Thursday Thrills For SA
South African Trained Horses Bid For Ninth Win in Dubai Group 2 Race on Thursday
22nd January 2014
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South African Trained Horses Bid For Ninth Win in Dubai Group 2 Race on Thursday
A rare frustrating flirtation, with feature race disappointment for champion trainer Mike De Kock, turned around when Flirtation clinched the Gr2 Colorado King Stakes
As the world’s richest horse race, the Dubai World Cup approaches, James Trotter takes a beady eye at the fields, dangers and how our South African connections could feature
Racing made a welcome return to Clairwood on Sunday 18 March after an enforced break at the South Durban track following the controversially abandoned meeting
There are no programming issues in Dubai racing it seems. As a perfect prep for world horseracing’s richest night on 31 March, Super Saturday provided
Racing people have always been superstitious, and Friday 13th has long carried its own demons. For Summerhill, it was a black day with the sudden death of the Dubai star, Bankable.
Kadyrov, a one-time Vladimir Putin associate who rules Chechnya with an iron hand, has been mired in international controversy.
The Bass’ stable Fort Vogue and Galileo’s Galaxy have been sold to Herman Brown to race internationally for Brown’s chief patron and Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov in Dubai. Here’s a direct link to the Mike Bass website
The Herman Brown trained Gitano Hernando with Glynn Scholfield ran first with and South African bred, trained and owned River Jetez second
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!
