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No rest for the wicked as the second day of the New Year double-header gets underway
1st January 2017
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No rest for the wicked as the second day of the New Year double-header gets underway
A new year and a new racing season will greet racegoers at Kranji and there looks to be plenty on offer on the 11-race card to brush any hangovers away
The last race meeting of the 2016 season and while the farewell parade of ROCKET MAN may grab all the headlines, the feature race of the day, the Colonial Chief Stakes, is well worth the admission
It’s been a big week for Pat Shaw. Firstly, the affable South African handler informed the Singapore Turf Club he will be taking leave of absence – just over six months – due to health reasons…
Not a lot to get excited about Class-wise in the last meeting of what has been a terrific months racing, and a tricky one for punters with more than one maiden event and three ordinary Class 5’s
A combination of post Dester Singapore Gold Cup blues as well as the end of the 2016 season in sight sees just a fair Polytrack meeting from Singapore this Friday but with that brings plenty of opportunities for punters.
Racing doesn’t get better than days like this and all eye’s are on the Singapore Turf Club and the running of the Dester Singapore Gold Cup
A big weekend of racing from Singapore with the running of the EW Barker on Friday and the Dester Singapore Gold Cup on Sunday and what better way to start the festivities
It’s safe to say Michael Rodd has been selective in choosing his rides in 2016.
It might be a day for value seekers in Singapore on Sunday with most fields having plenty of depth
Plenty of good races on offer this weekend, including a very intriguing Kranji Stakes A turf sprint over 1200m
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
