The South African horseracing industry will be united behind a former Glen Puller-trained Sophomore Sprint winner in Sunday’s HK$20 million Audemars Piguet Gr1 QEII Cup
There was hardly a dry eye in the house when Paul Lafferty’s Stronghold 4yo Double Clutch galloped his way to glory in Friday evening’s delayed R135 000 Listed Easter Handicap at Greyville
An underrated jockey riding a lesser fancied stable companion and Negev pops out of the woodwork to hit punters for a six in the Listed Syringa Handicap. The Pick Six dividend of R180 460 illustrated the difficult conditions on a tough day
Winning jockey Stuart Randolph admitted in the post race interview that he was cursing Paul Lafferty halfway through the race
Puller’s man too strong in the R125 000 Listed Sophomore Sprint at Kenilworth
SARAH WHITELAW: looks back at last years runners in Dubai World Cup – Meteor Shower takes off – G1 win glory for blue blooded mare Celigny – Good start for ill-fated Stronghold
You’ve got to give it to the Ready To Run judging panel: it was the collective experience of more than three hundred years in the game that identified the Strongholds and Mullins Bays as South Africa’s “second coming”.
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
