Another Captain’s Innings
Missisippi Burning is the 98th individual stakes winner sired by the late, multiple champion sire and Cape Guineas winner, Captain Al.
16th December 2019
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Missisippi Burning is the 98th individual stakes winner sired by the late, multiple champion sire and Cape Guineas winner, Captain Al.
Young Milnerton trainer Adam Marcus stepped out of the shadow of his famous champion Dad at Kenilworth on Saturday
In days of widespread famine for the South African racing industry, the decadent feast of a R1 million maiden plate almost feels wrong
Justin Snaith’s top-class 4yo Kasimir surely sealed the Equus Champion Sprinter title
The switch of the scheduled turf meeting to the artificial surface might have had the Juniper Spring connections pondering their luck
A Gr1 double and the SA Fillies Sprint exacta – a legend!
After an unsuccessful objection in the earlier feature, the duo bounced back like the professionals
The Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship produced a grandstand finish after a hell-for-leather paced battle that turned scrappy late
Recent Gr2 Drill Hall Stakes winner Undercover Agent, who bids to win the Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint at Scottsville on Saturday, will join the Klawervlei stallion roster at the end of this season
The well-related Amy Johnson had Snaith Racing spokesman Jono Snaith speaking in terms of the Cape Fillies Guineas
Sun Met winner Rainbow Bridge runs a great prep in his first start in KZN
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!
