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It’s not a race that the Snaith Racing machine has featured in over the years, but they turned all that round with a stable exacta in 84,73 seconds at a deserted Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
The Elusive Fort gelding Out Of Your League emerged from what appeared a ‘dead and buried’ position 300m from home to win the R425 000 Gr1 SA Derby at a ghostly Turffontein on Saturday
Mike de Kock’s newsmaking star Hawwaam returned to winning ways in style at Turffontein on Saturday
The ‘Ferraris-fit’ Silvano filly Summer Pudding made it six wins from six starts when winning the Wilgerbosdrift Gr2 SA Oaks
First feature post lockdown is a victory for Hollywoodbets-sponsored Gavin Smith
It proved a great comeback day overall for the Ridgemont-Cheyne-Crawford partnership after the Highlands-bred Dynasty gelding Yorktown found his best form from a wide draw to doddle in for an effortless win
Apprentice Tejash Juglall and veteran owner-trainer-breeder St John Gray will go down as the partnership who brought the curtain down on the first pre-lockdown meeting in South African racing history
A masterclass ride by Sun Met winning jockey MJ Byleveld was just the tonic required on the Gavin Smith-trained filly
Warren Kennedy and Born To Perform have formed a formidable combination
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
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
