“We have all been in this game a long time. You win some, you lose some. Saturday happened to be my day. We take what we can – when we can – next time things may not work out so well,” he said philosophically.
Capetown Noir achieved the unique Guineas and Derby double when winning Saturday’s Gr1 Investec Cape Derby at Kenilworth
Capetown Noir reaffirmed the Kannemeyer love affair with the Gr1 Cape Guineas with a sizzling win in the classic at Kenilworth on Saturday
Suddenly the R1 million price tag looks so damn cheap! Trainer Dean Kannemeyer was a very happy man after his handsome Jet Master colt, Divine
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!
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
