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The masterful trainer wrote another personal chapter in the South African horseracing history books at Kenilworth on Sunday when he saddled the winners of two colts’ Guineas within the space of twenty four hours
The grandstand finish saw the versatile Fourie,who had ridden a peach of a race from the front on Greg Ennion’s Revved Up in the previous event over 2500m, at his brilliant best as he burgled an unlikely victory
A freak accident cast a cloud over the 2015 KZN Champions Season opening day at Greyville on Saturday. Last year’s Vodacom Durban July winner Legislate was withdrawn at the start of the Drill Hall Stakes
Milnerton-based trainer Joey Ramsden made it two from two for Cape raiders in the Champions Season opening feature show when the Australian-bred The Conglomerate stormed home under Anton Marcus in the Jooste silks to win the R600 000 KRA Gr2 Guineas
Phillipi trainer Brett Crawford drew first blood in the KZN Champions Season 2015 feature programme when Delma Sherrell’s Dynasty filly Alexis lowered the colours of some serious Gr1 fillies
The Avontuur bred Greys Inn gelding Legal Eagle showed his promise and ability when emulating his sire by scoring a resounding victory in the R2 million Gr1 SA Derby.
Summerhill stallion Visionaire’s flagbrearer Royal Pleasure established another milestone for her exciting sire when she became his first SA-bred stakes winner when pulverising her field to win the R150 000 Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes
Phillipi trainer Brett Crawford scored a promising sprint feature success with the Sail From Seattle 4yo Gulf Storm
Paarl-based trainer Glen Kotzen made it two feature winners on the afternoon when the versatile Jet Master mare Jet Belle registered a second R150 000 Gr3 Poinsettia Stakes victory in a row when scoring an easy win at Scottsville on Sunday
Top jockey Anton Marcus rode a hat-trick of feature victories at Scottsville on Sunday and declared himself ‘pleasantly surprised’ with the gutsy victory by Charles Laird’s Captain’s Daughter in the R135 000 Listed The Scarlet Lady
The progressive Dennis Drier-trained 2yo Seventh Plain became his sire’s first stakes winner from his second crop when storming home to grab top honours in the R150 000 Gr3 Godolphin Barb 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
