Champions for Charity
Pierre Jourdan won it last year. Can he become the first horse in decades to achieve the double in the Charity Mile.
1st November 2012
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Pierre Jourdan won it last year. Can he become the first horse in decades to achieve the double in the Charity Mile.
His recent form may not be that impressive, but last year’s winner Pierre Jourdan’s connections were delighted when he drew at No 8 for the Gr2 Emperors Palace Charity Mile
There have been many high-class horses to have come off the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sales who continue to prove the unprecedented success of this sale ,and it’s ability to unearth true racehorses.
Best in at the weights for the Gr2 Hawaii Stakes are the July runner up Pierre Jourdan, and the multiple Gr1 winning mare Dancewiththedevil….
I find many other these things make no sense anymore, or the cases are being viewed in such isolation, that they no longer see the bigger picture
An Appeal was lodged by Trainer Gary Alexander against the increase in the rating of PIERRE JOURDAN from MR 112 to MR 118 subsequent to the Charity Mile run at Turffontein on 5 November 2011…
Pierre Jourdan thrilled his legion of fans when he defied a hefty 6kgs to run out a convincing winner of the Emperors Palace Charity Mile over 1600m on the Turffontein standside course on Saturday.
LANCE BENSON: Hats off to Mick Goss. The Emperors Palace Ready To Run concept is without question one of the most professionally marketed events in horseracing in this country. While names like Igugu and Pierre Jourdan do it no harm, Mick has just somehow got the knack of doing things properly.
185, 2 year olds go under the hammer on Sunday 6th November in the 2011 Emperors Palace Ready To Run sale at the TBA Sales Complex at Gosforth Park from 2p.m.
When you reflect on the performances of Igugu, only then will you realise just what stock is available at Gosforth Park on the first Sunday in November.
Two million is an awful lot of money, no matter what you’re worth. That’s the value of this year’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup, making it the third richest race in the land after the July and the Met.
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
