It’s official. Newly crowned Winning Form-sponsored South African Champion jockey Richard Fourie rode 378 winners in a record-breaking 2023/24 season
The latest delay at the hearing was caused by a blatant and admitted contravention of one of the most basic and honoured rules regarding witnesses under cross-examination
‘She carried all the advice out to perfection and she made us all proud today. She also received some very nice accolades from my friends in the UK’
Justin Snaith, Mike de Kock and Sean Tarry have shared most of the National Trainers Titles between them over the last two decades, with Snaith claiming his fifth title on World Pool Gold Cup Day recently
Progressive sprinter Holkham Bay gave Rachel Venniker a dream start to the international jockey competition day
It all began in 1998 when the farm outlaid R750 000 for the Bush Telegraph mare Secret Pact, which, at the time, was a South African record price for a broodmare
Fond tributes and a spirit of genuine collegial admiration and respect have poured in from across the length and breadth of the South African horseracing and breeding industry
After having cemented himself in Hong Kong, Lyle Hewitson now prepares to take up an Australian stint
The Hong Kong Jockey Club introduced the World Pool Moment of the Day in South Africa last year and the initiative rewards the Groom of the horse selected with a R100 000 prize
Longstanding owner Sabine Plattner celebrated victory in the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
The Barend Botes-trained Lance filly Quid Pro Quo overcame enormous odds to make it five in a row and galloped her way into the history books
Two South African star performers in Dean Kannemeyer’s Gimme A Prince and the Vaughan Marshall champion 3yo One Stripe, who runs in Sunday’s HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap, feature in the first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
