
Snaith – ‘Warrior Is Horse To Beat’
After a terrific day at the office on Saturday, trainer Justin Snaith goes through his runners for today’s racemeeting at Kenilworth
After a terrific day at the office on Saturday, trainer Justin Snaith goes through his runners for today’s racemeeting at Kenilworth
Horses currently racing in the Western Cape have valid movement permits until 31 December 2020
A tidal wave of positive news maintained the positive vibe and results from last week’s National 2yo Sale into a flying start to the week for both the Cape and South African racing
With the Cape Summer Season on the horizon, Kenilworth Racing and the Racing Association have appointed Donovan Everitt with the brief to build a new, fresh ownership experience, as well as improve hospitality, events, on course experiences and commercial partnerships
Business Rescue appears to be focussed up North. But what’s happening in the Cape?
Phumelela, Kenilworth Racing and the Racing Association have announced that minor race stakes in their regions will be increased for the months of September, October and November
The interim arrangement in respect of minor-race stakes for the Highveld, Western Cape and Eastern Cape in June and July has been extended for the month of August
Whilst I have only been at the helm for 18 months, these have been excessively stressful and difficult times exacerbated by largely unanticipated eventualities beyond our control
Horseracing had mostly fallen out of the mainstream of media – until euthenasia, retrenchments and social disorder became new words on our landscape
Should government give racing the green light to resume behind closed doors on Friday, Kenilworth will have the honour of getting the show back on the road with an eight race card
The various senior executives of all three Racing Operators and The National Horseracing Authority have had their remuneration significantly reduced (by up to 50%) even though their workloads have remained unchanged and even enhanced in most cases
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’