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Drakenstein Stud celebrated a Monday Gr3 feature double with their Gauteng raiders at Hollywoodbets Greyville when the De Kock-trained Gold Standard daughter Oxalis Gold maintained her improvement with a convincing win in the Byerley Turk
The Sean Tarry-Drakenstein-Gimmethegreenlight combination shone once again when the reigning champion sire’s daughter Green Sapphire went all the way to score in the Gr3 Umzimkhulu Stakes at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Monday
While the official start of the 2025 SA Champions Season is just over a month away, trainer Dean Kannemeyer cast the foundation for an exciting few months ahead when he saddled Teflon Man to win the KwaZulu-Natal Stakes at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Monday
A multiple Gr2 placer up to Saturday, the 4yo My Soul Mate (11-2) registered what was an overdue maiden stakes success
While a number of his colleagues have been in the hot seat in the past, Gavin Lerena seems to have mastered the art of riding the top-class 4yo Main Defender
Confidence is a major asset in the armoury of any big race jockey and Richard Fourie coupled that by stretching his luck to near breaking point with a bold ride from the front on Joey Soma’s Fiery Pegasus to win the Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer Gr2 SA Oaks at Turffontein on Saturday
The Sean Tarry trained filly Green Diamond shed her maiden with an impressive performance on Saturday to grab top honours in the TAB Gr2 SA Nursery at Turffontein
Sean Tarry saddled his fourth TAB Gr1 SA Derby winner at Turffontein on Saturday when Legend Of Arthur was produced down the outside of the soft track by the rampant Richard Fourie to secure a thrilling victory
The high-riding Eastern Cape combination of Alan Greeff and Richard Fourie got the 2025 Champions Day feature action off to a flying start when the Varsfontein-bred Master Of My Fate filly Golden Palm showed her class to win the Wilgerbosdrift Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery
Alec Laird’s Fire Away colt Fire Attack benefitted from a superb ride by reigning SA Champion Richard Fourie to win the HKJC World Pool Gr1 Premier’s Champion Challenge
The Ridgemont-bred William Robertson’s milestone victory in the TAB Gr1 Computaform Sprint at Turffontein on Saturday will go down as the fairytale moment of 4Racing’s 2025 Champions Day as the Rafeef gelding registered a deserved maiden Grade 1 success
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
