For Convenience
Camelot On Track
Trainer Aidan O’Brien paraded Investec Derby favourite Camelot at a media morning organised by Epsom Downs Racecourse and Investec at his Ballydoyle Stable in County Tipperary and is counting down the days until the premier Classic on 2 June. (more)
Singapore this Friday
The much anticipated International Weekend in Singapore gets underway on Friday night with a mixed-track meeting that includes the Group 1 Singapore Guineas. (more)
Big Sprint Now Wide Open
The shock late withdrawal of the brilliant speedster Rocket Man, has thrown Sunday’s Gr1 Krisflyer International Sprint at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore wide open. (more)
California Dreaming
Our patriotic connection to the 2012 $3 million Gr1 Singapore Airlines International Cup is by way of jockey Felix Coetzee who rides California Memory. (more)
South African Horse Export
South Africa is now entering the low risk period for African Horse Sickness (more)
Kentucky Derby Preview
Take a look at a preview of Saturdays big race (more)
He’s Back…and we love him!
Rocket Man goes for his fourth consecutive Gr1 Lion City Cup victory in Singapore this Sunday (more)
Hollywood Park: Old Men Deciding How To Market To Young People? No Way.
Betfair’s speciality is marketing to the younger generation and using social media (more)
Investec commits to Epsom Derby for a decade
Investec has signed the biggest sponsorship agreement in British racing history after committing itself to a ten-year extension of its Derby Festival sponsorship. (more)
Singapore Friday Preview
Things are definitely hotting up in the tropics with the countdown to International week in May well and truly on. (more)
Selections unveiled for G1 AP QEII Cup
Four raiders from Ireland, Japan, France and South Africa are among the 14 selected runners, in the G1 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup (more)
Synchronised bids to win Gold Cup & Grand National in same year
Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Synchronised heads a maximum field of 40, as he bids to become the first horse since Golden Miller in 1934 to win the Gold Cup and Grand National in the same season. He is ridden by the champion jockey Tony McCoy. (more)
Dubai World Cup Triumphs
From Epsom to Dubai, the Corsica-born Mickaël Barzalona is developing into a young jockey with a happy talent for winning the biggest events, and doing so in style. (more)
Turffontein Classic Day & Dubai World Cup
Seven Graded races (including a trio of Gr1’s) form the bulk of this Saturday’s card on the Turffontein standside course, with the Dubai World Cup from Meydan thrown in as race 12 for good measure. Let’s have a quick peek at each of these intriguing contests. (more)
Dubai World Cup’s SA connections
As the world’s richest horse race, the Dubai World Cup approaches, James Trotter takes a beady eye at the fields, dangers and how our South African connections could feature (more)
From Catwalk to Parade Ring in Dubai
When Chantal Sutherland climbs on board Game On Dude at the Dubai World Cup (G1), she can be assured of one thing — the cheers of every woman present at Meydan Racecourse as she bids to make racing history. (more)
Gimmethegreenlight’s sister wins Gr1 Coolmore Classic
Gimmethegreenlight received yet another substantial boost for his future stud career, when his half-sister won the G1 Coolmore Classic in Australia. (more)
British Champion Series Rolls Out Sectional Timing
Following its successful deployment at last year’s inaugural British Champions Series at Ascot, sectional timing from TurfTrax is to be rolled out across almost two-thirds of the 35 Series races in 2012. (more)
Betfair goes to Hollywood
Betfair U.S., the Los Angeles-based subsidiary of Betfair Group plc that owns Television Games Network finalizes deal for marketing, naming rights to Hollywood Park (more)
French Win For Remarkable SAF Bred Star
And he did it again – at 10! The South Africa bred, Tiza scored his 13th career win in France last week (more)
“Secret of success is the pack”
Study shows race horses that stay in the pack longest before breaking for the final sprint have the best chance of earning prize money. (more)
Dubai – Super Saturday
Saturday at Meydan in Dubai produced a mixed bag of results with two winners for De Kock and one for Brown. (more)
Dubai Super Saturday: A Strong Hand for South Africa
Super Saturday was created to be a “Dubai World Cup Trial” night. The race card is composed of a set of races with the exact same conditions as that of World Cup night and is the perfect stepping stone to Dubai World Cup night (more)