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The clash of the fairer sex titans in the R600 000 City Of Pietermaritzburg Fillies Sprint produced sweet revenge for Sean Tarry’s Captain Al filly Carry On Alice, who turned on the pace charm to beat her rival Alboran Sea in sensational style
Trainer Dennis Drier notched up a superb fourth consecutive victory in the R600 000 Tsogo Sun Gr1 Gold Medallion when the very progressive Seventh Plain showed his field a clean pair of heels to maintain the Jooste stranglehold for the third year running
The daughter of More Than Ready showed that her solitary defeat in four runs – at the hands of Speedy Suzy in the Pretty Polly Stakes – was all wrong, and she looks to have a very bright future ahead of her
The Sunday stakes feature was a memorable one for leading Cape stud, Maine Chance, whose black and yellow silks were worn by the first two home. They also bred the runner-up, a smart daughter of Lateral, while the winner was bred by another Cape breeder in Digteby Stud
Veteran conditioner Stan Elley took a giant step into the Vodacom Durban July limelight, when saddling first and third in a thrilling climax to the R350 000 Gr2 Betting World 1900
Alan Greeff’s impressive 2yo colt Juan Two Three rounded off a weekend feature double for Avontuur’s super sire Var when he ran out a facile winner of the R150 000 Listed Dahlia Plate
The rampant Joey Ramsden made it another glorious feature winning weekend. And while the honour roll of the local Derby has not produced any real stars over the past few years, the classy St Tropez looks very progressive and could prove the exception to the rule
Trainer Dean Kannemeyer maintained his purple patch of winning form when the Khaya Stables owned Dynasty gelding Solid Speed beat a quality field of stayers to score an impressive victory in the R120 000 Highland Night Cup
The salestopping Var colt Tar Heel endorsed the quality of the groundbreaking inaugural 2014 CTS Johannesburg Ready To Run Sale, when he charged home to win the R125 000 Listed Somerset 1200
After the Joey Ramsden rout of recent weeks, it was trainer Eric Sands turn to step up to the podium at Kenilworth on Saturday and produce a familiar feature winner
The form yards may be best to follow – and that means Ramsden and Crawford – but they saddle half the field between them.
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
