Art In Action
The Candice Bass-Robinson trained 4yo Our Mate Art has been something of a frustrating horse for punters to master but he looks to have gotten his act together in serious style
7th October 2017
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The Candice Bass-Robinson trained 4yo Our Mate Art has been something of a frustrating horse for punters to master but he looks to have gotten his act together in serious style
With just a few days till the off of this year’s Charity Jockey Chase and the relay format adding to the degree of form study difficulty, Zietsman Oosthuizen marks your card
A record-priced yearling looks set to provide his second-hand owners with some fun yet
The Gitano Hernando filly Whose That Girl rounded off a commendable effort in the Cape Winter Series
After Aldo Domeyer’s second set of 6 wins on a card, we had some fun with numbers to see which of our other jockeys have done it
The combination of Candice Bass-Robinson, jockey Aldo Domeyer, stallion What A Winter, and a partnership of owners Mayfair Speculators, Marsh Shirtliff and Bryn Ressell repeated their double feature feat of earlier this month
Drakenstein sire What A Winter has made a sizzling impact with his first crop
The racing community has rallied to support Alistair Cohen in his battle against cancer. Local jockeys are shaving their heads in a show of solidarity.
“Neither I nor MJ Byleveld saw Greg Cheyne – but somebody gets hurt so the Stipes have to act…”
Why are the Cape jockeys so determined to hug the outside rail, with metres of lush turf available on their inside?
A horrifying incident inside the final 300m marred a long overdue and deserved win by the Vaughan Marshall-trained 4yo Victorious Jay
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!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
