It’s been a dreadful six weeks but the Woodhill Racing Team bounced back on Saturday with a double that included an emotional winner ridden by Chad Little
The Ridgemont team celebrated their second juvenile debut winner sired by their five-time Grade 1 winning sire Canford Cliffs in the space of just a matter of weeks when Direct Hit lived up to her name
The winner was bred by Black Swan boss Peter de Beyer, who will enjoy the timing of the victory as he offers the ‘magnificent’ full brother as lot 60 on Thursday’s CRS Summer Sale
He misused his crop by striking second placed Purple Pitcher twice over the limit of 12
The Handicappers were unanimous in their view that runner-up Fire Attack, was the most suitable line horse to assess this race, leaving his rating unchanged on 111
Karis Teetan is hopeful Hong Kong International Sale graduate Patch Of Theta can make the grade in Sunday’s HK$13 million Gr1 Stewards’ Cup at Sha Tin
His victory on Saturday saw him become the latest stakes winner descended in female line from the prolific Empiric (Voodoo)
The Gareth van Zyl yard are in rich form both at home and down in the Cape, and the Summerveld team pulled off a feature double for Hollywood Racing as the Dynasty gelding Imilenzeyokududuma followed up on his Listed Christmas Handicap victory
The Querari filly Comic Relief carried too many guns for her opposition
Just over a week after his return to the saddle, Muzi Yeni banked three winners at Turffontein on Saturday, including a confidently restrained ride on Mike de Kock’s Greaterix in the Betway Gr3 Got The Greenlight Stakes
Two Laurence Wernars home-breds dominated the finish of Saturday’s Betway Gr3 Mother Russia Stakes at a wet Turffontein as Gimmefabulous finished best to crown a happy birthday double for trainer Adam Azzie
The official report states that an investigation has been opened into the circumstances which led to Babelicious (A Fortune), which paraded and proceeded to the start in red earmuffs, racing without blinkers, as carded
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
