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.
Trainer Dennis Bosch provided colourful KZN owner Alesh Naidoo and his Fire Racing Trust with the cherry on top of a memorable Vodacom Durban July day when he saddled the Clifton Stud-bred A P Answer gelding Cutting Edge to a thrilling victory in the KZN Yearling Sale Million
The party spoiling objection hoodoo threatened to cast a cloud over the bright sunshine of Africa’s greatest horseracing event for the second year running when the dreaded objection hooter sounded minutes after a titanic duel to the wire
Top jockey Anton Marcus completed his Vodacom Durban July day Gr1 double when the top-class Mambo In Seattle filly Same Jurisdiction slammed a field of quality Gr1 performers
KZN champion trainer Duncan Howells registered the first leg of a showstopping Vodacom Durban July Day feature double when the well weighted Right Approach colt Easy Lover stormed home to win the R135 000 Listed Canon Business Centre Handicap
Winning rider Anton Marcus deserves plenty of the credit for maintaining a cool head in a race that developed into a desperate struggle for supremacy in the crucial closing stages as challenges came at him from from both sides
Shrewd money during the week saw the Nutfield Stud-bred Chestnuts N Pearls shorten on the betting boards from 25-1 to 7-1 and the confidence was to prove spot on as she reversed the Allan Robertson Championship form with Princess Royal
Gavin Van Zyl’s Seul Amour gelding Heart Of A Lion played himself into contention for a serious tilt at the Gold Cup later this month, when he outstayed his rivals under a determined Muzi Yeni to win the R500 000 Gr2 Gold Vase. The Pick 6 netted R10 212 514
A superbly judged front-running ride by SA champion jockey S’manga Khumalo opened the Vodacom Durban July day feature programme at Greyville on Saturday
If the July is the race that everybody wants to win, where does the so-called ‘Consolation July’, the R500 000 Gr3 tabGold 2200, fit in?
Owner Braam Van Huyssteen enjoyed a succesful feature afternoon at Kenilworth on Saturday. Three runners with three different trainers saw him enjoy a Listed winner, as well as seconds in a Gr3 and another Listed event
Lanner Falcon has always had plenty of ability, but has bumped some really good sorts – like when she chased the smart In The Fast Lane home in the Gr1 Avontuur Estate Cape Fillies Guineas of her year.
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
