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.
Punters may not have swallowed it, but the Captain Al flyer All Is Secret showed that there was more than a sliver of truth in the track talk that her homework was better than her stablemate Valdivia
In a dramatic finish to the running of the $325 000 Gr2 Aushorse Golden Horseshoe in Singapore last Friday, South African jockey Greg Cheyne came within a head of winning the feature on first-timer Easy Man for trainer Leslie Khoo.
Dennis Drier’s talented filly Beach Beauty lowered the colours of her male rivals when winning the Gr2 Betting World 1900 at Greyville tonight. She looks set for a big run in the Vodacom Durban July.
It was second time lucky for the Irish-bred Chinchon who scored a sensational win for France in the Gr1 Singapore Airlines International Cup on Sunday at Kranji.
A South African Sunday down Kranji way! Trainer Pat Shaw and jockey Barend Vorster won the $1 million Gr1 Krisflyer International Sprint with an SA bred on Sunday 20 May.
Thrilling finishes were the feature of the Gr1 Singapore Guineas and the Gr2 Aushorse Golden Horseshoe at Kranji on Friday. SA jockey Greg Cheyne came within a whisker of winning the one!
Tribal Dance continued his dominance when he won the Gr3 E Cape Derby at Arlington on 13 May with ease. He also continued trainer Vaughan Marshall’s dream run.
Joey Ramsden was the toast of South African horseracing when he turned champion three year old colt Variety Club out in fighting trim to win the Gr2 KRA Guineas at Greyville.
Summerveld-based trainer Alyson Wright registered her first Gr1 win when the Mauritian-owned Code Rock won the Castle Tankard in Zimbabwe on Saturday.
Trainer Vaughan Marshall is enjoying a terrific season and he saddled Tales Of Bravery to win the Gr Drill Hall Stakes at Greyville on Saturday. There were a couple of disappointing performances too
Mike De Kock produced the magic again when Amanee won an incident-filled Gr2 KRA Fillies Guineas at Greyville.The favourite Bambina Stripes was shockingly unlucky to lose her rider
It is eerie to think that there would have been no Siren’s Call, Sound Of Warning, or for that matter Call To Unite, had fate not decreed that Enchanted Cove follow her dam to South Africa, and that Peter de Beyer had the foresight to return Elusive Fort back home from the States as well!
There’s lots more to play for!
