South African horseracing bid farewell on Saturday 26 April to one of our most accomplished, yet low-profile horseman
Australia, Japan and The United States are represented in the Grade 1 ranks
‘It’s a case of the horse first. He is a really smart 3yo but he is still mentally and physically backward, and we’d rather let him progress through the winter and then plot a chart through the Cape Summer Season’
The Sabine Plattner Racing Team got their SA Champions Season campaign off to a flying start when their well-backed home-bred O’Tenikwa held on by a fast shrinking hair-breadth
The only filly in the six-horse TAB Gr2 Colorado King Stakes line-up, the 4yo Let’s Go Now proved a touch too smart under Richard Fourie, to register her first victory after a fifteen month drought on Saturday at Turffontein
It was pure poetry in motion watching the man they call ‘Striker’ guide Mia Moo home to a second feature success on the trot when winning the TAB Gr2 Camellia Stakes at Turffontein on Saturday
The National Punters’ Guide for today’s Hollywoodbets Scottsville racemeeting has been published
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
Bloodstock agent John Warren explains how he selects yearlings
Required reading for anyone who bets on horses or is interested in horseracing.
The ideal racing program must consist of a balanced combination of Merit Rating races (real handicaps) and Conditions races (Maiden and Plate/Race Figure races
Post Covid something changed with your racing, and I can’t quite put my finger on it…and the NHA needs to sort out priorities, be more transparent, and consistent in their findings
Chris van der Merwe says that judging by their posts, punters believe that they’re keeping horse racing alive and well in South Africa
The opening of direct exports creates an interesting market for South African racehorses. This is not confined to the best horses of each generation
