Newsflash- Borrowdale Postponed
The Mashonaland Turf Club has had to postpone Sunday’s racemeeting after the authorities found that they had breached COVID-19 protocols.
8th August 2020
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The Mashonaland Turf Club has had to postpone Sunday’s racemeeting after the authorities found that they had breached COVID-19 protocols.
Starting stall mix-up leads to null and void race – but Hollywood come to the party for punters
Today’s racemeeting at Borrowdale has been abandoned due to dangerous underfoot conditions
There will be no racing as scheduled for Borrowdale Park on Sunday 4 January because of continuing heavy rains
Chris Taylor is balancing business interests with a renewed enthusiasm for his chosen profession as he returns to race riding this weekend
Summerveld-based trainer Alyson Wright registered her first Gr1 win when the Mauritian-owned Code Rock won the Castle Tankard in Zimbabwe on Saturday.
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
