Another Special Finish!
‘It doesn’t get much more nail biting than this clash. Two of the best 3yo horses we have seen in a very long time’
5th April 2020
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‘It doesn’t get much more nail biting than this clash. Two of the best 3yo horses we have seen in a very long time’
For the second year running, the Mike De Kock-trained National Emblem gelding Shea Shea won the Gr3 Meydan Sprint on Super Saturday
New PE trainer is quick off the mark again as she registers thrilling first feature winner at Fairview on Friday
A Klawervlei Bred sprinter carried the flag for SA bloodstock in the Al Quoz Sprint after Highlands Stud’s Soft Falling Rain had won earlier
SARAH WHITELAW: John Koster pays tribute to the former champion race horse, and successful sire, National Emblem has died.
National Emblem, sire of ten Gr1 winners, died on Wednesday at Klawervlei Stud at age 21.
SARAH WHITELAW: Looks at the long history of the Epsom Oaks being won by some of the sport’s greatest fillies; and the father/son combination of National Assembly and National Emblem
This time it was Shea Shea who lifted the spoils, which neatly perhaps answers the question of why Earl Of Surrey was not in the line-up again.
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
