The champion is back on her home ground. Var’s brilliant daughter Via Africa returns to Scottsville today to defend her Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint crown. They will have to go to stop her from clocking up her third Gr1 win and she appears to have plenty in her favour after a narrow defeat in the recent Gr1 Computaform Sprint.
There are six progeny of Avontuur’s super sire amongst the thirteen speedsters that line up in Saturday’s R1 million Gr1 Computaform Sprint to be run over the Turffontein 1000m. While a recordbreaking Var quartet finish is on the cards, the weight for age race is very competitive and there are many with chances
Promising young sire Elusive Fort was represented by yet another first crop winner, when his son Elusive Shade won a good race at the Vaal
A champion daughter of Var stretches her legs in the Listed Kwazulu Natal Stakes at Scottsville today. She should win the home turf challenge and take her next step to a big date in April
The National Horse Racing Auhority recently took the drastic step of raising merit ratings of local horses, writes Jehan Malherbe in our Mailbag
Daughters of two top stallions dominate KZN Racing Awards
Saturday’s Vodacom Durban July winner Heavy Metal put his name firmly into the hat of possible names considered for the title of Horse of the Year.
Brilliant win by top Var 3yo in Gr1 R600 000 SA Fillies Sprint at Scottsville
Contador, Via Africa winning by extended margins…Var is at it again with 21 winners this season to date.
The Hollywood Syndicate celebrated a milestone 600th winner on African soil when the Danon Platina gelding Luhamba Phambili stormed to victory to win the R200 000 non black-type Need For Speed Sprint
Selwyn Elk writes that he was at Clairwood on a wet Saturday afternoon in the 70’s…
