgunned his eight rivals to win the Gr2 Gold Bowl
Summerveld trainer Garth Puller held the local flag high for the KZN establishment at Scottsville on Sunday
Cape trainer Joey Ramsden enjoyed a change of luck in the final feature event of the weekend
Longstanding past SA champion breeders Summerhill Stud celebrated a feature exacta at Scottsville on Sunday when two sons of Kahal fought out the finish of the R120 000 Highland Night Cup
It is early days yet and Silvano’s son Marinaresco may not have the same physical presence as champion Pocket Power, but one could forgive part-owner Marsh Shirtliff a lump in the throat and a possible misty eye
The Rondeberg yard of leading owner Sabine Plattner headed by Andre Nel rounded off a terrific weekend feature double at Kenilworth on Saturday
This is one of those weird races, both in terms of weights and post-race ratings adjustments. Our captains at the NHA, who should know better, have agreed that the winner’s post-race merit rating cannot be increased by more than 6 points…
Gogetthesheriff, who started a generous 18-10, won despite his wide draw, a relatively inexperienced first-time young rider in the irons and the ardent support for talented Cape visitor Silver Snaffles, who was backed to 7-2 to beat the local star.
‘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
