An emotional victory in the Flaming Rock silks for the 6yo Doublemint in the R110 000 New Turf Carriers Listed Jet Master Stakes kept the Snaith team’s champagne Derby day celebrations on a roll
The former SA Champion trainer saddled seven winners over the two days
Multiple SA champion jockey Piere Strydom is the latest jockey to have a Sun Met ride confirmed
“I must catch a wake-up.” The words of jockey Richard Fourie who tumbled out of the saddle of the fancied Bunker Hunt at the start of the Politician Stakes but who would go on to win the very next three races – two Gr1’s and a Gr2!
After an emotional hangover that probably lasted most of the week following the Vodacom Durban July, Hong-Kong bound Grant van Niekerk bade his Kenilworth home base a fond farewell at his final racemeeting
Doublemint put his hand up as a classic prospect after a good win in the traditional Derby trial
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
