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ROBYN LOUW: Celebrations, but Judy Brannigan cautions that the industry needs to acknowledge the importance of the small breeder
31st January 2013
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ROBYN LOUW: Celebrations, but Judy Brannigan cautions that the industry needs to acknowledge the importance of the small breeder
Champion three year old filly Princess Victoria sets out to redeem her worldbeater reputation when she runs in the Gr2 Tibouchina at Clairwood
This R2-million race has all the makings of a memorable contest. Bravura and Dancewiththedevil, are faced with the prospect of dusting off the record of their below-par last runs, if they are to stand any chance of getting the measure of a rising star Europa Point.
With a merit rating twelve points higher than the best of her seven rivals Dancewiththedevil looks strong in another Gr1 race
Dancewiththedevil recorded her fifth Gr 1 success – and her fourth against male rivals – when she trounced seven opponents to record a second successive triumph in the Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes
Best in at the weights for the Gr2 Hawaii Stakes are the July runner up Pierre Jourdan, and the multiple Gr1 winning mare Dancewiththedevil….
Dancewiththedevil produced her trademark turn of foot to win the R2million Sansui Summer Cup at Turffontein
Dancewiththedevil made it a third Gr1 win when taking the Summer Cup at 15/1
A Gr 1 winner on the July undercard in 2010, Happy Archer returned to Greyville on Saturday and posted her second Gr1 success when winning the Garden Province Stakes for fillies and mares over 1600m.
The primary concern with Dancewiththedevil is that her habitual style of racing from a long way off the early pace could count against her at Greyville with its short run-in
ROBYN LOUW: Dancewiththedevil is the unlikely filly with the unlikely breeding who now has 7 victories under her belt from 12 starts (twice beating the colts at wfa) and earning R2 million in the process.
An investigation into betting patterns, both locally and internationally, has been launched by the National Horseracing Authority
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
Cape lightweight Morne Winnaar has come a long way since being plucked from near ignominy by former Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden over twenty years ago
The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas
