Parting of the Clouds
Kenilworth is the new venue for the compact eight-race programme on Wednesday, and two quality 4yo’s bump heads to add lustre and interest to the topliner.
31st August 2012
No Comments
Kenilworth is the new venue for the compact eight-race programme on Wednesday, and two quality 4yo’s bump heads to add lustre and interest to the topliner.
The R120 000 Listed Jockey Club Stakes to be run over 2000m at Fairview on Friday has attracted a maximum field of sixteen, split evenly between the locals and raiding Capetonians.
Cape trainers Glen Kotzen and Justin Snaith hold all the aces in the Gr1 Garden Province Stakes. Kotzen’s Princess Victoria takes centre stage to show that her SA Fillies Sprint disappointment had more to do with the racing surface on the day, than her five-star ability.
Justin Snaith capitalised on an average line-up of three year olds, to win the Tekkie Town Gr3 Winter Classic at Kenilworth on Sunday 27 May
Pure brilliance. That’s the Jet Master filly Ebony Flyer who bounced back after four months off to win the Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint at Scottsville on Saturday.
Noted breeding and pedigree expert Rob Knuppe calls it the most exciting pedigree make-up in the past decade, and suggests it is a foregone conclusion that this Australian-bred will be challenging South Africa’s top Sires in just a few years from now.
Racing folk somehow love to see their fellow man fall. PE race-caller Alan ‘Bumpy’ Schoeman got his wires crossed at Fairview today and now certain quarters are calling for his head.
A real crowd puller. The looks. The action. The ability. The owner. The trainer.Even the name. Gimmethegreenlight really has it all. Stabled at Randjesfontein with
Trainer Joey Ramsden’s call to his colleagues to render support and run their horses, or face losing races, may be falling on deaf ears. The
The Western Cape makes Kimberley and Arlington look like Royal Ascot or even a hint of Las Vegas on some days. The light drizzle of
They obviously don’t need the money! So suggested outspoken leading Cape trainer Joey Ramsden in a reference to his colleagues’ lack of patronization of Cape
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
