Sham’s Symbol Of Success
A botched start to the R100 000 Founders Trophy put the poison cherry on top of a traumatic Fairview meeting for many punters on Friday
12th September 2015
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A botched start to the R100 000 Founders Trophy put the poison cherry on top of a traumatic Fairview meeting for many punters on Friday
The Duncan Howells’ trained Same Jurisdiction booked her Cape Summer Season ticket in fine style with a fluent win at Scottsville on Sunday
The Windrush gelding Roman Carnival is one of the fastest improving horses in training and set himself up for a major paydate on the Vaal sand at the end of September, when skating home an easy winner of Saturday’s R250 000 Gr3 August Stakes
South Africa’s 2014/15 Zimbabwe champion trainer Corne Spies is a master of the sand and he produced the 4yo Jo Malone in a galloping mood after an eight week rest to score a runaway victory in the R125 000 Sandy Beach Stakes
Whatever anybody may think, PE racing makes no friends with these sideshows, and the locals can be thankful that punters (and some owners), are forgiving creatures by their very nature
Ashburton trainer Duncan Howells breathed a sigh of relief at Scottsville on Wednesday after his Gr2 The Debutante winner Cosmic Light produced a workmanlike performance on her seasonal debut to maintain her unblemished record
The Milnerton-based Vaughan Marshall yard are well and truly back to form. They celebrated a winning hat-trick on the Kenilworth Saturday programme, with the Western Winter gelding Exelero producing a sparkling performance after a 17 week break – MJ Byleveld rode all three winners
Former Gr3 Cape Nursery winner The West Is Wide turned on the speed at Fairview on Friday when going all the way under a determined Raymond Danielson to win the R100 000 Speedsters Stakes and give trainer Tara Laing her first winner of the new season.
“Two months ago I weighed 70kgs sitting on my couch. Look at me now. And Tyson (Bowes) was so nervous before the race. Doesn’t he realise that if ever anybody wanted somebody to ride for their life it would have to be me!” – Andrew Fortune
Trainer Sarel von Willingh Smit and jockey Francois Herholdt pulled off a sensational double when they clinched top honours for the second year running in the R200 000 RA Flamingo Mile at Flamingo Park on Saturday
The Tienie Prinlsoo trained Judpot gelding Pontedera turned the R100 000 RA Diamond Stayers run at Flamingo Park on Saturday into a procession
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
