Marching In Step
Marchingontogether remains unchanged on a rating of 110 after his win in the Gr3 Track & Ball Derby
13th July 2020
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Marchingontogether remains unchanged on a rating of 110 after his win in the Gr3 Track & Ball Derby
Gavin van Zyl’s progressive Pathfork stayer Marchingontogether set up a big bid for Consolation July glory on Vodacom Durban July day
With a switch from speed to stamina, the major weekend feature action is again at Hollywoodbets Scottsville
Silvano gelding comes back to best with confidence boosting victory at Scottsville and the Vodacom Durban July could be next
How good is the East Cape Derby winner? We will know more later today
As the fifth renewal looms under the free-for-all dispensation, has the variation actually had the desired effect?
Anton Marcus, one of South Africa’s finest jockeys, is expected back in the saddle at Scottsville in Pietermartizburg on Saturday
The exciting Brett Crawford trained East Cape Derby winner American Landing is amongst the eighteen entries for the all-ages Gr3 Track & Ball Derby
The Milnerton trainer maintains his great record in the Gr3 Track & Ball Derby with his third win in four runnings of the ‘open’ classic
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
