A collection of opinions and thoughts on all aspects of horse racing from around the world.
South Africa’s most elegantly sophisticated royal and regal triple feature raceday is drawing near, with the afternoon’s bumper bill is headed by the R1 million Gr1 L’Ormarins Queens Plate to be run at weight-for-age over a mile.
In breaking news, the R1 million Gr1 TBA Paddock Stakes to be run over 1800m at Kenilworth on Saturday 7 January has been thrown wide open by the shock withdrawal of the 2011 SA Horse Of The Year, Igugu
What a day for owner Knut Haug, trainer Dennis Drier and jockey Alec Forbes. The Sharks combination teamed up to spoil the Stormers New Years party with a sweetly taken treble at Kenilworth on the Cape’s very own ‘Tweede Nuwe Jaar’ celebrations. Unhappily for local breeders, all three of the Drier winners are imports!
A superb training feat to win the Gr3 Flamboyant Stakes followed by some thought provoking post-race comments by Assistant Trainer Frikkie Greyling. These were the real fireworks, coupled with a double for Muzi Yeni and Anthony Delpech, that livened up the opening meeting of 2012.
His record speaks for itself, but the impact of the tragic recent early demise of multiple champion stallion Jet Master cannot be underestimated. He sired
A memorable evening for one of the great families of SA horseracing and a jackpot of winners for rising star jockey Raymond Danielson. Throw in
A terrific spectacle on a gorgeous summer’s afternoon but sadly no sponsor in sight. The R200 000 Gr3 Summer Stayers Handicap run over 2500m produced a
The R1 million Gr 1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate barrier draws were announced on 22 December with Guineas winner Variety Club and the sensational Diadem winner
High jinks at the start of the Clairwood third race marred an otherwise pleasant afternoon’s racing on 20 December. It is not the starter’s job
We were fortunate to witness two smashing colts at Kenilworth on Saturday. One measure that the connections of Diadem Stakes winner What A Winter and
Some sage advice for long-suffering owners from KwaZulu-Natal based owner Rob McGregor. If nothing else works, try a grey horse. It appeared to do the
The classic has a long and proud history dating back to 1955 when it was run as the Cape of Good Hope Guineas
