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We take a few steps down from the heady heights of the likes of Majmu, Siren’s Call and French Navy in recent weeks, as we face a weekend without a feature on the local front
17th April 2015
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We take a few steps down from the heady heights of the likes of Majmu, Siren’s Call and French Navy in recent weeks, as we face a weekend without a feature on the local front
Find us a horse who can run every other week and win races on three different surfaces from 1000m to 2200m – and we will take at least five of him
Trainer Geoff Woodruff and jockey Anton Marcus completed a superb feature double for Australian-bred runners at Turffontein on Saturday
Justin Snaith enjoyed a start of mixed success to his 2015 KZN campaign at Greyville on Friday evening with Jackson’s full-brother Heartland showing he will be a force to be reckoned with in the next few months
Trumped by champion international trainer Mike De Kock as the best filly he has trained, the outstanding Majmu silenced her critics with a scintillating second career Gr1 victory when clinching honours in a dramatic R1 million Laurie Jaffee Empress Club Stakes
Mike De Kock’s Trippi filly One Fine Day looks set to come into her own as a late 3yo
There was hardly a dry eye in the house when Paul Lafferty’s Stronghold 4yo Double Clutch galloped his way to glory in Friday evening’s delayed R135 000 Listed Easter Handicap at Greyville
The gallant mare Tzigane looks well on track for a shot at the Gr2 Camellia Stakes on Champions Day after her breathtaking late dash victory to clinch top honours in the R250 000 Gr3 Sycamore Sprint
Avontuur super stallion Var continues to churn out the top-class racers with lightning regularity and his much talked about son Dollar Dazzler scored an impressive Gr2 victory at Turffontein on Saturday
“We are back.” The brief but emotionally charged statement after Wylie Hall’s smooth victory in the R400 000 Gr2 Colorado King Stakes could hold ominous overtones for the Legislate team
A tap on the shoulder at the 2014 National Yearling Sales as he eyed a handsome son of a talented mare that he trained to six victories, could yet prove to be a very fortuitous moment of fate for the high-riding Tarry
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
