A five-times SA champion jockey who was awarded his national colours in 2008, it was hardly surprising to see the astute Mark Khan celebrate his first winner from his very first runner at Turffontein on Classic Day
It’s been a cracking start to 2024 after a very fruitful 2023 for the quietly spoken Rikesh, who was recently nominated for a second three-year stint as a director on the National Horseracing Authority Board
He leaves Milnerton on Wednesday morning with Dean Kannemeyer charge Cosmic Highway for a tilt at the R1,5 million Wilgerbosdrift Gr1 HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes
There isn’t a jockey brimming with more adrenaline than Britain’s high-riding 21 year old Saffie Osborne, who enjoyed a career defining international 24 hours last Friday into Saturday
On 25 June 2022 – a lifechanging one, in hindsight – the brave idealist set off for Fresnaye
South Africa’s all-time leading international ambassador and eight-times national champion conditioner boasts the distinction of saddling a SA record 135 Gr1 winners and counting
After an impressive last to first victory at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth in Saturday’s traditional Derby trial, Dean Kannemeyer has confirmed that Green With Envy is on track for a tilt at the SplashOut Gr1 Cape Derby
On Saturday 6 January, his farrier team, Miller Forge and Horseshoeing, provided his birthday present by shoeing all nine winners at the prestigious L’Ormarins King’s Plate meeting
The Zimbabwe-born jock becomes the third UK-based rider after Frankie Dettori and Ryan Moore in recent years to add an international flavour to Met day
This week we bumped into something of a forgotten man of the racehorse training ranks
Superlative Stakes winner and Classic-placed Gustav Klimt will stand at Heversham Park Farm in South Africa, having stood at Haras d’Annebault most recently
Despite a decrease in the horse population and the sale of just 305 lots – 39 fewer than last year – the sale rose to expectations, achieving an impressive aggregate of R171 975 000 and an exceptional average of R563 852 per lot sold
When the hammer fell shortly before 15h00 on Friday on lot 346, a beautiful grey Ascot-bred son of Heavenly Blue, the scoreboard reflected that 303 of the 316 lots had sold over the two days for an aggregate of R171 425 000
