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.
After finding things tough going down in the Cape, the Mike Bass-trained 4yo Supreme Sunset took to the Fairview polytrack like a fish to water with a smooth win in the R150 000 Listed East Cape Paddock Stakes at Fairview on Friday
Jockey Gavin Lerena edged ever closer to his first SA jockey championship title when he rode a winning double at Greyville on Saturday
Nobody was happier than Gold Circle Racing Ambassador Bill Lambert – a part owner of the Gr2 Umkhomazi winner – and whose first feature win it was
Maine Chance Farms’ promising first crop sire Querari enchanced his burgeoning reputation when he produced his first stakes winner at Greyville on Saturday. The Duncan Howells trained Cosmic Light built on her fluent debut victory with a solid win to maintain her unbeaten record
The Braam Van Huyssteen dayglo yelow silks were prominent on the national feature front on Saturday. After Pecan Nut’s gutsy win in the Listed Off To Stud Stakes at Greyville, the consistent Justin Snaith-trained Cat And The Moon grabbed the double with an easy win
South African horseracing welcomed a high-class locally bred sprinter to the stallion ranks when the superbly talented Captain Of All rounded off his illustrious track career with a glorious third Gr1 trophy
Horse Chestnut’s smart daughter Pecan Nut showed her appreciation for the Greyville Polytrack when scoring a courageous and well-deserved first stakes victory when staying on best to win the R150 000 Listed Off To Stud Stakes under Anton Marcus
One thing one can say about Borrowdale Park’s big race bonanzas is that it is seldom all over until the fat lady sings. At the finish of Sunday’s $40 000 Gr3 Republic Cup only 1.80 lengths separated the first five horses
With the field reduced to seven, Milnerton-based Joey Ramsden wasn’t complaining as he grabbed the exacta to make it a hat-trick of wins for the Cape visitors
A former course record holder over the Kenilworth 1200m, the Var colt Generalissimo can fly when in the mood and he gave his rivals a galloping lesson to win the R120 000 eThekwini Sprint at Greyville
The future of the outstandingly talented PE ‘sprinting queen’ Yoshie is still undecided. This was the word from her new owner Paulo Do Carmo, after the smashing daughter of Antonius Pius had racked up her thirteenth win with a runaway rout of her fourteen opponents in Friday’s Listed East Cape Breeders Stakes
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
