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The R1 million Gr 1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate barrier draws were announced on 22 December with Guineas winner Variety Club and the sensational Diadem winner
22nd December 2011
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The R1 million Gr 1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate barrier draws were announced on 22 December with Guineas winner Variety Club and the sensational Diadem winner
LANCE BENSON: Great horses, brilliant trainers and colourful characters and legends aplenty dominate the Gr1 Cape Guineas this Saturday.
The National Horseracing Authority confirms that at an Inquiry
Local trainers Gavin Smith and Alan Greeff went home with their tail between their legs after Justin Snaith and Glen Kotzen won all but two of the eight races on the first day of the Eastern Cape Festival Of Racing.The Western Cape onslaught sets the scene for a thriller on Sunday and the locals are bound to fight back.
The big girl is up and flying! The picturesque rural simplicity of Durbanville racecourse buzzed with anticipation and electric excitement on 15 October as Justin
Barrier draws are to be allocated prior to final acceptance in line with the rest of the country with effect from today. Justin Snaith celebrated
They say cowboys don’t cry. But if you were punting at Durbanville on 21 September, the chances are you may just be bawling your eyes
The contrasting fortunes of racing! A terrible run from the favourite Depardieu was overshadowed by a terrific effort from the Justin Snaith trained Soweto Slew, who won the Listed feature at Kenilworth with ease. And once again question marks were raised against getting too excited about juvenile form…
A great day for the Barry Steenkamp yard but another testing day for punters at Arlington on 12 September. With only one favourite winning, the
Form has fast become a four-letter word with a capital ‘F’ in the Eastern Cape this season. A PA payout of over R64 000 at Arlington
LANCE BENSON: There are just too many unanswered questions and uncertainties. Couple this thought with the economic outlook for the next twelve months looking a touch rockier than the past year. Against this backdrop one can understand that this weekend’s National Two Year Old Sale could provide an orgy of life-changing opportunity for those folk with the emotional and financial backbone to raise their hands and buy that four-legged lucky dip.
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!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
The son of Master Of My Fate will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial into the big one on 5 July
