The R2,5 million Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes produced an upset result of some proportions when the free-striding Budapest went all the way from a favourable draw to score a ridiculously easy win
Gavin Van Zyl and Mike Azzie talk to Andrew Bon on the eve of Super Saturday
After considering all the evidence, the Inquiry Board ruled that Mr van Zyl be fined the sum of sixty thousand rand (R60 000.00).NHA
Gavin Van Zyl’s Seul Amour gelding Heart Of A Lion played himself into contention for a serious tilt at the Gold Cup later this month, when he outstayed his rivals under a determined Muzi Yeni to win the R500 000 Gr2 Gold Vase. The Pick 6 netted R10 212 514
Gavin Van Zyl saddles the classy Kahal gelding No Worries who will be out to defend his KZN Breeders Million Mile title at Greyville on Sunday. The rich non black-type race is back on the Greyville turf, where it had its inaugural running in June 2012
“There are three ways of getting into the July, through the front door (the top qualifiers like Futura, Legislate and Majmu), the side door (the mid-log incumbents who are relatively safe) and through the back door (the last minute feature race winners and placed horses who stake a late claim) and if you don’t make it you don’t deserve to be there.”
“We never know what we are up against in these 2yo races. But today Redcarpet Captain knew what racing was about”- winning trainer
Friday 13th presents challenges to punters at Fairview today with a tough nine race card to unravel. The Bipot goes off in the second race at 13h15
Gavin Van Zyl’s smart looking grey Var colt Isca set the trend for first-time winners of the Turffontein 1000m juvenile double feature on Saturday
Blood rules the land yet again as Mauritzfontein fillies to the fore in Gr3 Fillies Mile
A recent handicapping review committee meeting entertained a request from trainers for the programming of additional Progress Plates to afford the decent early 3yo’s more non- feature options other than bumping hard-knocking older horses in handicaps
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
