Super Start For Greg Cheyne
The former Pretoria Boys High School pupil has waited a while to get the chance to ride in his new homeland – but has kicked off in super style!
25th April 2023
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The former Pretoria Boys High School pupil has waited a while to get the chance to ride in his new homeland – but has kicked off in super style!
Vaal resident Kobus Roux holds the distinction of being the first trainer to saddle a winner by Wilgerbosdrift’s well-bred young War Front stallion Fire Away
Just days after uprooting his decades long rural Ashburton home base for the quite different environs of Summerveld, Duncan Howells celebrated his first winner, and two second cheques, from just three runners on Easter Monday
Vaal trainer Michael ‘Lucky’ Houdalakis scripted his own paragraph into the extraordinary SA Oaks-Oppenheimer history book at Turffontein on Saturday
Our top man has taken the bolt-from-the- blue knife in the back in his professional stride, but admits he had to call on the decorum of all of his impeccable upbringing, and bite both lip and tongue, initially…
While his legendary Uncle Piere is mulling over the choice of a rocking chair and other retirement options after an illustrious four decades in the saddle, 21 year old former SA Champion Apprentice Kyle Strydom strapped himself in to an economy class seat all set for a new challenge in his fledgeling career
For any of us that have ever been in a dark hole, the prospect of seeing the sunshine again may often have appeared bleak. But former SA Champion Apprentice Deryl Daniels is a man who has converted the ‘nevers’ into ‘maybes’
The roars of support at Turffontein on Saturday could be heard 1500km away in his family hometown of Lusaka, Zambia
Like a Gerald Bosch, De Wet Ras or Naas Botha of yesteryear, multiple SA champion Piere Strydom has become a master at converting the long-range penalties from seemingly impossible positions
The Randjesfontein disappointment is well behind him and the passionate racing man has now set up shop at Fairview
A lot has changed since. Loadshedding is a part of life. Clairwood’s become a fondly remembered chapter of our 21st century history. The airport’s moved to the North. Sean Veale’s grown up. The boy’s become a man
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
