Avontuur Sign Hewitson
Lyle Hewitson has joined the ranks of leading Cape breeders Avontuur Estate’s sponsored jockeys
1st November 2016
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Lyle Hewitson has joined the ranks of leading Cape breeders Avontuur Estate’s sponsored jockeys
The horse who has finished closer to Winx than any other in the past year is now on target for his own Group One day in the spotlight
It took a jab in the ribs from his wife to get Spring Valley Stud’s Bruce le Roux to stretch his cheque book at the sale
Avontuur top of the Breeders log on Average Earnings per Runner for the second year running
A thrilling head-to-head finish got the rain-delayed Super Sunday feature programme under way at Greyville on the final day of the South African horseracing season.
Currently our second leading sire of two-year-olds, Var has been represented by no fewer than 22 individual juvenile winners this season, headed by Listed Ruffian Stakes winner Exquisite Touch and Gr1 SA Nursery runner up Rivarine
Miss Frankel will be the first offspring of the legendary racehorse Frankel to race in South Africa
South Africa’s leading apprentice jockey Callan Murray has signed a sponsorship deal with the champion Cape breeders
After the fun and games at Scottsville on Wednesday, a false start to the opening feature on Rising Sun Gold Challenge day at Greyville on Saturday drew gasps of shock and horror from punters and connections
Summerveld trainer Dennis Drier is known in the holiday province as the Medallion Man. No wonder, really. He is in line for a fifth consecutive win in Saturday’s Gr1 Tsogo Sun Gold Medallion
Legal Eagle made hacks of his opposition to win Saturday’s Premier’s Champions Challenge and signal himself the overwhelming candidate for the South African Horse Of The Year title this term.
In this second of a new weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
