There will be plenty of interest in the Turffontein second race on Saturday when eight-times SA Champion trainer Mike de Kock saddles the most expensive lot ever sold at our National Yearling Sale
Lyle’s a fantastic rider. Even though he went through the Academy late, you could see from an early age, he was a good calibre rider. I’m sure he’ll be champion jockey one day
South African champion apprentice Lyle Hewitson equalled an apprentice win record set in 2007 by Gavin Lerena, and previously held for almost 40 years by the legend Michael Roberts, when he registered the 283rd victory of his fledgeling career
The Lerena family name is to South African horseracing what braaivleis, rugby and sunny skies are to our lifestyle
Coming off a break of over a month, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena bounced back with a vengeance at the Vaal on Saturday
Former SA Champion jockey Gavin Lerena is on the road to recovery after having finally been diagnosed with Glandular Fever a week ago
The Varsfontein Stud-bred Gimmethegreenlight colt Surcharge was the talking horse at Saturday’s day-night Turffontein meeting
After the tote chaos of 24 hours earlier, the betting public climbed into the Turffontein Sunday exotic with vigour
Mike de Kock explained some months ago that Sir David Baird is a big, heavy horse and he was becoming problematic to train and was going unsound
With a second Grand Heritage trophy safely on the mantlepiece, Gavin Lerena reflects on his cavalry charge double
Africa’s busiest horserace saw 27 runners charging down the 1475m straight, and it was Gavin Lerena who produced a finely judged ride to follow up on his win on Irish Pride in the inaugural running last year.
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
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
