Former Champion Jockey turned Summerveld trainer Garth Puller celebrated his second Scottsville Sunday hat-trick in a fortnight and kept his yard ticking over with an early season win strike-rate of 26 %.
Piet Botha made a return to Greyville on Saturday and found himself unceremoniously dumped on the turf in another race that was scrappy in the final stages
A 6yo with no history of start antics was declared a runner and under starter’s orders at Greyville on Sunday in another show of lack of discretion on the part of the starter and stipes
Marketing campaigns, alcohol and live bands work to a point. But horses on extended winning streaks have the real ability to grab the public imagination and attract the crowds
Kannemeyer’s Dynasty filly scores impressively on 1750m debut
‘In an environment where racecourses are being sold, Kenilworth Racing are to be applauded for spending millions of rands on the upgrade’
After Aldo Domeyer’s second set of 6 wins on a card, we had some fun with numbers to see which of our other jockeys have done it
The horse who achieved the Gold Medallion – Durban July double and the jockey who bred a filly which he rode to victory in the Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint…how well do you know your racing?
While the cream of the crop from near and far are set to do battle, do the home yards even stand a chance of collecting any of the prized silverware on offer?
Punters – and we in the media – are inclined to make assumptions and be influenced unnecessarily by what we deem to be strategic engagements. These are often more hit and miss than we would like to believe
Summerveld trainer Garth Puller held the local flag high for the KZN establishment at Scottsville on Sunday
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!
