Post race information and news relating to major horse races. We review and analyse how these races played out and discuss the details relating to performance and any other interesting facts people in the horse racing industry find useful.
“They have to apply this new stalls loading system with a measure of proactivity. When you have an odds-on favourite loading first and other horses are messing around it is not good for the punters. It irks me too that I school my horses properly and others don’t school theirs,” says the ever vocal Azzman
A double for MJ Byleveld and Vaughan Marshall as Desert Swirl continues to up his game. He was protected from the rigours of the 2014 Champions Season as it was felt he needed time to mature. That paid early dividends when he picked up the winning cheque in the East Cape Derby
Kotzen, Govender and impressive win by expensive Aussie debutante dominate Durbanville afternoon
The R100 000 Cape Premier Yearling Sale buy took his earnings to over R300 000 and is showing all the right signs. In scoring his fourth win from nine starts, he looks likely to win his way through the divisions
The Toreador gelding Shadow Line threw his name into the Emerald Cup hat with a facile Pinnacle Stakes win at the Vaal on Thursday
After black Friday last week, a better day at the Fairview office with Sporting Post tipsters on the button! Our Pick Six perm cost R360 and paid a hefty R32330, while our Jackpot cost R60 and paid a dividend of R1203
It was rare not to see Justin Snaith saddling his runners today but the racing community will excuse his absence as he was attending to far more important domestic matters down the road…
The reformed genius of the Brazillian-bred Anger took his next step to the Emerald Cup with a gutsy and impressive power galloping performance at the Vaal on Saturday
Running in the familiar Hammies Football Club strip of Cape owner Bryn Ressell in partnership with her trainer, and having only her third start on the surface, she produced a performance that spoke volumes of her versatility and progressive profile
Track switch at Fairview is followed by shock results which throws cat amongst the exotic pigeons and sees punters running for cover
What looked like a straightforward day with small fields and some well fancied runners produced a Pick 6 dividend of R213 058-90 in the end. Cape racing in winter is not for the weak of heart!
