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
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
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
