JR Grabs The Million
While the Vodacom Durban July draw may not have gone according to plan, the top trainer enjoyed a welcome change of fortune with his well-travelled Morning Catch
29th June 2019
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While the Vodacom Durban July draw may not have gone according to plan, the top trainer enjoyed a welcome change of fortune with his well-travelled Morning Catch
Sean Tarry’s SP top-rated course specialist Matador Man returns to defend his 2017 title in the KZN Breeders Million Mile at Hollywoodbets Greyville today
Trainer Ormond Ferraris followed up his victory with Knock On Wood in the inaugural KZN Breeders Million Mile when Romany Prince pipped London Call in a thriller
The KZN Breeders Raceday is exclusively for horses registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme. The theme of the day is ‘Proudly KZN’, incorporating Christmas In Winter, and guests are encouraged to wear their black and white
Van Zyl galloper now out of the Gold Vase and being aimed at Gr1 Champions Cup
Trainer Mike Azzie has enjoyed a year of emotional highs and lows. He went from wearing his heart on his sleeve, to adopting a ‘let my horses do the talking’ approach prior to the Gauteng Guineas
I’ve always said one’s got to look at horses with current form in these big races. There are quite a few horses with current form and I think it’s going to be quite an open race.
Gavin Van Zyl saddles the classy Kahal gelding No Worries who will be out to defend his KZN Breeders Million Mile title at Greyville on Sunday. The rich non black-type race is back on the Greyville turf, where it had its inaugural running in June 2012
Trainer Alec Laird won his second KZN Breeders Million Mile in three years when Anton Marcus produced the Bezrin gelding Bezanova at the right moment to win the topliner on the well patronised KZN Breeders’ raceday at Greyville on Sunday
Gavin Van Zyl’s No Worries had the last laugh when storming home to win the KZN Breeders Million Mile run at Clairwood on Sunday. The 4yo son of the ill-fated Kahal slammed the 3yo Bezanova and in the process may have sent a veiled wake-up call to the high-riding younger brigade on the eve of Saturday’s Vodacom Durban July
‘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
Rafeef is fast establishing a fine reputation as a stallion who has the ability to sire stakes winners across the speed and stamina spectrum
