Just A Champagne Day All Round!
The Gary Alexander Racing Team produced an emotional longshot surprise in a race named after the greatest horse they have trained
17th February 2018
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The Gary Alexander Racing Team produced an emotional longshot surprise in a race named after the greatest horse they have trained
A beautifully judged front-running ride from JP van der Merwe made all the difference
Craig Zackey was another jockey at Turffontein on Saturday to take advantage of a Weichong Marwing feature substitute riding opportunity
Replacement rider Marco van Rensburg took his opportunity with both hands when he rode a perfectly judged finish to get the Stan Ferreira-trained Bondiblu up in the dying strides
New Highlands stallion for 2018 Canford Cliffs produced yet another impressive local stakes winner when the Mike de Kock-trained Fish River stamped herself as a filly with classic aspirations
Defying top weight and given plenty to do in the straight, the Gimmethegreenlight colt Surcharge marked himself a Gauteng classic candidate of serious standing
Less than a week after winning one of the most coveted prizes in South African horseracing, Justin Snaith and Grant van Niekerk were back in the feature race winner’s enclosure
The first 3yo filly to win the Cape flagship in over a century for top owners and breeders Drakenstein Stud
Blinkers and ice-cool nerves by jockey Marco van Rensburg was the tonic required to get the promising Dynasty gelding Wild Wicket back into the winner’s enclosure
In his first season as trainer to Hassen Adams, the vastly experienced Dan Katz had plenty of reason to celebrate at Kenilworth on Sun Met day
The Captain Al colt Undercover Agent banked ten times his purchase price in just over 100 seconds at Kenilworth on Saturday in a race worth more in monetary terms than the Sun Met itself
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
