Race times unchanged
Due to a waterlogged track at the Vaal, the race meeting scheduled for the Vaal on 15 December 2016 has now been moved to the Turffontein Standside track. Times remain unchanged.
Races 3 and 8 are now over 1160m.
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Sensational six winners at the Vaal on Thursday for former SA Champion!
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
Beautifully ridden by a delighted Stallone Naidoo, Paris Lass (20-1) led practically all the way to hold off a serious late challenge from Gavin Smith stablemate Gimme’s Lassie
Ridgemont-sponsored Richard Fourie and trainer Alan Greeff landed a genuine hat-trick at Fairview on Friday, crowned by a facile victory for the former Highveld-based Mercantour in the non black-type Fairview 1400
After a record-shattering 2023/24 season, reigning SA Champion jockey Richard Fourie continues to rewrite the history books and broke the East Cape season winner record at Fairview on Friday
