Hawwaam – But Close!
After winning his first two starts with authority, Mike de Kock’s exciting Silvano colt Hawwaam was called on for the first time to show some fight
7th January 2019
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After winning his first two starts with authority, Mike de Kock’s exciting Silvano colt Hawwaam was called on for the first time to show some fight
The Silvano colt Hawwaam staked his Cape Guineas claims in just over 97 seconds at Turffontein on Saturday
Former SA Champion jockey Gavin Lerena will ride for the Mauritzfontein team as retained jockey
In a major blow and shock for South African breeding, Wilgerbosdrift stallion Soft Falling Rain has died
Summerveld trainer Kumaran Naidoo was one of only two visiting trainers to take on the locals on Flamingo Park’s flagship raceday
Richard Fourie gave an illuminating demonstration of how to knock the stuffing out of the Cape Crawl
It was pleasing to see the famous brown and white Beck family silks back in the winner’s enclosure again on a major day
Stablemates Barahin and Soqrat – both owned by Sheikh Hamdan – fought out a thrilling finish to the 2yo feature
Mauritzfontein’s resident sire Ideal World demonstrated his versatility again
We could have seen something quite special at Kenilworth on Saturday when the Ideal World gelding Rainbow Bridge became the first horse in history to win the classic at only his second start
Mike de Kock underscored his sparkling record in the R1 million HSH Princess Charlene Gr1 Empress Club Stakes as his chestnut champion Nother Russia registered a terrific double
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
