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.
Sophomores in a field of 11 occupied the first two places when Deliver The Power handed Midnight Serenade a 2.5 lengths drubbing in the Tommy Hotspur Handicap over the straight 1000m at Turffontein
Leon Erasmus is no stranger to winning races, but he is one of those trainers who ticks along with (at best) average stock in small races and seldom gets the opportunity to hit the high notes. He has a decent sort on his hands in the form of Go Indigo, though, and on Saturday she rewarded the yard with a welcome success.
Pomodoro – whose name means nothing more glamorous than “tomato” in Italian – looks like a force to reckon with in the upcoming Gauteng Triple Crown races. Despite seemingly being rejected by stable jockey Robbie Fradd in favour of Heavy Metal, Pomodoro romped to an impressive success last Saturday.
It all nearly went pear-shaped for Igugu in the J&B Met. Overcoming an 18 hour road trip from Gauteng Igugu still managed to avoid piling onto the rocks like an equine Costa Concordia and snatched a heart-stopping victory in Kenilworth’s showcase.
Jackson may be the best 3yo in South Africa after he lived up to a ton of pre-race hype and ran out the fluent winner of the Investec Cape Derby
Ebony Flyer confirmed that she remains a filly of true class when running out the fluent winner of the Klawervlei Majorca Stakes.
Blake is turning into a seriously good long-distance runner and the ultra-consistent five-year-old registered his third Stakes win in succession when capturing the J&B Reserve Stayers
“The race of the season” is an expression liberally used, but the Betting World Cape Flying Championship was out of th ordinary.
Three-year-olds are a rare sight in the l’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, but that could be set to change in seasons to come that age group dominated the finish to Saturday’s prestigious WFA contest
The members of 3yo, 2008 foal crop won both Gr1 events at Kenilworth on Saturday. The splendidly bred Thunder Dance did her bit to uphold her generation’s honour when winning the TBA Paddock Stakes.
Smanjemanje is making a habit of winning races named after equine heroes of the past. Successful in the Victory Moon S. last November, the 5yo added the London News S. to his collection of scalps.
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!
