Rachel Venniker was pulling horses out in the sleepy Summerveld dawn light on Sunday morning, almost oblivious to the fact that under 14 hours earlier she was going at it hammer and tongs 550km away at Turffontein
‘South African jockeys are known to be tactically, technically and in terms of strength, amongst the best in the world. I rode against the likes of Dougie Whyte, Felix Coetzee and Anton Marcus in Hong Kong in years past. Interestingly, I came up against the new generation on Saturday…’
One of the greatest jockeys never to win the Met, Karl Neisius celebrates his 66th birthday on Friday and will be at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday
The 161st renewal of the WSB Gr1 Cape Town Met on Saturday 28 January heralds the end of an era for South African horseracing
‘My Gran used to telephone Oupa Boetie and he would say he is very busy in the ceiling or down a manhole, working. In the meantime, the racing commentary was loud and clear in the background!’
Born into horseracing, she was there at the age of 21 when her legendary Dad Mike saddled Counter Action, the first of his six winners of the prestigious weight-for-age mile
Watch the energetic photographer on the rails at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on the L’Ormarins King’s Plate day – that’s Chase Liebenberg!
A good 3yo won’t win the L’Ormarins King’s Plate. But a top-class sophomore can. And we will know a lot more about the strength of
After a short family island holiday, Denis Schwarz flew into Johannesburg from Port Louis on Tuesday after a very successful stint with Mauritius trainer, Vincent Allet
Frankie Dettori kicked off his stint in the US on Monday in stunning fashion when riding a treble on the opening day at Santa Anita, headlined by Dubai World Cup winner Country Grammer’s win
His last Gr1 winner dates back to the Cape Guineas and Mike de Kock was the trainer…
The classic has a long and proud history dating back to 1955 when it was run as the Cape of Good Hope Guineas
