Watch This Last Stride Gr1 Thriller At Randwick!
Outstanding colt Nepotism (Brutal) scored one of the most remarkable Gr1 wins by a 2YO on an Australian racetrack in recent memory
19th April 2025
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Outstanding colt Nepotism (Brutal) scored one of the most remarkable Gr1 wins by a 2YO on an Australian racetrack in recent memory
Direct Hit, one of this term’s most exciting 2yo prospects, kept her impeccable record intact with a facile victory in the R175 000 Listed East Cape Nursery
It is just under six weeks since Andrew Fortune made his much publicized return to race riding
In Time Is Money this week, we look at Sunday and Monday’s highlights
Muzi Yeni capped a Justin Snaith treble at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Monday
Milnerton father and son duo Piet and Elbert Steyn produced the goods at the weather-delayed Hollywoodbets Kenilworth racemeeting on Monday
Angus Chung successfully forged new territory on Sunday 13 April, posting his first Sha Tin treble crowned by Divano’s dominant victory in the HK$3.72 million Class 1 Healthy Community Handicap
In a race where the majority of the eight jockeys were having their arms pulled out of their sockets and ultimately turned the 1750m contest into a sprint for home, Muzi Yeni rode a determined race
The 4yo Vercingetorix filly Tomyris made it 3 wins from her last 5 starts when she powered home
In a category not known for great depth, Frank Robinson’s 2024 Gold Cup runner-up Shoot The Rapids stamped himself a contender for the stamina features over the next few months
Just a week after arriving at Summerveld with his SA Champions Season raiding party, Justin Snaith broke the ice when the 3yo Gran Canaria shed his maiden
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
The son of Master Of My Fate will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial into the big one on 5 July
