Just before I attended the race meeting I went for a bite to eat at one of the local restaurants right outside Greyville. We were lucky to get a table! Just goes to show that people are out there spending their hard-earned cash
Native Dancer has made a contribution to a Halloween tradition with the annual Grey Ghost Handicap at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, run at 2250m on the turf. This race is usually held on Halloween night and is restricted to grey horses only
Back an old favourite tonight – from The Beatles to Roy Orbison, Michael Jackson to Elvis and Tom Jones to Robbie Wessels
Serious sport is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting. Where does South Africa fit into the picture?
While the polytrack form profiles are starting to make some sense, particularly when it comes to following certain yards, Tuesday’s ten race programme looks a trappy affair.
‘The more information available for punters the better’ says Graeme Hawkins as he announces exciting launch on Gold Cup day
The local trainers have obviously realised that a quality synthetic track outstrips a troubled turf surface on any day and have come to the party on a surface that has the added benefit of being horse-friendly.
“In discussion with the jockeys we agreed that during the initial phase-in period we would limit the field sizes,” says Hawkins
The view of the Board is that the conduct of the Jockeys was reasonable and justifiable
Champions Season 2014 is upon us and a big one at the city track today will help us all forgive and forget the recent ups and downs. We wish all stakeholders a great day
A week is a long time in politics, they say. Well, it’s been a busy one for racing and we’ve been dealt a series of rather hefty body blows
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
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!
