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.
The dramatic late scratching of second favourite Regal Graduation at the start of the R150 000 Heritage 1200 (F&M) at Turffontein on Saturday, had many exotic players depending heavily on Schippers to deliver.
The Zimbabwe Oaks winner Raven Girl made short work of her opposition at her second start for Tara Laing
Senior heavyweight jockey Bernard Fayd’herbe looks likely to face action by the Cape Stipendiary Stewards after Saturday’s Durbanville feature
The old big race firm of Sean Tarry and jockey S’manga Khumalo got their 2018 Highveld Spring Season off to the best possible start
The value of the first-timer and rested horses comments was shown to good value today when Geoff Woodruff proved spot on with the rested Schippers
August was a big month but it looks like September is going to get even hotter for the newly established partnership!
The final feature of the lean first month of the South African racing season hosted eight runners and looked to be competitive
After being crowned KZN Trainer Of The Year on Friday evening, Summerveld veteran Dennis Drier found his team back on track with a welcome treble at Greyville on Sunday
Vaal-based trainer Ashley Fortune took her next step to having her first runner in the R750 000 World Sports Betting Grand Heritage
A full-sister to recent Gr2 Gold Bracelet winner Miyabi Gold, Konkola secured a valuable black-type credit at her final start
Former Champion Jockey turned Summerveld trainer Garth Puller celebrated his second Scottsville Sunday hat-trick in a fortnight and kept his yard ticking over with an early season win strike-rate of 26 %.
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
