De Melo Makes A Cape Point
The Justin Snaith yard registered an early double on the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth midweek card
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The Justin Snaith yard registered an early double on the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth midweek card
South Africa’s infamously onerous export protocols are a drag on any average day but may well have worked fortuitously for owners Tony Jelinski and Sterling Miller
Dean Kannemeyer produced the magic for the Hollywood Syndicate at the Theatre of Champions on Sunday when the ultra-consistent Rafeef filly Shantastic showed her customary turn of foot
In a thrilling finish to the Listed KwaZulu-Natal Stakes at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday, Sporting Post sponsored jockeys Athandiwe Mgudlwa and Tristan Godden provided the thrills
The Sean Tarry Racing team got up off the big raceday canvas with a bloodied nose as the shadows lengthened at Turffontein on Saturday to bounce back for a terrific victory
None Other was winning the SA Oaks at the first renewal bearing the name of SA Racing’s former first lady Bridget Oppenheimer, and is a granddaughter of Ilha Da Vitoria, who won the Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes in 2006, coincidentally the first year the race carried the name of Harry Oppenheimer
A ‘genuine Jack moment’ and a dazzling Gr1 victory from his first ever elite runner
Candice Bass-Robinson’s Trip Of Fortune became the first Cape raider since Captain America in 2015 to win the R1 million HF Oppenheimer Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes
Varsfontein-bred son turns on the jets and defies top weight for Richard Fourie and Stuart Pettigrew
One of the best performed racehorses in the South African stallion ranks today, Ridgemont Highlands’ internationally proven five time Group 1 winner Canford Cliffs has maintained his superb momentum in his second SA season
Some horses just grow on us. The handsome and very progressive Cape Eagle is one. The Plattner home-bred boasts a potent mix of speed and stamina and made it four on the trot
The classic has a long and proud history dating back to 1955 when it was run as the Cape of Good Hope Guineas