A Show Of Champagne
The quality sprint feature sees the return to action of Champion Stakes winner Jackson, who is en route to a date with destiny in the 2014 J&B Met.
27th December 2013
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The quality sprint feature sees the return to action of Champion Stakes winner Jackson, who is en route to a date with destiny in the 2014 J&B Met.
The National Horse Racing Auhority recently took the drastic step of raising merit ratings of local horses, writes Jehan Malherbe in our Mailbag
Super Saturday provided a fitting climax to a great season, and proved again that horseracing has plenty to offer in terms of pure thrills and entertainment.
The Gr1 Champions Cup sees two sons of top sire Dynasty going head to head while Silvano has five runners carrying his flag
The R3 million Gr1 Vodacom Durban July has been variously described as lacking depth and overall class, but whatever the opinion, one thing is guaranteed. Africa’s Greatest Horserace always provides thrills and entertainment out of the top drawer.
With a genuine pacemaker in the race, a true test of stamina is on the cards. And that means that there will be no bluffing or gamesmanship over the 2400m, on ground that could also be unforgiving.
The handicapper has crunched the numbers and done the admin that indicates that Jackson is a justified first choice to record win number five.
A race for the connoisseur, this level weights contest for 3yo colts is usually won by a top sort.
Jackson may be the best 3yo in South Africa after he lived up to a ton of pre-race hype and ran out the fluent winner of the Investec Cape Derby
Variety Club is well in at the weights in the Cape Derby, but the dark horse of the race is Jackson.
History shows that three-year-olds have it all to do in this prestigious mile race, given that there have been only ten sophomore winners since its inception in 1861, two of which in the new millennium
Christmas day in a racing stable is largely business as usual. Horses have to be fed, watered and exercised
