Plattner’s Boogified Justifies Favouritism
The Sabine Plattner Racing team started the new season in fine style at a sundrenched Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Thursday
3rd August 2023
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The Sabine Plattner Racing team started the new season in fine style at a sundrenched Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Thursday
As part of its ongoing Transformation Initiative, horse racing operator 4Racing revealed the completion of the first phase of the renovation of the Grooms accommodation quarters
The trainer is not sure of Cousin Casey’s route yet and will still be getting to know the horse as he has just joined him after a farm holiday
Flat riders are allowed to use their whip six times in a race, with a four-day ban for going one over the limit and seven days for going two over. Crowley used his whip nine times, which incurs a 10-day ban and is doubled for a class one race
Princess Calla (174 points) won the final Super Grade 1 of the season on Sunday, the Grade 1 HKJC Champions Cup, to finish on top of the 2022/23 Equus Horse of The Year table
Enjoying a superb top-drawer ride by Richard Fourie, the Peter Muscutt-trained Isivunguvungu probably sealed the Equus Champion Sprinter title
The visiting Tony Peter yard got onto the World Pool Gold Cup day feature boards early on Sunday when Craig Zackey rode a big finish to get Meridius up on the line to win the R150 000 Listed @worldpool Twitter Handicap.
Gimme A Prince from the Dean Kannemeyer stable takes his place in the Grade 1 Mercury Sprint and he is the best bet on the programme
The World Pool Gold Cup race day welcomes back former South African Champion Apprentice Jockey Douglas Whyte, also known as the ‘Durban Demon’, to Hollywoodbets Greyville
The much anticipated clash between unbeaten Lucky Lad and Main Defender in the R700 000 Gr1 World Pool Moment Of The Day Champion Stakes could be a highlight
The Gr1 Hong Kong Jockey Club World Pool Champions Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday sees a bid by Michael Roberts’ 3yo See It Again to seal a treble of grade 1 wins this season
Currently offered at 25-1 in the ante-post market, Dean Kannemeyer’s lightly raced 4yo The Real Prince is happy and healthy and on track for a run in the big one
In contrast to heavyweights of the modern era in Galileo, Sea The Stars and Dubawi, who have stamped their authority in classic spheres with excellent support from leading breeders, bona fide breed shaper Acclamation rose from far humbler beginnings
A familiar voice for years whenever we telephoned Summerhill Stud, and a lady known as ‘Muhtafal’s Mom’ to many, Megan Romeyn currently finds herself with life-threatening medical challenges
