Kannemeyer Strikes Again
Dean Kannemeyer maintained his outstanding strike rate from his Summerveld base and registered his third win in the past five runnings of the Gr3 Byerley Turk
9th April 2016
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Dean Kannemeyer maintained his outstanding strike rate from his Summerveld base and registered his third win in the past five runnings of the Gr3 Byerley Turk
The Moutonshoek bred Mambo In Seattle gelding Fortune Fella showed genuine stamina when leading all the way of the 2850m to win the Gr3 Caradoc Gold Cup
It is very seldom that any jockey spoils the Striker party when the champion jockey looks to have the race in the bag…
The Duncan Howells’ trained Same Jurisdiction booked her Cape Summer Season ticket in fine style with a fluent win at Scottsville on Sunday
Top jockey Anton Marcus completed his Vodacom Durban July day Gr1 double when the top-class Mambo In Seattle filly Same Jurisdiction slammed a field of quality Gr1 performers
SA title chasing jockey Gavin Lerena has grown a pair of wings in the last few months and refused to let flight complications get in his way of riding a double at Scottsville on Saturday.
“This is what dreams are made of. I have watched her work and I felt I haven’t trained a horse like this since Via Africa. She was sluggish out of the gates tonight, but she is a racehorse!”
Standing a new stallion at stud is a bit like taking on the All Blacks rugby team at Eden Park- the odds are stacked against you, suggests a prominent Breeder
KZN Yearling Sale Million winner Same Jurisdiction proved that her big July payday was no flash in the pan when she stayed on powerfully to pip Carry On Alice in Gr1 Thekwini Stakes
The race is all about a great incentive and a reasonably quick return on investment for buyers. The top four finishers didn’t cost a bar between them. The winner went for R270 000, the second horse R70 000, the PE challenger just R60 000 and the eventual favourite, R275 000
A P Indy’s growing influence can be seen at the 2014 National Yearling Sale. His half brother, Tiger Ridge has 11 yearlings while no fewer than 40 yearlings on the sale are by sons of A P Indy, while another 15 are by A P Indy’s champion grandson, Jay Peg.
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
