27th February 2021
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Bernard Fayd’herbe gave the Rising Sun major raceday action a miss – and the Cape heavyweight sure didn’t regret the decision to stay in the chilly Cape!
With some really smartly bred youngsters and the 2yo’s natural capacity to improve from one month to the next, the Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery is a tricky 1200m contest
Punters suffered a body blow when longshot Nordic Breeze turned the tables on her previously unbeaten odds-on stablemate, to win the Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery
Champion sire Captain Al, currently on course to record his eighth consecutive leading sire of 2yo’s title, has dominated both the Gr3 Cape Nursery and Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery in recent years.
Captain Al was to sire the winners of the last three races on the Kenilworth card, as the Snaith’s speedy 2yo Jo’s Bond beat a field of older handicappers in the final event.
The promising Var filly Varumba meets Listed Perfect Promise Sprint winner My Emblem in what could provide an interesting comparison of interprovincial juvenile form strength
Superb performance by Mike Robinson trained Hot Affair as she outclasses her rivals to win the prestigious Cape juvenile feature in great style and give jockey Sean Cormack a hundred percent strike rate in flying visit
The Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery will be run on officially soft going today with a penetrometer reading of 29 recorded. 68mm of rain has been recorded in the last seven days. Weather currently overcast with more rain predicted
A fascinating evenly matched contest looms in the Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery on Saturday
Mike Bass has a top-class juvenile on his hands in the daughter of Trippi, Hammie’s Hooker. She won the Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery in style
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
