They’re Marchingontogether
Dynasty’s smart Durban July prospect Belgarion and Gold Vase hopeful Marchingontogether completed a Hollywoodbets Greyville feature double for Ridgemont Highlands stallions
22nd June 2020
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Dynasty’s smart Durban July prospect Belgarion and Gold Vase hopeful Marchingontogether completed a Hollywoodbets Greyville feature double for Ridgemont Highlands stallions
Sean Tarry stepped up to the feature plate again a week after his big day at Scottsville
Trainers Justin Snaith and Dean Kannemeyer have held the aces in the Lonsdale Stirrup Cup for the past four renewals, winning two apiece
The Dynasty gelding Made To Conquer registered his first stakes win at Greyville on Saturday and in the process booked his Vodacom Durban July supplementary ticket
On what could be a rewarding day for the championship title chasing team, Justin Snaith saddles a trio of runners
Piere Strydom and Justin Snaith teamed up with the enigmatic Captain Splendid to grab top honours in the opening feature
Patience rewarded was the message to come out of the lightly raced Balance Sheet’s outstanding victory in the Lonsdale Stirrup Cup as Dean Kannemeyer gave his loyal owner Marsh Shirtliff yet another July card
The Gr3 Lonsdale Stirrup Cup presents punters with one of the serious puzzles on a top class race day at Greyville today
Dean Kannemeyer trained past Gold Cup winners, Colonial Girl (2000) and In Writing (2012) and he thus has a good feel of what it takes to win South Africa’s premier marathon
Fitness will be key in the first major staying contest of the 2015 Champions Season. The R250 000 Gr3 Lonsdale Stirrup Cup is a reliable pointer to the Gr1 ‘Cup Of Gold’ at the end of the season rainbow and all of the major yards are represented
Another smart Scott Bro’s bred son of Mogok shows his colours as Wild One wins Lonsdale Stirrup Cup thriller for Mike De Kock after uncertain finishing effort
South African horseracing falls under the Asian Racing Federation and the Graded status of races is decided by the Asian Pattern Committee (APC)
Explained – the circumstances behind the decision by the connections of the dual Grade 1- winning sophomore One Stripe to ‘bypass’ the R1,5 million SplashOut Gr1 Cape Derby on 22 February in favour of a likely final run on South African soil in the non-black type Big Cap
With the Aga Khan’s breeding and racing programme very much geared towards the classics, it can be argued that South Africa, where speed, rather than stamina is the hallmark of its racing programme, has failed to capitalise on the excellence of especially its female families
Rob Haswell tells that he has had horses trained by Nathan Kotzen for more than twenty years and pulls us up for our Umthombothi Stakes ‘flop’
