Hoedspruit Takes It In His Stride
Justin Snaith enjoyed the back-up of his WSB Cape Town Met entry Hoedspruit to save the day in the R400 000 Glorious Goodwood Gr2 Premier Trophy
10th January 2022
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Justin Snaith enjoyed the back-up of his WSB Cape Town Met entry Hoedspruit to save the day in the R400 000 Glorious Goodwood Gr2 Premier Trophy
A thrilling three-cornered finish capped South Africa’s premier 1800m weight-for-age race for the fairer sex
Jet Dark joined the ranks of Jet Master, Winter Solstice, Pocket Power and Legal Eagle as 21st century consecutive winners of the Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate
Drama at the start left something of a hollow ring to the outcome of the prestigious R300 000 Cartier Gr2 Sceptre Stakes on the opening day of the 2022 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Festival at Kenilworth on Friday
The Wernars’ family’s white, black and red silks were prominent in the Turffontein feature action on Saturday
The Gr3 Tony Ruffel Stakes produced a humdinger of a finish at Turffontein on Saturday
The Elusive Fort filly Sprinkles put her hand up as a potential contender for the SA Triple Tiara series
It puzzles me and I am trying to understand the dynamics against the background of lesser races in 2022, and smaller fields – certainly in the Cape!
In the year that her supersire retired from the stallion barn after an illustrious career at Avontuur, there was some sentimental irony in VAR’s flashy grey daughter Anna Capri’s victory blitz
Winless since an impressive victory in the first leg of the 2020 SA Triple Crown, the Gr2 Gauteng Guineas, Sean Tarry’s Ikigai gave the high-riding Hollywood Syndicate a first stakes winner for the former multiple SA Champion traine
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
