Star 3yo Main Defender emptied his manger this morning and is 100% sound, according to reports from the Tony Peter Stable, while trainer Roy Magner says that Melech has a slightly stiff shoulder and a swollen right eye, ‘but nothing that a few days off can’t sort out’
Tony Peter’s top-class 3yo Main Defender suffered what appeared to be a dreadful bit of bad luck after coming under pressure in the closing stages of a race that he was expected to win at Turffontein on Thursday
‘We don’t view our investment in the 140 ha new farm as a vanity project. It’s a serious attempt to run a successful enterprise on business principles, focused on the aim of producing top end Graded Stakes winners.’
If officials err, we never seem to hear anything. On the other hand, trainers and jockeys have their indiscretions heavily punished and splashed all over the media
“I have trained many Gr.1 winners and several champions, but never one with this level of constitution or versatility” – Sean Tarry
While the crop use debate inevitably rages on, and 1 or 2 over can be classed a misjudgement, an excess of 40% over the permissible level of strikes has to be regarded as a bridge too far
Newmarket-based visitor Daniel Muscutt became the first overseas-based jockey to win the R2 million World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met
While Cape Town sizzled in the summer heat, the temperatures were also soaring in the sales ring, with the 119 lots achieving an aggregate of R64 895 000, an increase of 44,77% on 2023!
The owners of Highveld raider Bavarian Beauty, favourite for Saturday’s R7,5 million Cape Racing Gold Rush, have issued a media release to allay rumours doing the rounds on social media
Pacaya carries the Trippi flag in Saturday’s World Sports Betting Cape Town Met as bloodstock expert Robin Bruss continues with part 2 of the story of a champion and the Search for Greatness
In 1874, the members of the South African Turf Club chose a site on the farm Kenilworth for the construction of a new racecourse – which means that next year the foundation of the oldest racetrack in South Africa will celebrate 150 years
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
