Shout For The Sling On Sunday!
The race is off at 09h20 SA time and is one of three Gr1 features on Hong Kong’s Champions Day
27th April 2018
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The race is off at 09h20 SA time and is one of three Gr1 features on Hong Kong’s Champions Day
SA sires fly high with two entries in world’s top ten
Watch Variety Club contest the 2014 Hong Kong Champions Mile on the Dubai Racing live stream
“He looks well this morning. He’s a very tough, very sound horse. He’s the same weight, exactly, to the kilo, as he was when he won the Godolphin Mile on World Cup night.”
Hong Kong-trained horses have won each of the nine editions since the race was opened to overseas runners. Can Variety Club turn the tables?
Trainer Mike de Kock inspected the horse, this morning, in the quarantine stables and advised that he did not require any further work.
“It’s Hong Kong and they don’t generally just hand you the lead here. He generally goes forward but he has been ridden off the pace and won at home in South Africa. We’ll have a think about what we might do,” says Trevor Brown
“You’ve got to respect them” says Trevor Brown of their rivals in this Sunday’s Hong Kong Mile. “They grind and then they kick.”
Dual South African Horse of the Year Variety Club steps out for his first track work session at Sha Tin
Cape-based apprentice Brevan Plaatjies continues to grow in confidence since his move to the Mother City and edged another winner closer to national log-leader Trent Mayhew
After a record-shattering 2023/24 season, reigning SA Champion jockey Richard Fourie continues to rewrite the history books and broke the East Cape season winner record at Fairview on Friday
Sensational six winners at the Vaal on Thursday for former SA Champion!
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
