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Van Heerden’s Patience Pays Off
The softly spoken 48 year old horseman and property developer only has 7 horses in training
The softly spoken 48 year old horseman and property developer only has 7 horses in training
Assistant trainer Dan Katz has come up with a novel solution for owners of horses that continuously get no relief from the handicapper
Why are the Cape jockeys so determined to hug the outside rail, with metres of lush turf available on their inside?
Justin Vermaak’s Green Street Stable got off the mark in style at Kranji on Sunday
The British Professional Jockeys Association is considering use of legal action in response to the growing trend of social media abuse of its members by internet trolls
Andrew Fortune was fined R2000 for what was deemed an unprofessional ride on the 20-1 shot Kanonkop who won at the Vaal
The apparent disparity in fines dished out for various whip offences by the National Horseracing Authority is interesting
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