Western Winter’s Influence Remains
While multiple champion South African sire Western Winter (Gone West) passed in 2013, his influence has been notable in recent local feature races. His top-class
5th December 2020
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While multiple champion South African sire Western Winter (Gone West) passed in 2013, his influence has been notable in recent local feature races. His top-class
For those of us who have never ridden in a race, it is difficult to criticise or understand the principle of allowing an opposing jockey to take the initiative and build up a lead of 12 lengths or more
The Milnerton trainer will look back on his 2018 Cape Guineas day with some mixed feelings – and a measure of satisfaction
The high-riding Lyle Hewitson maintained his stranglehold on the SA champion jockey title race when he showed confidence and great pace judgement
The Drakenstein owned and bred Fresnaye finally found the right field to score her third win
Milnerton trainer Joey Ramsden pulled a Gr1 rabbit out of the hat at Turffontein on Champions Day
The mutltiple champion trainer won his second Gr3 Abu Dhabi Championship over 2200m on Saturday
Former triple South African champion sire Western Winter’s name regularly cropped up in race results, as a sire, sire of sires, and broodmare sire
It took reigning SA champion jockey Anthony Delpech all of 30 years to find his way to Durbanville Racecourse
Veteran Milnerton conditioner Bill Prestage and jockey Wesley Marwing conspired in a tactical masterstroke to produce the feature upset on a sun drenched afternoon
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
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
