With the weather enforced switch of racing from turf to the polytrack, the Corne Spies-trained Listed KZN Stakes winner Sarve proved too strong for her opposition in the R150 000 Listed Milkwood Stakes at Fairview on Friday
“The Vaal sand is not a racetrack and I can’t imagine there is a worse track anywhere else on earth,” says multiple champion jockey Piere Strydom
After the disappointing news about the injury of Triple Crown star Louis The King, trainer Geoff Woodruff had plenty to smile about when his magnificent grey Jet Master filly Touch The Sky came back to best to clinch the honours in sensational style
While he feels he might be at a 3kg to 4kg weight disadvantage with Khumalo, the fact that Lerena hasn’t won a Champion Jockey title yet could make him even more determined. “I came very close in 2012, missing out on the title by one win, this would be my first,” said Lerena
One could sense the victory of Arcetri Pink in the eight race at Turffontein on Saturday was a bittersweet moment for the Geoff Woodruff stable
It doesn’t get much more exciting for South African racing enthusiasts than what we are being treated to in Dubai on Super Saturday!
At the line only 0.15 of a length separated the first three horses and full marks to Brendon McNaughton for keeping his cool when he had both Karl Zechner and Denicious Smith breathing fire right behind him
With a magic milestone of 5000 winners only weeks away, Piere Strydom rode a cracking double at the Vaal on Tuesday and punters will be watching his 9 hometown rides at Fairview this Sunday with interest
Anybody who earns a living out of this game and has the courage to stand up and be counted is to be applauded and one can only conclude that Gavin Lerena is not the only man who holds the opinion that the track is in an unacceptable condition
Gutsy speed showing by talented Jade Bay to win the R250 000 Gr3 Lebelo Sprint
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
