Horse Racing News: Pre-race news & previews and general racing news.
It was another super Saturday for Ridgemont’s boom sire Rafeef with an impressive 2yo debut winner at Turffontein and two award winning progeny at the Highveld Feature Season Awards later the same day
Whether one calls the sale Ready to Run or Breeze Up, giving buyers the opportunity of seeing their prospective purchases stride out on the track, even if for only 400m, is enormously valuable in optimising risk factors
With Cape Town on the receiving end of a cold front on Tuesday, Cape Racing will hold gallops at 08h30 on Wednesday morning
In Time Is Money this week, we look at some of the highlights of the last two KZN racemeetings
South Africa’s horseracing authority is right up there with normal worldwide standards when protecting the integrity of our sport
‘He simply just doesn’t like Johannesburg. We were really hoping he was going to win here as we know how good he is’ – Mike de Kock
A David Hayes treble at Sha Tin on Sunday has breathed fresh life into the 2024/25 Hong Kong trainers’ championship
The Highveld Feature Season awards ceremony will take place this evening at 19h00 at Turffontein Racecourse
The Sporting Post is sad to report the passing of Ian van der Merwe on 24 April 2025 at the age of 56 after a short illness
Our personality spotlight on Winning Form-sponsored rider Serino Moodley this week had some of our readers calling to reminisce about an early winner of his that hit the headlines
An incident involving the mounts of jockeys Smanga Khumalo, Kabelo Matsunyane, Gavin Lerena and Richard Fourie in the WSB Gr2 Fillies Guineas run at Hollywoodbets Greyville on 3 May has been accepted as racing-related
Oh Susanna and her stakes winning paddock pals are not only continuing to add to the burgeoning Drakenstein trophy cabinet through their progeny, they are also establishing powerful female dynasties which should serve the stud well in years to come
Some 23 years after booting home his first victory in August 2002 at Clairwood Park, Sean Veale reached the milestone of his first century of winners in a season at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday
A lifetime racing fan from Kuils River in the Cape banked the R710 000 all-or-nothing jackpot prize in the ever popular Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge at Fairview on Friday
After shedding her maiden certificate at Hollywoodbets Durbanville in September 2024, Little Suzie had shown flashes of serious ability, but found her proverbial mojo in the best way possible on Saturday
