All the news on awards and other accolades regarding the horse racing industry in South Africa.
The highlight of the evening was the award of Horse of the Season – presented to the Allan Greeff-trained Joy And Peace, who also walked away with Champion 3 Year old filly and Champion Polytrack Filly trophy
The East Cape Awards returns on 6 September 2024 to Fairview
The top echelon sires will always have the added advantage of bigger books, higher fees and greater quality of mares. Yet it is heartening to see that horses like Dave The King, Princess Calla, Legal Eagle and Classic Flag are proof that any stallion is capable of siring a Horse of the Year
While the Equus Awards will be held on Thursday 15 August, the champions of some racing categories are decided on stakes and can already be announced
This year’s Equus Awards will effectively be decided solely by the opinion of an expert panel
The Hall of Fame’s eight-strong independent judging panel of experts from the racing industry put forward the short-list and now it’s over to you
City Of Troy and Porta Fortuna landed blows for this season’s three-year-old crop in two of the significant early clashes of the generations
The Hollywoodbets Durban July and Gold Cup Race meetings should settle a few debates.
The 2024 Equus Awards will take place on Thursday, 15 August at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
Classic winners Ezeliya and Rosallion share the early lead alongside Tattersalls Gold Cup victor White Birch in the points standings for the Cartier Horse of the Year
Veteran racing journalist, and a respected published author, Charl Pretorius has been announced as the very deserved winner of the 2024 LKP Writer’s Competition
It is eerie to think that there would have been no Siren’s Call, Sound Of Warning, or for that matter Call To Unite, had fate not decreed that Enchanted Cove follow her dam to South Africa, and that Peter de Beyer had the foresight to return Elusive Fort back home from the States as well!
There’s lots more to play for!
