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Punters were caught napping in the 2500m eight strong field of staying handicappers and the Snaith second stringer landed up jumping at 20-1 as the outsider of the bunch
20th December 2015
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Punters were caught napping in the 2500m eight strong field of staying handicappers and the Snaith second stringer landed up jumping at 20-1 as the outsider of the bunch
The possible threat of losing his ‘crown jewels’ appeared to lift the performance of the handsome Heartland, who booked himself a berth in the Snaith Dynasty trio for the 2016 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate
Trainers are entitled to their opinions but when they openly villify the handicapper on horseracing platforms – even after being proven wrong, then it may be time for action
Quick return again for Var buyers as the Avontuur stallion produces filly and colt first-timer to win in Gauteng and Cape
An eight-race programme with an average of just over nine runners per race, and where more than one trainer observed that they had been requested to leave horses in, or risk losing races, does not bode well – when we are already nicely into summer.
Jockey Andrew Fortune makes most horses look good. Some even make him look good now and again. The latter may have applied at Fairview on Friday when the Var filly Cup Cake got up in a nailbiter…
Owner Michael Leaf bounced back just a few months after his Vodacom Durban objection trauma last year to lay out a cool R1,1 million for a lovely Star Witness colt. He was handsomely rewarded at Turffontein on Saturday…
The Justin Snaith trained Ovidio is one of the fastest improving gallopers in a discipline that generally lacks serious depth in South Africa
Trainer Neil Bruss saddles two stakes performing fillies at the top of the weights for Saturday’s supporting Kenilworth feature, the R150 000 Listed Woolavington Handicap
Futura and fellow stable star Legislate are building up for their five-year-old campaigns but there is no indication yet whether either or both will take on Act Of War in the Green Point Stakes
The progressive Go Deputy stayer Arezzo outgunned a rather modest bunch to register his second career victory, when he ran away from his opposition to win the R150 000 Listed Settlers Trophy
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
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
