
Rattray Double
While he will have to wait another year to try and realise his ambition of owning a Vodacom Durban July winner, the 86-year-old Mike Rattray enjoyed a thrilling end to the season at Hollywoodbets Greyville
While he will have to wait another year to try and realise his ambition of owning a Vodacom Durban July winner, the 86-year-old Mike Rattray enjoyed a thrilling end to the season at Hollywoodbets Greyville
Sun Met winner Rainbow Bridge has been purchased by Mike Rattray for an undisclosed sum and will remain in training with Eric Sands
Lot 221 Savannah Cat, a filly by Fort Wood out of Kapen Cat, was consigned by Lammerskraal Stud and became the most expensive filly ever sold in South Africa when the hammer fell at R4,75 million
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