Unlike some of the other features on Emerald Cup day, there is just no lacking for recent form amongst most of the ten runners that line up in the R150 000 Listed Emerald Fillies Stakes to be run over the Cup distance of 1450m on Saturday
Striker peerless as usual, but Phillip Mlangeni steals the limelight
A glance over the programme for the forthcoming week tells a story of some minefield fixtures, where form is more scarce than …
Dynasty’s daughter Demanding Lady produced an electrifying turn of foot to win the Gr2 Ipi Tombe Challenge
LANCE BENSON: One just gets the feeling that horseracing is in quite a comfort zone. It is frustrating too when we are making a fuss about events, while the organisers seem rather laid back it.
The jockey duel fizzles out at Turffontein on an afternoon where trainer Lucky Houdalakis and jockey Donovan Mansour celebrate a great double.
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
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
