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.
CRS Cape Slipper candidate Glastonbury produced her best performance to date with a resounding victory in the Wilgerbosdrift Listed Ruffian Stakes at Turffontein on Classic day
Wilgerbosdrift’s War Front stallion Fire Away marked his maiden Grade 1 success and dominated the R1,5 million TAB Gr1 SA Classic at Turffontein on Saturday
This is a prime example of Bookmakers getting things wrong and clever punters cashing in – all is fair in love and war!
It was felt that Eight On Eighteen would not have run below the 115 rating he achieved in the Gr1 Cape Guineas when finishing second behind One Stripe and used him to that level to rate the SplashOut Cape Derby
The Heavenly Blue gelding Truth stamped himself as a feature sprinting prospect when he won the weather-delayed R275 000 4Racing Gr3 National Currency Sprint
Japan star Forever Young (JPN) bested Hong Kong’s Romantic Warrior (IRE) by a neck in a race for the ages
With just seven runners going to post though, there was a real possibility that the pace of the race could be Eight On Eighteen’s undoing
The quietly spoken Dean Kannemeyer displayed a rare flash of emotion in the post-race interview after South Africa’s highest-rated racer Gimme A Prince established his position as a genuine Equus Championship contender with a supreme display of dominance
Gqeberha visitor Direct Hit retained her unbeaten record with a sensational victory in the SplashOut Gr3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery in the opening feature of the 2025 Seafood & Jazz Racing Festival
Celebrating a big day feature double, Dean Kannemeyer produced the magic when The Real Prince cruised to victory in the City Of Cape Town Listed Jet Master Stakes at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday
Dean Kannemeyer saddled Varsfontein Stud’s promising and very progressive filly Give Me Everything who was a convincing winner in a Gimmethegreenlight 1-2-3 in the Schweppes Listed Cape Fillies Classic at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
