Capri’s thrilling victory in the St Leger on Saturday has further strengthened Aidan O’ Brien’s bid to win Europe’s showcase race for the third time on Sunday 1 October read more
R1 Million For Summer Cup-Sun Met Winner
64 entries received for Gauteng flagship race
A bonus of R1 million will be paid to any horse able to win the 2017 Sansui Summer Cup and the 2018 Sun Met read more
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Grand Heritage Final Field
28 runners line up on 30 September
Dorrie Sham and Duncan Howells are the only out of province trainers, with Classify and Secret Captain respectively representing the away challenge read more
Storm Hits Greyville – But Racing Goes On
TGIF!
Good news of a stakes increase in October or November has added impetus to the buoyant off-season mood prevailing in KwaZulu-Natal read more
Barrier Trials Are Here!
Gold Circle Leads The Way
In a bold and progressive move, Gold Circle announce the implementation of barrier trials read more
First Class Guv!
'No labelling - no necks on the block' - Lenferna
The first-timer comments platform was launched by Gold Circle over a year ago and has enjoyed plenty of support and debate in the public domain, with some trainers refusing point blank to offer any input to assist Joe Punter read more
Winx – Where To Next?
Team discuss next move
Horse racing might be the sport of kings, but right now in Australia it’s a queen who rules the track. The Chris Waller yard discuss the next steps for wonder-mare Winx read more
Classic Sadler’s Wells
Pure dominance!
Capri’s win in Saturday’s Gr1 William Hill St Leger at Doncaster completed a clean-sweep of the 2017 English and Irish classics for male line descendants of Sadler’s Wells read more
Shoot For The Stars
An Audience With Quasillo
Quasillo is the first son of Sea The Stars to stand at stud in South Africa read more
Public Has A Right To Know
Short Heads - Our weekly news snippets feature
Have the racing public been done a dirty with the non-disclosure surrounding the circumstances of the ‘ringer’ cases recently? read more
Umtelebhelo Rural Horse Racing Event
Save the date - 30 September
To celebrate September as Heritage month, Willowfontain Horse Riding Club in partnership with Ikusasa LeAfrica Foundation (ILAF) and Gold Circle is holding an Umtelebhelo Rural Horse Racing Event read more
Team Valor’s Woodbine Gr1 Score
The Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In'
A plan come together saw Barry Irwin’s Team Valor International and trainer Marco Botti’s Breeders’ Cup prospects brighten read more
Baron Team Watch The Weather
Cheyne excited about training tracks
Gallop exposes the fact that Met winner doesn’t handle soft going particularly well read more
Secretariat’s Owner Dies Aged 95
Tribute to Penny Chenery
Tributes pour in for the First Lady of racing, Penny Chenery, who passed away on 16 September read more
Happy Birthday, Uncle Den!
Drier takes the cake
Past KZN champion Dennis Drier, in his 40th year as a racehorse trainer, dominated the Scottsville Sunday meeting with five winners read more
Lerena’s Amazing Strike
Mauritzfontein bred and raced Ideal World gelding wins smoothly
Former SA champion Gavin Lerena is riding with his old confidence and booted home a good double at Turffontein on Saturday read more
Super 20 For Winx
Her stakes purse is now A$13.47 million
There seems no stopping Australian superhorse Winx as she closes in on a third consecutive Cox Plate read more
Who Is SA’s Best Named Horse?
Who is your pick?
There are breeders and owners who spend a lot of time, thought and effort in naming their horses read more
No Stopping Penny!
Harry Hall's daughter beats the boys in thriller
Jockey Jarryd Penny rode a double on the day and booted home his 9th winner of the season, maintaining his purple patch of good form read more
Cat In The Hat?
Plenty of interest at Turffontein today - Race 7 off at 15h50
Imported to South Africa from Argentina in November 2016 and a one-time Vodacom Durban July entry, the dual Gr1 winner has only his fifth career start but has been off for over a year read more
International Helmet Awareness
16 & 17 September 2017
In the market for a new helmet? You are in luck. 16/17 September is International Helmet Awareness weekend with hundreds of participating retailers offering headgear at reduced rates. read more
Murray Escapes With Caution
Unlikely defeat for red hot favourite
The aptly named Darkest Hour gives talented rider a big fright read more
Naked – Rather Than No Helmet!
Reader warns against consequences of not wearing a helmet
‘You – and Justin Snaith – are not doing your part for safety in the equine industry’ read more
Storm Clouds Brewing
The former Three Chimneys resident currently ranks as damsire of 145 stakes winners
Blushing Groom sire Rahy, a half-brother to former South African sire Rakeen and champion Singspiel, made his mark as a broodmare sire read more
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