Botes Bomber Wears The Slipper
Just over a month after winning the Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship, Lance’ smashing daughter Quid Pro Quo made it four wins on the trot when destroying some highly vaunted opponents
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Just over a month after winning the Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship, Lance’ smashing daughter Quid Pro Quo made it four wins on the trot when destroying some highly vaunted opponents
Having only his second run for the Zackey yard, the former Mike de Kock resident put his best hoof forward in good style
It was vintage Piere Strydom stuff, when the ‘Blonde Bomber’ led from the front to conjure up a dazzling victory for the gallant 5yo Humdinger
The Andre Nel team got the 2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July feature programme off to a flying start
Trainer Brett Crawford celebrated a second consecutive R5 million Hollywoodbets Gr1 Durban July victory at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday when JP van der Merwe picked up his first victory in the iconic contest, steering 3yo Oriental Charm to a dramatic victory
Sean Veale broke the ice for his new sponsors when he rode a beautifully judged finish to get the Clifton Stud-bred Proud Master home in the KwaZulu-Natal Breeders 1200
Richard Fourie labelled it a ‘fun gallop’ but a R375 000 first cheque for a shade over 99 seconds of exertion is not half bad in anybody’s book!
Winning Form-sponsored Richard Fourie produced more magic from the saddle when he managed to keep the Sean Tarry-trained Willow’s Wish on a straight path
Milnerton-based veteran trainer Eric Sands made a rare trip up the Garden Route to Fairview on Friday and turned the visit into a perfect black-type plan come together
Leading Paarl-based breeders Varsfontein Stud registered yet another feature success when the Gimmethegreenlight filly Kinda Wonderful stormed home to beat her four opponents in the Listed Irridescence Stakes at a chilly Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
Drakenstein Stud celebrated a new record of 21 stakes winners in a season when the clearly progressive Lancaster Bomber colt Eight On Eighteen stormed home to win the Gr3 Langerman
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million