Kotzen Holding Thumbs For Gary Player’s July Dream

There is nothing more Paarl-based trainer Glen Kotzen would enjoy than to give the golfing legend who has bred and raced horses for over half a century, a 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July runner

King Pelles Outstays Them To Win Tote Derby

Announcing his aspirations as a potential Gold Cup prospect, the half-brother to past SA Derby winners Hero’s Honour (Await The Dawn) and Legend Of Arthur (Lancaster Bomber) stayed on smartly under Smanga Khumalo

Wunderbar Boosts Size’s Championship Goal

Famed as the only horse to have beaten champion sprinter Ka Ying Rising, Wunderbar catapulted John Size closer to a record-extending 13th Hong Kong trainers’ championship

Varsfontein Bomber’s Got The Wright Stuff

Five of the nine starters in Saturday’s R350 000 Tote Gr3 Oaks run over 2400m at Hollywoodbets Scottsville first saw the light of day at the magnificent Varsfontein Stud in Paarl

Friday 13th – Brevan Shades Trent In SA Champion Apprentice Chase

Cape-based apprentice Brevan Plaatjies will remember it as the day that he edged into the lead on the SA National Champion Apprentice log

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Smanga Khumalo drives Green Sapphire to victory in the HKJC World Pool Gr2 Tibouchina Stakes (Pic - Candiese Lenferna)

Sipping From A Royal Chalice

Whether one regards it as logical, a huge stroke of luck, or a work of genius, the matings which produced Green Sapphire and Malmesbury Missile have paid off handsomely…

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Callan Murray glances across as Dave The King beats Oriental Charm (JP van der Merwe), with Gladatorian’s head in the frame (Pic - Candiese Lenferna)

Dave The King – Pure Gold!

Reigning SA Horse Of The Year Dave The King became the third back-to-back winner this century of South Africa’s highest-rated Gr1 contest, the Hollywoodbets Gr1 Gold Challenge

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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

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