‘Sports betting and technology have galloped past the game somehow. I don’t have the answers to make up the lost ground. The world is different. In those days racing was the only game in town – for many of us, it still is!’
Jockey Greg Cheyne has been riding like a demon for the in-form Darryl Hodgson yard and he may just be on the value runner in the day’s topliner
The result is not one that would have had many punters smiling on an afternoon that looked likely to dish up favourable results.
Andrew Fortune returns to ride him and he has told Hodgson that he will be able to do the 61kg. The horse has the speed to overcome his bad draw and his duel with Captain Bagg could be a highlight
Owner Hassen Adams is adamant that his private trainer has been made a scapegoat in the identity crisis
Midweek racing doesn’t get much better. Especially for Darryl Hodgson and Dean Kannemeyer. The one had three winners, including a ‘mini’ Igugu possibly, while Kannemeyer showed his Classics hand in what looks a big Cape Guineas contender at this stage of the game.
Four Australian-bred horses won on the Kenilworth card on 27 August. Not bad going that, but local is still lekker and in the current climate, a helluva lot cheaper too!
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?
