Kwazulu-Natal horseracing honours one of their greatest ever sons this weekend when the Listed Michael Roberts Handicap is the headliner on the Hollywoodbets Scottsville card on Sunday
“We plan to travel ten days before the race with Choice Carriers,” adds Fanie as he concedes that the long Kenilworth summer straight is not ideal for his talented flagbearer
Craig says modestly that he has been fortunate enough to already have nine Gr1 wins on the board in his young career
Grant says that the pre-race instructions for Russian Rock were also simple – ‘you know he is well, he will be running at them late – just don’t panic’
A past South African champ and a ‘serial regional champion’ in the words of seasoned stallion man John Freeman, Justin Snaith and his Philippi team dominated Cape Fillies Guineas day as the sun blazed down on a vibrant Kenilworth on Saturday.
With ‘her child’ running at Kenilworth on Saturday, will we see her down in the fairest Cape again this weekend?
On reflecting back in sixty years from now to the most bizarre matriculation year in living memory, 18 year old Callum Dixon might not be
Trainer Ricardo Le Grange saddled a superb hat-trick at Kranji on Saturday and reinforced his position in the toughest year for racing all over the world
Trainer Paul Peter’s reigning South African Horse Of The Year Summer Pudding is to be aimed at the Gr1 Paddock Stakes and the Gr1 Cape Met
The recent spotlight on the policing of jockey rides has put even greater pressure on our Stipes. One man who has been on both sides
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
