Jockey Craig Zackey hasn’t enjoyed the greatest of seasons but pulled himself back on track at Scottsville on Saturday in double quick time with a peach of a confidence boosting ride
SA Horse Of The Year Oh Susanna dished out a galloping lesson to her eleven rivals as she made it consecutive victories in the R1 million Cartier Gr1 Paddock Stakes
The Melbourne Cup is on the cards for Drakenstein stallion Duke Of Marmalade’s son Marmelo
Charles, a R6 million Cape Premier Yearling Sale graduate, made a winning debut in the Mayfair Speculators silks in partnership with Coolmore’s John Magnier at Kenilworth on Tuesday
Santa Clara;s victory was sweetly timed – she is out of an unraced full-sister to champion sire Silvano and has a full-sister (#35) on offer at the 2018 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale this week
Leading freelance rider Richard Fourie celebrated an early Christmas at Kenilworth on Saturday when he booted home five winners
A determined ride by the often maligned Grant van Niekerk got the Drakenstein-owned Miss Katalin up in the last stride to clinch the lion’s share of the R2,5 million Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes
With five days of thrilling action set against the magnificent backdrop of the rolling Sussex countryside, the Qatar Goodwood Festival is a global racing highlight
Drakenstein sire Duke Of Marmalade’s warrior son Big Orange was the toast of Royal Ascot on Thursday
Summerveld trainer Dennis Drier saddled the winner of the Gr1 Tsogo Sun Gold Medallion for the sixth time in eight years and for the seventh time overall, at Scottsville on Saturday
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
