The victory here would have provided some consolation for the Viljoen family after enduring the adrenaline sapping agony of their 50-1 longshot Mary O being nabbed late by Gr1 winner Missisippi Burning on Sunday
It’s decision time for the Varsfontein team – stay home or travel the promising Captain Al colt into the SA Champions Season lion’s den
The prospect of Justin Snaith sending out a 22-1 winner of any Guineas in the country sounds relatively far-fetched on any average day
It’s not a race that the Snaith Racing machine has featured in over the years, but they turned all that round with a stable exacta in 84,73 seconds at a deserted Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
The plight of the South African horseracing industry continues to be covered on mainstream media platforms nationally
Horseracing’s plight hit the front page of The Mercury newspaper this morning in an article entitled ‘SA’s Horseracing Under Threat’
Justin Snaith is the only South African trainer in the top rankings of leading trainers of 2020
Leading SA trainer Justin Snaith writes that there are many questions going unanswered but that it is the same across all industries – we are not the only ones
‘If you think times are tough now just wait until we start racing again’
The Capetonians have arrived in force at Summerveld for the SA Champions Season which starts on Friday 1 May
‘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’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
