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Santa Maria wasn’t everyone’s idea of a popular winner, but produced the fireworks to win going away under Corne Orffer
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Santa Maria wasn’t everyone’s idea of a popular winner, but produced the fireworks to win going away under Corne Orffer
After winning the first leg with Naval Secret, Friday’s show was something of a frustration for trainer Cliffie Miller who had the talented Greenlighttoheaven (2-1) in peak trim
Full-brothers Somerset Maugham and Charles Dickens caught the eye for different reasons at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday
A big friendly giant of a horse, Piet Botha’s Galactic Path made it three wins on the bounce with a cracking showing at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday
Hollywoodbets-sponsored East Cape Champion trainer Gavin Smith has a very promising 3yo sprinter on his hands in the shape of Querari’s son Cruise Control
On a bleak day for South African horseracing, Vaal trainer Barend Botes and jockey Smanga ‘Bling’ Khumalo produced the magic with a well taken hat-trick at Turffontein
A third winner in four renewals of the early Highveld Spring season feature for the veteran
Hollywoodbets-sponsored Turffontein trainer Billy Ruiters celebrated his first feature success when the speedy daughter of Crusade went all the way under a handy galloping weight
While Gavin Smith and Duncan ‘Rooster’ McKenzie grabbed a double apiece at Fairview on Friday, it was the brand new Richard Fourie-Alan Greeff combination that kicked into top gear
The curtain came down on the old Cape stakes regime at Kenilworth on Sunday, with local champion Justin Snaith helping himself to four of the eight winners on nippy afternoon
It’s no secret that Cliffie Miller has yearned for the re-opening of his much-loved hunting ground of Flamingo Park
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
The Ridgemont’s Kieswetter and Drakenstein’s Rupert families are major players in our horseracing and the Monmouth Park feature thus held more than a passing interest for many of us