Smitsdorff, who had not ridden a winner for two months, bounced back with a winner at Kenilworth on Saturday – and another at Fairview on Monday to end his season on a high – after being fined for a mobile phone in the jockey room
Bull Valley registered a third Gr1 success for Bush Hill Stud’s Danehill stallion, Toreador, when winning the Mercury Sprint on Saturday
Public perception is an issue’ when horses are scratched from races on a vet’s certificate but compete – and win – soon afterwards
A Tellytrack presenter who had obviously never heard of the KZN Derby and Oaks sponsors Track & Ball…
Jockey Anthony Delpech was adamant that runner-up Gimme Six would have beaten Lady Of The House were it not for intimidation in the final stages of the Woolavington 2000 on Saturday
She has ridden only one winner – yet takes on the likes of Dettori and Moore in the Investec Derby on Saturday
Greyville racing ended at 21h50 last Friday evening with the running of the Listed East Coast Cup. Read more and plenty of interesting other snippets again this week
Querari, small fields, Aldo Domeyer and other snippets – post a comment and tell us what’s on your mind
Odds-on favourite Hernando’s Promise has always been the Bookies best buddy but his shares dropped to new lows with punters at Kenilworth on Saturday
Are the National Horseracing Authority taking their motto of the ‘Power Of One’ a touch too literally? Read more in our weekly news snippets feature
If you nominate you want a colt and get a colt you will pay the service fee. But if you get a filly, you don’t pay a cent…
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
Cape Racing’s ongoing tussle with Mother Nature in what has been a wet July to beat all July’s, produced a fairytale at a sunny, but very chilly, Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Thursday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
