The HK$24 million Gr1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase will have added poignancy for Barzalona as it will be his final Gr1 start as Godolphin’s retained rider in France, before he takes up the role of first jockey to His Highness the Aga Khan in January
One World was the toast of Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday when the Equus Champion supplied three Vaughan Marshall-trained winners
Justin Snaith’s Double Grand Slam bounced back to her best at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday with a smooth victory in the Summer Bowl
Clinton Binda’s Ziyasha produced something near his best to win the World Sports Betting non black-type Bantry Bay Stakes at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday
Drakenstein’s One World celebrated a 1-2-3 in Saturday’s World Sports Betting Listed Sophomore Sprint at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
Run under glorious summer skies, it was an incident-free first day at school for the nine first-timers, with Justin Snaith’s Black Cheetah stamping his authority at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday
A Highveld workrider has been suspended from riding in twelve designated races after he exceeded the crop use limit by 100% at Turffontein on 14 November 2024
The ‘stayaway’ probably once again underlines the fear of connections of throwing a hopeful in at the deep end and risking career inhibiting merit rating penalties
26 individual Group 1 winners will bid for a share of the combined record prizemoney purse of HK$126 million across the four Group 1 races at the ‘Turf World Championships’
The final field for the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup was unveiled on Wednesday evening and hosts all of the anticipated ‘big-hitters’, including two Pathfork sons in KZN-based defending champion Royal Victory, and Tony Peter star Main Defender – who had mixed fortunes in the barrier gate draw
Pipped on the post by his own sire in 2021/22 and third in 2022/23, only champion Gimmethegreenlight proved his superior last season
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
