Small Stables And Second Acts
Two smaller stables made their mark last week with notable victories, each carrying a backstory
15th March 2025
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Two smaller stables made their mark last week with notable victories, each carrying a backstory
Two South African star performers in Dean Kannemeyer’s Gimme A Prince and the Vaughan Marshall champion 3yo One Stripe, who runs in Sunday’s HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap, feature in the first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board
In our weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, including some slow-run Grade 1 contests at Turffontein
As the proud title sponsor of Africa’s premier horse racing and social spectacle, Hollywoodbets is honoured to reveal the 2025 theme
Sean Veale has recounted how poor judgement in private whatsapp exchanges with a registered owner could cost him the ‘best retained jockey position in the world’ and a professional opportunity of a lifetime
The Cape Breeders Club held their 2023/24 season awards in the 1881 Lounge at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on SplashOut Cape Derby Day on Saturday
Sean does not have medical aid cover and the Vascular Surgeon has recommended immediate surgery, quoting R139 000 with aftercare costs including rehabilitation and medication, and a wound nurse estimated at approximately R30 000
This year’s BSA Cape Yearling Sale will be held at a new venue, the SARDA Centre in Constantia, reflecting on the the partnership between BSA, SARDA and Constantia Valley Riding Club
Frank Robinson and his staunch patron Sid Moodley look to have booked themselves a Hollywoodbets Durban July berth with Madison Valley
Reigning SA Horse Of The Year Dave The King became the third back-to-back winner this century of South Africa’s highest-rated Gr1 contest, the Hollywoodbets Gr1 Gold Challenge
Currently offered at 25-1 in the ante-post market, Dean Kannemeyer’s lightly raced 4yo The Real Prince is happy and healthy and on track for a run in the big one
In contrast to heavyweights of the modern era in Galileo, Sea The Stars and Dubawi, who have stamped their authority in classic spheres with excellent support from leading breeders, bona fide breed shaper Acclamation rose from far humbler beginnings
