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Horse Racing Reviews

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.

August Rush – Gr1 Mercury Sprint

August Rush has been on the fringes of a big win all season and his moment in the limelight arrived at Clairwood last Saturday when he captured the Mercury Sprint over 1200m. The four-year-old had finished less than a length second behind Shea Shea in the Gr 1 Golden Horse Sprint at Scottsville in May and had his fair share of backers to win a Mercury Sprint from which all of Shea Shea, Val De Ra, and What A Winter were notable absentees

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20th July 2011 No Comments

In A Rush – East Cape Breeders (L)

In A Rush has been the Eastern Cape’s pre-eminent two-year-old all season and completed a clean sweep of the three Port Elizabeth juvenile Features which are open to males when he won the Champion Juvenile Cup

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20th July 2011 No Comments

Igugu – Gr1 Vodacom July

Igugu produced what racing needs – a true champion, a horse that could help to sell racing to a wider public if only our operators could at least market free ice creams in a heat wave.

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5th July 2011 No Comments

Princess Victoria – Gr1 Golden Slipper

Princess Victoria must have assured herself of the champion 2yo filly award with the memorable success in the Durban Golden Slipper. While champion 2yo’s are only rarely champion 3yo’s there is no reason to believe at this stage that she won’t enjoy another excellent campaign next term

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5th July 2011 No Comments

Fighting Warrior – Gr1 Golden Horseshoe

Fighting Warrior appeared to come from virtually nowhere to snatch victory in the dying strides of this 2yo’s contest and those who’d put their faith in this 11/1 chance probably had to check twice to make sure they weren’t seeing things.

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4th July 2011 No Comments
Happy Archer

Happy Archer- Gr1 Garden Province

A Gr 1 winner on the July undercard in 2010, Happy Archer returned to Greyville on Saturday and posted her second Gr1 success when winning the Garden Province Stakes for fillies and mares over 1600m.

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4th July 2011 No Comments

Grey Cossack – Gr2 Gold Vase

The Gold Vase always shaped up as being one of the toughest races to unravel on the July card, but even so few punters were prepared for the 50/1 upset delivered by Grey Cossack after a thrilling finish to this 3000m handicap.

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4th July 2011 No Comments

Dethroned – Gr2 Gold Circle Derby

The Gold Circle Derby at Clairwood produced a controversial finish when Sage Throne crossed the line first, only to lose the race in the boardroom and be placed second after an objection.

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29th June 2011 No Comments

Light Show – Gr2 SA Oaks

Princess Of Light found only Igugu too good for her when runner-up in the Gr2 SA Oaks back in April, and took full advantage of her old nemesis’ absence to go one better in the Gold Circle Oaks over 2400m at Clairwood on Sunday

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29th June 2011 No Comments

Post Merchants Hcp: Making A Splash

Showing a nice turn of foot from off the pace, Splash Gold ran out a fluent winner of the Post Merchants (handicap) over 1200m at Greyville on Friday evening. This was the three-year-old’s first Black Type success and it confirmed his status as one of the most promising young sprinters around

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20th June 2011 No Comments

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