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Preparing to partner Lucky Sweynesse in the Gr3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap at Sha Tin on Saturday, Derek Leung struck top form with a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday
After an injury-enforced absence of close on four months, national log-leading apprentice Trent Mayhew makes what looks to be a potential winning return in the sixth today when partnering Instant Attraction for his Dad, Craig
The National Punters’ Guide for today’s Vaal racemeeting has been published
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The Breeders’ Cup has named Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky and Belmont Park in Elmont, New York as respective host sites
The Hollywoodbets Durban July weights will be of interest this year as it will bring the question of relativity into it
Now a Group 1 winner at two, three and four, Los Angeles’s campaign is being geared around a return to Longchamp for the Arc
The National Horseracing Authority confirms that upon analysis by its Laboratory, the presence of a Forbidden Substance (Class 1) was disclosed in a plasma specimen taken from Vitellius
In our weekly column Time Is Money, we again look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, commencing with Saturday’s racing action at Hollywoodbets Greyville
It’s hard to believe that it was just 30 years ago that we raced for the first time on a Sunday
Some 23 years after booting home his first victory in August 2002 at Clairwood Park, Sean Veale reached the milestone of his first century of winners in a season at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday
A lifetime racing fan from Kuils River in the Cape banked the R710 000 all-or-nothing jackpot prize in the ever popular Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge at Fairview on Friday
After shedding her maiden certificate at Hollywoodbets Durbanville in September 2024, Little Suzie had shown flashes of serious ability, but found her proverbial mojo in the best way possible on Saturday
Cape-based apprentice Brevan Plaatjies continues to grow in confidence since his move to the Mother City and edged another winner closer to national log-leader Trent Mayhew
