Cohen Strikes for Joostes
Former top SA breeder turned trainer in Australia, strikes with first winner for our leading owners
24th September 2013
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Former top SA breeder turned trainer in Australia, strikes with first winner for our leading owners
Blueridge Mountain made the Sceptre Stakes and Majorca double look easy with a terrific win on Saturday
Two 1-2-3 finishes on consecutive days must surely be something of a record for an owner
The 2012 R2 million Gr1 Sansui Summer Cup will go down in history as so much more than just another horserace
Joey Ramsden’s Variety Club once again asserted his status as South Africa’s top miler with a brilliant win in the Gr1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge.
Despite the Competition Board’s recent left-hook, Phumelela appear to be making their presence felt in the Cape. Marketing Executive Clyde Basel’s minor coup in securing
What’s the difference between a Var baby and Twitter? You can keep up with Twitter!
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
Plenty will be written about J&B Met and Derby winners Igugu and Jackson in the weeks and months ahead. But spare a thought for the
Michael Roberts has always been one of South Africa’s greatest ever jockeys and he is a favourite son of KwaZulu-Natal. His annual raceday attracted a
LANCE BENSON: When Joey Ramsden showered the Cape Premier Yearling Sale Guineas winner’s podium on Saturday afternoon with the liquid lava spurting from a jeroboam of Moet, the fantasy fountain signified new beginnings and milestones in a few lives.
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
