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.
Starting for the first time since she won the Vodacom Durban July, Igugu looked as good as ever when conceding lumps of weight all round in this conditions race for females and will now head for Cape Town with a couple of bigger prizes in mind.
Princess Victoria has been unstoppable virtually all year, and remains undefeated after recording her sixth straight win and third Gr 1 success in the Avontuur Estate Fillies Guineas.
Jackodmore recorded her first Feature race success, having finished fourth when possibly finding 1400m a touch too far in her solitary previous attempt in a black type contest
Val De Ra returned from a six month absence to make a successful Cape Town debut in the Tony Taberer Southern Cross Stakes.
Variety Club underlined his status as one of the best three-year-old milers around and entrenched himself as a leading Guineas prospect when he narrowly won the Selangor Cup over 1600m on the Kenilworth winter course on Sunday.
Dancewiththedevil produced her trademark turn of foot to win the R2million Sansui Summer Cup at Turffontein
Some highly touted names were left to lick their wounds after 15/1 shot Silver Flyer demolished a smart field of three-year-olds to win the Investec Dingaans
Mike de Kock appeared to hold a very strong hand with Link Man and Gibraltar Blue in the Merchants over 1160m at Turffontein on Saturday, but the unpredictable nature of handicap racing was again well illustrated when the two were upstaged by 40/1 outsider Antious
The female of the species once again proved deadlier than the male when Gorongosa ran out a comfortable winner of the Racing Association Handicap over 3200m.
Katy’s Lane is proving to be one of the bargains of her generation and the R35 000 purchase recorded a second Gr 3 win in succession when capturing the Fillies Mile for three-year-olds
Bravura is back in the big league. Fitted with blinkers for the first time, the five-year-old recorded his first Feature race success since winning the
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!
