Flash Flood!
Lucky Houdalakis’ Pathfork gelding Mr Flood is one of the great comeback from absolutely nowhere success stories!
Lucky Houdalakis’ Pathfork gelding Mr Flood is one of the great comeback from absolutely nowhere success stories!
When the rains came and forced a move of the meeting to the twilight zone on a sleepy Turffontein Sunday, the Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap lived up to the expectations of a curved ball result
The Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap headlines the Turffontein rescheduled standside track programme today
The Gary Alexander Racing Team produced an emotional longshot surprise in a race named after the greatest horse they have trained
A tough handicap with the proven brigade taken on a few decent youngsters with scope
With the Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap just around the corner, we celebrate its 26 year old namesake
They say that one man’s meat is another man’s poison. When SA champion S’manga Khumalo fell off earlier in the evening, the ride on the 3yo flyer became available
Speed legend Tommy Hotspur is honoured at Turffontein on Valentine’s Tuesday evening
Trainer Grant Maroun provided 24 year old Jarryd Penny with the first graded race win of his short career when the lightweight booted home the rejuvenated Viking Hero to win the Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap
If reminiscing about great horses and the good old days grabs your fancy, the news that champion sprinter Tommy Hotspur turned 24 recently will have you feeling your age
It is not every day that a Mike De Kock runner jumps at such generous odds and this also happened to be a 4yo Australian-bred colt – like the odds on favourite. But that observation wouldn’t have helped the Willow Magic supporters.
‘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’