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A potentially accident was averted at Greyville last Tuesday, when a loose runner charged head on into the path of the field as they stormed for home.
5th February 2013
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A potentially accident was averted at Greyville last Tuesday, when a loose runner charged head on into the path of the field as they stormed for home.
With over 800mm of rain having fallen over the past 4 months, Greyville meetings have been re-scheduled
The Greyville racing programme is being adjusted to embrace the change in fixtures as a result of inclement weather conditions
A perfect preparation is just one of the vital ingredients required to win Africa’s prestigious ultimate test of stamina, the R1 million Gr1 Ladbrokes Gold Cup at Greyville.
It may be the same race, but it is quite a ball-game at the tighter city track of Greyville. Gandolph, as Bass is affectionately known in some quarters, may have a trump card in the smart son of Fort Wood, Chesalon for the Gr1 Champions Cup.
It is no secret that trainer Corne Spies thinks the world of the talented Victory Moon colt War Horse, and he only appears to have Anton Marcus and Vaughan Marshall standing in the way of what looks an outstanding Gr1 double in the offing.
Following a two month drought during January and February, the heavy rainfall which accompanied Cyclone Irina on 3rd and 4th March has played havoc with KwaZulu Natal racing fixtures this month.
Please be advised that due to unsafe underfoot conditions the racemeeting scheduled to take place at Greyville Racecourse tonight has been abandoned.
Clairwood racemeeting for Sunday, 18 December has been moved to Greyville due to excessive rainfall.
Gold Circle has been forced to postpone Tuesday’s Greyville Night Racing to Friday night, weather permitting.
Gold Circle has been forced to postpone Tuesday’s Greyville Night Racing to Thursday night, weather permitting.
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!
