Marshall Captain To Win First Today
The 2019 Cape Guineas prospect Captain Of Stealth should be the main attraction on today’s eight race Durbanville programme
13th April 2019
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The 2019 Cape Guineas prospect Captain Of Stealth should be the main attraction on today’s eight race Durbanville programme
Anton Marcus set a new benchmark for stakes earnings by an individual jockey on Sun Met Day, and after winning the CTS 1200 on Cirillo, he was back in the payout queue on One World in the CTS 1600
“I’m more nervous when running my first 2yo’s of the season than saddling the odds-on favourite for the Queen’s Plate! You know in 70 odd seconds if it’s going to be all duck or no dinner for the next 12 months – or worse!”
The provisional Sun Met jockey engagements are flowing thick and fast in advance of the final declaration deadline
Maine Chance Silvano stallion Vercingetorix got off the mark with just his second runner when Vaughan Marshall’s Fearless Warrior caught the eye on debut in a Maiden Juvenile Plate run over 1000m at Kenilworth on Saturday
The extraordinary Cape Guineas legacy of a veteran trainer and a champion sire took another giant step into the history books at Kenilworth on Saturday
With a buzzing enthusiastic crowd, the delicious aroma of expert potjiekos chefs at work and the sun blazing down, Durbanville was a happy place for Cape racing fans on Saturday
The Milnerton-based combination of Vaughan Marshall and MJ Byleveld struck with their major SA Champions Season score of the current term
Promises of sectional timing for South African racing have been bandied about for several years now. So what’s happening?
‘A high-class individual who will be in the money on debut.’- Snaith
The Var colt Zinedine stirred the blood like no other two-year-old in Cape Town so far this season
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
