See These Stars!
The British Champions Series gets underway this weekend at Newmarket with the running of the Gr1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas and the QIPCO 2000 Guineas
2nd May 2012
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The British Champions Series gets underway this weekend at Newmarket with the running of the Gr1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas and the QIPCO 2000 Guineas
The juvenile form with interprovincial collateral assessments is confusing.Straight Set bolstered the Franny formline at Scottsville, but watch out for those false odds-on shots!
Equus Champion Filly Princess Victoria has trained on into something very special. She won the Gr3 Poinsettia Stakes in a canter
The balance of power shifted further in favour of Mike De Kock after a memorable Champions Day at Turffontein this afternoon. Five Group winners on an afternoon is brilliant stuff in anybody’s language!
A sad evening at Greyville on 24 April with the news of the passing of former jockey Hadley ‘Jack’ Augustus
The Vaal sand surface came under the spotlight again with a complaint about kickback from the jockeys. At least the two feature races were run and only the final two races abandoned
A contentious start and five lame horses. Anton Marcus will bank the two winners’ cheques and forget a windy Sunday afternoon at Clairwood
Backers of short-priced juveniles at Kenilworth on Saturday burnt their fingers. Do these youngsters’ abilities genuinely fluctuate this drastically in a fortnight?
Punting on first-timers is a hazardous pursuit on the best of days. The tight finish to the second race at Greyville on 17 April illustrated this truism once again.
The Hennenman Memorial raceday is unique in the way the sport honours the memory of the deceased.
A genius ride by veteran jockey Fareed Anthony and three of the four jackpot legs won by offspring of Jet Master.
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
