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The ‘Piddy plan’ came together handsomely, and all’s well that ends well – as a happy looking Glen and Kathi Kotzen, together with their elegantly attired local assistant Lunga Gila attested, with broad smiles and much joy in the winner’s enclosure.
Captain Al was to sire the winners of the last three races on the Kenilworth card, as the Snaith’s speedy 2yo Jo’s Bond beat a field of older handicappers in the final event.
Philippi trainer Stan Elley may have been training racehorses for over four decades, but few winners could have given him more satisfaction than Punta Arenas’ facile victory in Saturday’s R250 000 Gr3 Cup Trial
With the weather enforced switch of racing from turf to the polytrack, the Corne Spies-trained Listed KZN Stakes winner Sarve proved too strong for her opposition in the R150 000 Listed Milkwood Stakes at Fairview on Friday
“I told you guys that he is a top horse.I have never had a Captain Al before but this is exciting. If he goes 1600m they can all come. I’m over the moon, I can’t talk,”
Brave Tin Soldier’s impressive colt Rabada notched up two notable milestones when cruising to an impressive victory in Saturday’s R135 000 Listed Gatecrasher Stakes at Greyville
“I have never considered giving up on this horse,” says jockey as the outstanding 4yo miler Legislate makes it four Group wins from four starts at Greyville and comes out top of the pops in the much publicised ‘Duel Of The Dynasty’s
Top internationally experienced jockey Weichong Marwing maintained his excellent KZN Champions Season strike rate when he produced the Go Deputy filly Flying Ice with a sustained late run to catch and beat Mike De Kock’s fancied Australian-bred Almashooqa…
Bad luck has been Johan Janse van Vuuren’s middle name but that may all have changed at Greyville on Saturday with the smart Highlands bred 3yo colt Belong To Me scorching clear to win the R150 000 Durban Dash
A triple Gr1 runner-up in her career so far, Hammie’s Hooker has just been one of those horses loaded with talent, but born in the wrong year
The promising Var filly Varumba meets Listed Perfect Promise Sprint winner My Emblem in what could provide an interesting comparison of interprovincial juvenile form strength
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
