Post race information and news relating to major horse races. We review and analyse how these races played out and discuss the details relating to performance and any other interesting facts people in the horse racing industry find useful.
An alarming drift before the off signalled trouble for backers of the odds-on SA Horse Of The Year Oh Susanna and the champion daughter of Street Cry came up for air late
Candice Bass-Robinson broke the Snaith stranglehold on the R150 000 Listed Woolavington Handicap when she saddled the first three home
Smart first stakes success for daughter of Count Dubois
Winning Form’s Muzi Yeni rode a terrific tactical race
Khan is part owner of the Hemel ‘n Aarde Siud-bred Rock Of Rochelle gelding who was following up on an eyecatching second on debut three weeks ago
Gavin Lerena rounded off a Charity Mile feature double when timing his run to perfection on the Silvano mare Sylvan On Fire
Robbie Sage’s Judpot gelding Coral Fever crowned a purple patch for the Eastern Cape-based Ascot Stud when he stormed home in a thriller to win
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?
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