Durbanville Rolls Out The Red Carpet
With braais, a potjiekos competition, the annual jockey dash and some great racing, head down to Durbanville on 7 October for Matchem Stakes day
27th September 2017
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With braais, a potjiekos competition, the annual jockey dash and some great racing, head down to Durbanville on 7 October for Matchem Stakes day
Glen Kotzen’s Gold Standard, the undefeated Dean Kannemeyer-trained Last Winter, and Joey Ramsden’s Equus Award winner Just Sensual are only three of the eyecatching entries
The high-class Gr1 winner Captain America opened his Cape summer campaign in style at Durbanville on Sunday
The Matchem Stakes is a traditional early season launching pad for greater things as it gets the Summer Of Champions under way
Super sire Dynasty and his half-brother Thomas Crown dominated the finish of the R250 000 G3 Matchem Stakes at Durbanville on Saturday
Hats off to Justin Snaith and Mike Bass. They are the only two trainers who have dared turn up to take on Joey Ramsden’s ‘war machine’ in today’s R250 000 Gr3 Matchem Stakes
Kenilworth Racing’s inaugural four day racing festival went with a bang.
A true-blue Puller family affair saw the 4yo Reim rocketing out of the gates and running right away from the chasing bunch in a quality field that included star 2yo of last season, Afrikaburn. And what lovely timing for CTS!
Dean Kannemeyer’s Afrikaburn has all the attributes of character and class required to set the Summer Of Champions on fire. He should make it a winning opening salvo in the Matchem at Durbanville today
Digteby Stud has been a farm in the news this year. The farm is currently 8th on the leading breeders by AEPR
The seasonal debut of a champion 3yo in the Cape sets the tone for an exciting weekend’s racing
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
