11th July 2023
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‘Anton Marcus told me that the first thing is to treat the Hollywoodbets Durban July like any ordinary race. He said that I mustn’t let the occasion get to me…’
For 28 year old former SA champion apprentice Craig Zackey, who partners the ‘dark horse’ Dave The King in next weekend’s Hollywoodbets Durban July, the call-up last week as first choice rider to the Dean Kannemeyer stable is set to raise his game
He’s in third place on the national jockey log, and things could have been even better had he not lost the ride on current big race favourite See It Again due to a suspension
Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz was appointed CEO of JSE listed Grand Parade Investments – a company of which he is a majority owner – last month and could well complete the ‘holy trinity’ with negotiations under way to purchase KZN racing operator, Gold Circle
Close on a quarter of a century since taking the reins from his legendary Dad Peter, Saturday’s Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint winning trainer Dean Kannemeyer is going strong at 63
JP is set to ride one of the Justin Snaith runners in the Hollywoodbets Durban July
At the age of 54, five-times SA champion trainer Sean Tarry remains a top-level competitor
A prodigious talent on any average day, Saturday’s WSB 400m Dash winning jockey Jason Gates is one of our most capable Gr1-winning lightweight riders
Ryan and Kelsey jetted out of Johannesburg on Monday afternoon on a 20 hour journey en route to a new adventure and a very different life
Mike de Kock’s assistant trainer Alson Ndzilana, who was previously the long-time assistant of Joey Ramsden, has acquired his own trainer’s licence
The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas
A Transkei-born horseman who started as a Groom, the groundbreaking Lunga learnt the ropes from top men like Mitch Wiese, Glen Kotzen and Kumaran Naidoo
Better known as having raced iconic legend of the turf Pocket Power, the affable Marsh Shirtliff is fast making a name for himself in the breeding fraternity
On the eve of the launch of the 2025 Champions Season this coming Saturday, South African horseracing awoke to a brand new chapter in its history on the Workers’ Day public holiday
