The passing of longstanding breeder and owner Robin Hamilton last week has left another gaping void in the ranks of the old school hierarchy of the South African racing and breeding ranks
Just three weeks after dead-heating in the Listed Ruffian Stakes at the same venue, Wylie Hall’s stakes icebreaker Twilight Moon and the undefeated Aussie import Frosted Gold bumped heads again
In front of a crowd suggested by some observers to be possibly larger than Sun Met day, the R150 000 Listed Kenilworth Cup jumped in front of the stands and got the Cape Summer Season feature finale jackpot out of the gates under glorious summer skies.
Justin Snaith crowned his second SA championship title with a superb Gr2 exacta at Greville on Saturday as the progressive Silvano filly Miyabi Gold shaded her year older stablemate Gimme Six in a thrilling finish to the R400 000 Gold Bracelet
Highlands Stud stallion Potala Palace got off the mark in the very first juvenile race of the new season at Fairview on Friday when his daughter, his first runner, Watsonia bounded through late
Veteran Milnerton conditioner Bill Prestage and jockey Wesley Marwing conspired in a tactical masterstroke to produce the feature upset on a sun drenched afternoon
It was Tarry’s first visit to the Windy City – and probably not his last – as he produced the goods to saddle the top two home in the local ‘July’
The Charles Laird-trained Sansui Summer Cup entrant Bold Inspiration produced a workmanlike performance to win the R135 000 Listed Michaelmas Handicap at Greyville on Friday evening
It is an indication of how long the Badger’s Drift gelding Lord Badger has been plying his trade that a certain former Tellytrack presenter and top-rate jockey rode him to win at generous odds on debut
Brilliant 3yo filly pulls one back for the girls in the R750 000 Gr1 Mercury Sprint
A smart training feat by Sean Tarry saw him grab top honours in Saturday’s Hawaii Stakes
Horseracing in KwaZulu-Natal takes the next step to the dawn of a new era at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday 1 January 2025
History shows that three-year-olds have it all to do in this prestigious mile race, given that there have been only ten sophomore winners since its inception in 1861, two of which in the new millennium
