‘Nobody threatens anybody’s family in what is already a violent society. There were multiple witnesses. I ran at him and grabbed him. We were eventually pulled apart and the Stipes told us that we had been stood down and should leave the premises…’
‘Rome wasn’t built in a day and the rebuilding of Cape horseracing is an investment in the long-term health of the sport’
The Cape champion trainer is considering only travelling a handful of his substantial and powerful string up to Summerveld for the big season this year
Cape Racing have announced increases to prize money levels and further increases to the ever popular “RaceCape” incentive scheme
Candice Bass-Robinson’s Charles Dickens is currently at 7-2 and bids to become the third 3yo to win the race in the past six renewals
It’s now time to set up a meeting with stipendiary stewards, track managers, Cape Racing, trainers, jockeys and owners to get to the bottom of what it is that is currently enticing jockeys to go to the outside in the home straight
With Hong Kong World Pool turnovers on the WSB Met day racemeeting at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday rocketing to a new record high of HK$ 279,3 million, the Kenilworth Racing Chairman has declared the first flagship day under the new team a great success
The R2 million World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met was fought out by two swansong stars, with Snaith hero Jet Dark pipping the gallant defending champion Kommetdieding
Coursing through the veins of the majority of runners is the blood of ancestors who have stamped their mark on this time-honoured event, none more so than current favourite, the three-year-old filly, Make It Snappy
In a move that will create plenty of excitement and debate, star 3yo Charles Dickens will line up in the R1,5 million Gr1 Cape Derby at the final meeting of the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Summer Festival of Racing
Just a fortnight after the Stipes issued a cautionary notice about the tendency to bunch up the outside rail in the home straight a stablemate cost another what looked like victory in the final race
One of the most striking aspects of the first session of last week’s CRS Premier Yearling Sale was the dominance of a handful of stallions
Dennis Yip will attempt to win a consecutive BMW Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin on Sunday, 23 March, when he saddles Noisy Boy in the third and the final leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series
In Time Is Money this week we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights
High drama and some potentially dangerous race-riding cast a dark cloud over the inaugural running of the R5 million HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
