Gaynor Rupert’s Drakenstein Stud dominated proceedings on the opening day of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Festival on a glorious Cape summer’s afternoon at Kenilworth on Friday with a feature double
After a health scare on Friday, ruling Cape champion jockey Aldo Domeyer was in fine form at a sundrenched Kenilworth on Wednesday
Candice Bass-Robinson broke the Snaith stranglehold on the R150 000 Listed Woolavington Handicap when she saddled the first three home
The What A Winter filly Clouds Unfold showed that her sparkling Cape Nursery performance last term to hammer the boys was the start of bigger things to come
With Domeyer riding today at Flamingo Park and Cheyne tomorrow at Fairview, the latter holds a one win edge. It could be interesting!
Most of the rain is anticipated between 09h00 and 11h00 on Saturday morning – the first race jumps at 12h30
Candice Bass-Robinson has a powerful crop of over 60 2yo’s at her disposal this term
‘There is nowhere for her to run here beforehand so I will gallop her. She doesn’t take a lot of work.’
Candice Bass-Robinson has more than 60 two-year-olds this season and Nous Voila is apparently not the only potential star among them
The class galloper gave Candice Bass-Robinson her first Gr1 success in last year’s Klawervlei Majorca, has been retired after running way below form in both the Paddock Stakes and the Sun Met
The What A Winter colt Dutch Philip boosted his career earnings to over R4 million when he trounced his rivals with a storming late run to win the $500 000 CTS 1200
The extraordinary story of Chad Little’s comeback to race riding at the age of 40 in November last year after teetering on the brink of the abyss of a nearly wasted life, received a Netflix-type boost at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday
Oh Susanna and her stakes winning paddock pals are not only continuing to add to the burgeoning Drakenstein trophy cabinet through their progeny, they are also establishing powerful female dynasties which should serve the stud well in years to come
A bright and exciting future for horse racing in South Africa is on the horizon – that was the underlying message to emerge as the birth of South Africa’s new age coastal racing operator was celebrated at the official launch of the Race Coast brand
Some 23 years after booting home his first victory in August 2002 at Clairwood Park, Sean Veale reached the milestone of his first century of winners in a season at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday
