All the news on awards and other accolades regarding the horse racing industry in South Africa.
With the classy live entertainment getting a major nod of approval from an enthusiastic audience, KZN racing honoured their star achievers at a black-tie event held at the Greyville Convention Centre on Friday evening
The Cape Team’s extraordinary dominance was underlined again at Equus on Tuesday evening
The star Justin Snaith-trained Street Cry filly won three Gr1’s in a terrific season
The Winning Form sponsored Muzi Yeni was crowned Northern Cape Champion Jockey for the eighth time
The South African racing and breeding industry will acknowledge its star achievers
The Cape Racing & Breeding Awards for the 2017/18 season will be held at the Vineyard Hotel on Wednesday 8 August
The Cape Racing & Breeding Awards function will be held on Wednesday 8 August 2018 The Cape Racing Award Nominees 2018: Juvenile Male One World
Legal Eagle, the Avontuur bred Greys Inn gelding was a popular choice as Horse Of The Year for the second consecutive season
Judge finds submission ‘unique, and in-depth’
The 2016/17 Eastern Cape Racing Awards will take place at a gala dinner at Fairview Racecourse on 2 September 2017
Entries from Michael Clower, Hans Ebert, Robyn Louw and David Thistleton (2x) vie for top honours in Drakenstein Stud’ sponsored competition
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
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
