Goldmines & Glory
To a certain degree, the careers of Summer Pudding and Empress Club bear striking similarities
21st April 2021
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To a certain degree, the careers of Summer Pudding and Empress Club bear striking similarities
Looking back 27 years ago, Piere Strydom was champion jockey for the 92/93 season, winning 252 races from 1550 rides with stake earnings of R7 million
Saturday’s Gr1 Turffontein feature is named in honour of one of the greatest fillies to grace the turf in this country
The Empress cruised in, easing up by almost three lengths from Please Be True and Queens Gold, adversaries who might as well have raced on a different planet.
More Met fever and the story of how Empress Club completely dominated the race, from before nominations till after she had passed the post.
Felix Coetzee is the ultimate professional athlete and one of the world’s great jockeys. He is in the process of recovering from hip replacement surgery and is keen to get back to race riding
September 5 – 11 Empress Club leaves South African shores for the USA. The filly is to be trained by Charlie Whittingham on the West-coast,
August 1 – 7 All horses turn a year older. Transvaal TAB posts a record turnover of R95.3 million for the month of July. Turnover
JUNE 27 – JULY 3 Hidden Fortune secures a bonus cheque of R300.000 when he wins the SA St Leger, third leg of the Newmarket
Regions of the Cape horse racing industry are to be placed under one controlling body… The British Jockey Club is considering the introduction of random dope testing for jockeys… Frankie Dettori is cautioned by British police for possessing a small amount of cocaine… Michael Roberts survives an objection to win the Irish 2000 Guineas…
Grand National – cock-up beyond the realm of farce… How the Jockey Club copes with crime… Empress Club opens 5/2 July favourite… 7yo Senor Santa wins another Cup… Mark Khan relocates north…
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
