The final field for the 2016 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate has been announced. South Africa’s premier weight-for-age mile contest was first run in 1861 and boasts an honour roll that includes the greatest horses to grace the turf in this country.
Stuart Randolph produced It Is Written down the inside as the son of Dynasty took the shortest route home from his favourable draw
In coming to a penalty, the Board considered all relevant facts and circumstances before it, including Mr Kannemeyer’s personal circumstances and clean disciplinary record
Jockey Grant Behr emerged from the gigantic shadow cast by his veteran colleague Karl Neisius to show that he can ride feature winners if just given the opportunity
Jane Thomas of Far End Stud believes that she has a ‘money horse’ for Sunday’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale hosted by CTS at the Inanda Club in Sandton, and not without good reason!
Veteran Cape jockey Karl Neisius is expected to be out of the saddle for at least six weeks following the recurrence of a lower back injury
The great Cape racing support storm rages on, and with 77 runners carded for the eight race programme at Durbanville today, the jury is out on the off-season apathy and on finding a solution to increase field subscriptions
‘Frankly, I think the decision to postpone is a blessing in disguise and the fact that it has been made in good time, means that the inevitable inconveniences can be kept to a minimum’
For some people, horses provide riches you can’t take to the bank, but just occasionally, if you’re very lucky, they give you both.
“We have all been in this game a long time. You win some, you lose some. Saturday happened to be my day. We take what we can – when we can – next time things may not work out so well,” he said philosophically.
The party spoiling objection hoodoo threatened to cast a cloud over the bright sunshine of Africa’s greatest horseracing event for the second year running when the dreaded objection hooter sounded minutes after a titanic duel to the wire
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
