23rd April 2022
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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.
Racing in the silks of the late Mike Rattray and his wife Norma, Dean Kannemeyer-trained Mount Anderson took advantage of a galloping weight and a decent draw in a race where everything went his way
Canford Cliffs handsome son Cliff Top booked his Gr1 Gold Medallion ticket for Hollywoodbets Scottsville in June, with a fairytale ‘comeback’ effort
With three victories from three tries over the 1800m trip, Duncan Howells’ Lyrical Dance produced a courageous front-running effort
A patient week of kicking his heels at Ashburton paid off for trainer Corne Spies
Trying the 2000m for the first time in her career, the Lammerskraal Stud-bred Duke Of Marmalade filly Bye Bye Bombshell registered her maiden stakes success
Classy 3yo Waterberry Lane stamped his superiority in the famous red and white silks with a resounding victory in the Gr3 Byerley Turk
Jockey Richard Fourie has lifted his game and work-rate dramatically since going freelance late last year
While multiple SA Champion trainer Sean Tarry is a distant third behind Paul Peter and Justin Snaith on the national log, the Randjesfontein conditioner enjoyed a terrific weekend with four winners, including a feature treble incorporating his first SA Triple Tiara.
The Vaal-based trained declared his love of racing on the East Coast when he unsaddled the Querari filly Supreme Quest after an overdue stakes score
Glen Kotzen’s 6yo Cat Daddy is as versatile as they come. The gelded son of Ideal World won the Algoa Cup, or ‘PE July’, in 2019 at Fairview…
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
The son of Twice Over has been gelded and will be aimed at the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the WSB Cape Town Met
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
