She’s Too Smart!
The former Cape-based filly Miss Smarty Pants has thrived in KZN and made it a hat-trick of victories with a smooth win in the River Indigo Handicap at Greyville on Sunday
16th December 2018
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The former Cape-based filly Miss Smarty Pants has thrived in KZN and made it a hat-trick of victories with a smooth win in the River Indigo Handicap at Greyville on Sunday
In a field that included six Sun Met entries, Corne Orffer took Milton out to set the fractions with only Keagan de Melo and Donovan Dillon deciding to stay in touch
The Milnerton trainer will look back on his 2018 Cape Guineas day with some mixed feelings – and a measure of satisfaction
Despite a 27 hour road trip to the Cape and a week off work, Mike de Kock’s Australian import Soqrat showed his class
A long overdue maiden stakes win for the Var colt Speedpoint saw Joey Ramsden and Lyle Hewitson team up to open the Cape Guineas day feature billing at a sunny Kenilworth on Saturday
The Kieswetter family’s Dynasty filly Front And Centre lived up to her name with a defining performance at a sunny Kenilworth on Saturday
Former SA Champion jockey S’manga Khumalo rode a powerful tactical race to get the Paul Matchett – trained Dan The Lad home
A thrilling four-cornered finish that spanned just a long head confirmed the boom billing of the R400 000 Gr2 Green Point Stakes
Princess Rebel ran her high-class opposition off their feet to win the Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes
The dizzy heights of the Green Point Stakes almost overshadowed the Cape Summer Stayers!
The Justin Snaith-trained dual Gr1 winner looks all set to defend her Majorca Stakes title on Sun Met day
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
The Ndoro Stud-bred son of Wilgerbosdrift’s War Front stallion Fire Away, Alec Laird-trained Fire Attack dominated the 2025 Highveld Feature Season Awards
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf
The businessman was served with an interim suspension of his Assistant Trainer licence on Friday afternoon and has spoken out about what appears to be mostly a misunderstanding based on a potential lack of communication and bureaucratic red-tape challenges
