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.
Owner Michael Leaf bounced back just a few months after his Vodacom Durban objection trauma last year to lay out a cool R1,1 million for a lovely Star Witness colt. He was handsomely rewarded at Turffontein on Saturday…
Alec Laird turned the heat up on his Summer Cup aspirations and recorded his second consecutive Gr2 Charity Mile success, when the Argentinian-bred gelding Bouclette Top produced an electrifying turn of foot under our champion jock
The versatility of the superb champion producing stallion Captain Al was demonstrated again when his lightly raced son Fulcrum dug deep and showed serious stamina reserves when winning the R150 000 Listed Java Handicap run over 2450m
A change of tactics has made the world of difference to Mike De Kock’s New Zealand bred, The Centenary
The 33-1 Memphis Mafia took a while to register a maiden win, but he followed up on that like a true professional and a horse who will win plenty more
The Justin Snaith trained Ovidio is one of the fastest improving gallopers in a discipline that generally lacks serious depth in South Africa
Stalwart Milnerton trainer Greg Ennion pulled a potential classic rabbit out of the hat in the Magnum Gr3 Cape Classic at Kenilworth on Saturday
A terrific tactical ride by the Avontuur-sponsored Anthony Delpech gave the Mike De Kock KZN team a deserved polytrack feature success at a festive Pinkdrive Greyville night meeting on Friday
Trainer Tara Laing has done an outstanding job with the Var flyer Vauclair who racked up his eleventh win when storming home to beat the dual Gr1 winner Copper Parade in the R100 000 Cradock Place Stakes
Recently I have been giving some thought to why Apprentice Allowances can be claimed in feature races? In the dim days before the dark days this didn’t happen and I have no idea when and why this practise snuck in
Trip To Heaven was having only his eighth career outing in a field of seasoned campaigners and Tarry was quick to urge the handicapper to look at the performance in context – and against the background of some of his charge’s opponents possibly needing the outing
Owner Stanley Chan announced the three-time Horse of the Year’s retirement on Friday 13 September at trainer Francis Lui’s Sha Tin stable
SA champion jockey stepped out under the Ridgemont flag for the first time at Hollywoodbets Durbanville today
‘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
