
Vorster Injured In Shocking Fall
The jock had trouble breathing and complained of chest pains for a lengthy period of time after the crash
The jock had trouble breathing and complained of chest pains for a lengthy period of time after the crash
The Argentinian-bred races in the iconic black and red maltese cross silks of South African owner Fred Crabbia, who is staging a resurgence of sorts after scaling down
Jockey Barend Vorster rode five winners on the eight-race card on Wednesday at the opening of the new Murray Bridge racecourse outside Adelaide in South Australia
Barend Vorster’s first trip to Swan Hill, a city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia, has been a fruitful one
Vorster continued his excellent run of success with trainer Tony McEvoy with a double at Morphettville on Saturday
Barend Vorster has only called Australia home for a week, yet the 42-year-old has already claimed one of the country’s most famous races.
Singapore-based South African jockey Barend Vorster will have to wait a little longer to make his racing debut in Australia.
The South Australian jockey ranks will be boosted with the news that Singapore-based, South African-born Barend Vorster will be moving to Australia to ride for leading trainer Tony McEvoy
Owner Bernard Kantor, trainer Ricardo Le Grange and Jockey Barend Vorster pulled off a proudly South African success in Singapore on Sunday
Sunday’s Kranji feature saw a proudly South African success with jockey Barend Vorster riding the winner for owner Fred Crabbia, trained by Ricardo Le Grange
Trainer Ricardo Le Grange rounded off three winners on the Kranji weekend double-header when he enjoyed a Sunday double, including a feature winner for staunch owner, Fred Crabbia
South African horseracing falls under the Asian Racing Federation and the Graded status of races is decided by the Asian Pattern Committee (APC)
Explained – the circumstances behind the decision by the connections of the dual Grade 1- winning sophomore One Stripe to ‘bypass’ the R1,5 million SplashOut Gr1 Cape Derby on 22 February in favour of a likely final run on South African soil in the non-black type Big Cap
With the Aga Khan’s breeding and racing programme very much geared towards the classics, it can be argued that South Africa, where speed, rather than stamina is the hallmark of its racing programme, has failed to capitalise on the excellence of especially its female families
Rob Haswell tells that he has had horses trained by Nathan Kotzen for more than twenty years and pulls us up for our Umthombothi Stakes ‘flop’