Rain in KZN
Should the persistent rain continue, the meeting will be moved to the Greyville Polytrack.
Gold Circle reserves the right to abandon the race meeting if there are too many scratchings.
Monday’s Flamingo Park meeting has already been abandoned.
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After dedicating herself fully to the role for four challenging years, the increasing demands on her time and personal life have led her to reassess her career direction
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The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board
He ran his ten opponents off their feet with a gun-to-tape victory in the second renewal of the R1,5 million CRS Cape Slipper
High drama and some potentially dangerous race-riding cast a dark cloud over the inaugural running of the R5 million HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
Holding Thumbs reminds us a bit of the perpetual motion machine Saccharum, who raced for the Fleggs and was trained by the late Theo de Klerk in the 1970’s
