Alfolk Too Hot In Lebelo
Mike de Kock’s progressive Australian-bred 3yo Alfolk booked a berth in the Gr1 Cape Flying Championship at Kenilworth in January
30th December 2017
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Mike de Kock’s progressive Australian-bred 3yo Alfolk booked a berth in the Gr1 Cape Flying Championship at Kenilworth in January
There was little festive cheer for punters on a forgettable 2017 Boxing Day at Greyville on Tuesday
Leading freelance rider Richard Fourie celebrated an early Christmas at Kenilworth on Saturday when he booted home five winners
Justin Snaith’s perpetual motion machine Sergeant Hardy came out firing on all cylinders to go from gun to tape
It takes great courage and character to persevere in uncertain times and PE trainer Tara Laing bounced back from a tough few weeks to produce four great winners
Close on two years without a win under the belt, the Majorca Stakes runner-up was easy to back at 20-1 and her fluent win was a final bullet in the Pick 6 dreams of many punters
The smart stayer Strathdon – a half brother to Cape Guineas winner Tap O’Noth – registered a hat-trick of wins on Saturday
Milnerton trainer Vaughan Marshall and his stable rider MJ Byleveld crowned a glorious Cape Guineas double at Kenilworth on Saturday
‘It’s been a rough week for South African horseracing. This is one for the small man in the game…’
Top PE trainer Tara Laing made it three winners from four runnings of the Listed Memorial Mile at Fairview on Friday
A shrewd move to fit the blinkers and a drop in distance made the difference for Joey Ramsden’s classy Gr1 winner Just Sensual
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
