“We arrived in Cape Town on Thursday and I knew this was my big chance to break the ice. But the nerves kicked in. I couldn’t pronounce routine words in ordinary conversation – they came out wrong.”
On Saturday he bids to make it a rare hat-trick of Cape Guineas-Cape Derby doubles with the handsome grey, Russian Rock
Popular former internationally travelled champion jockey Johnny Geroudis celebrates his 51st birthday today with his wife Yanti at the scenic God’s Window on the Drakensberg escarpment
Candice took out her trainer’s licence in South Africa at the end of 2015 and CK Horse Racing sprouted wings in February 2016
“She is a lovely physical specimen and while I know that she lacks experience, she is coming along with visible mental progress in each run. The 2000m will be right up her alley, and with the handy weight, she ranks a definite runner.”
Lockdown travel protocols present major challenges for our jockeys in a world unchartered by the SA Jockey Academy text books
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’
The classic has a long and proud history dating back to 1955 when it was run as the Cape of Good Hope Guineas
