Varsfontein’s Bright Lights
Two of the best racemares to compete in South Africa in recent times have tested in foal to Australian-bred L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Gimmethegreenlight
Two of the best racemares to compete in South Africa in recent times have tested in foal to Australian-bred L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Gimmethegreenlight
Varsfontein’s star Dynasty filly Bela-Bela looks likely to be retired to stud after notching her third Gr1 success in facile fashion
With the weights published for the 2017 Vodacom Durban July, Snaith Racing share their thoughts on their runners
Bela-Bela is the only filly to take on the boys in Saturday’s Gr1 Sun Met. We chat to the connections behind the ‘Pink Horse’
Multiple past SA champion jockey Anthony Delpech has been engaged to ride Gr1 Paddock Stakes winner Bela-Bela in the R5 million Gr1 Sun Met
Saturday’s Gr1 races at Kenilworth provided further evidence, if any was needed, of the dominance of Northern Dancer
Dynasty’s magnificent grey daughter Bela-Bela galloped her way into our hearts and the history books at Kenilworth on Saturday
An eight-race programme with an average of just over nine runners per race, and where more than one trainer observed that they had been requested to leave horses in, or risk losing races, does not bode well – when we are already nicely into summer.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld