The prospect of Justin Snaith sending out a 22-1 winner of any Guineas in the country sounds relatively far-fetched on any average day
The Dazzler has changed hands more often than an Olympic relay baton but the 5yo son of Mogok looks to have found his niche with trainer Gareth van Zyl
The gutsy Ideal World filly Helen’s Ideal set up a Cape Winter ‘Triple Tiara’ showdown in the Listed Winter Oaks on 29 June
Dillon was charged with a contravention of Rule 62.2.7 as he failed to maintain, or set, a reasonable pace
I broke the metacarpal in the little finger on my right hand. It happened coming out of the gates – the horse I was on came out skew and crushed my hand.
He’s very athletic and this guy has shown tremendous heart. He never lays down, he’s just unbelievable.
The current Mauritius racing season has not been a happy one for South African jockeys
Just a week after his son Search Party had gone end to end to win the Gr2 Cape Merchants down the Kenilworth straight, Captain Al celebrated a repeat performance when his daughter Jo’s Bond did all the donkey work into the teeth of the South Easter
Snaith, promptly envisaging a 13 point hike, said: “Donovan’s a young jockey and I don’t think he knows there is a handicap system in South Africa. You certainly don’t want to expose a horse too much and when you win that far the handicappers nail you.”
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
A Transkei-born horseman who started as a Groom, the groundbreaking Lunga learnt the ropes from top men like Mitch Wiese, Glen Kotzen and Kumaran Naidoo
