Shaw Championships Selections At Turffontein
Rouvaun Smit goes over the card for Saturday’s Turffontein fixture.
25th April 2025
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Rouvaun Smit goes over the card for Saturday’s Turffontein fixture.
South African connections enjoyed success at Tipperary in Ireland on Thursday afternoon when the talented Cheeky Wink outstayed her fourteen opponents on yielding ground to win
After 2 days without any local racemeetings, Fairview shines through as the rainbow after the rains with an eight-race programme carded on the polytrack this afternoon
The National Punters’ Guide for today’s Fairview racemeeting has been published
With Mother Nature wreaking havoc in KZN and Gauteng, a Fairview polytrack fixture saves the day on Friday 25 April, with the first of eight races carded for 12h25
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
Park Appeal’s Al Quoz Sprint winning son Great Britain, a full-brother to Cape Cross, has gotten into the act this season, albeit as a broodmare sire
The Turffontein racemeeting scheduled for today, 24 April 2025, has been postponed to Sunday, 27 April 2025
Heversham Farm is offering stallion incentives for the next two breeding seasons that are incomparable and unparalleled in the South African racing industry
The final leg of The Championships, known as the Championship Finale, is set to run at Turffontein Racecourse on Saturday
The official report states that an investigation has been opened into the circumstances which led to Babelicious (A Fortune), which paraded and proceeded to the start in red earmuffs, racing without blinkers, as carded
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
