Belgarion Is KZN Horse Of The Season
The annual KZN Racing Awards for locally trained horses will be presented during the course of Sunday’s race meeting at Hollywoodbets Greyville
22nd September 2020
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The annual KZN Racing Awards for locally trained horses will be presented during the course of Sunday’s race meeting at Hollywoodbets Greyville
This season’s KZN Racing awards, which will take place on August 24, will be competed for by horses who were based in KZN during the season
Dual Gr1 winning sprinter Bull Valley received some compensation for his Equus Champion Sprinter near miss when he was voted Horse of the Season
The annual KZN Racing Awards will take place at the Elangeni Hotel in Durban on the evening of Tuesday, 29 August
The criteria for this year’s awards have been changed slightly and the various racing categories were judged on a “Best Performance” basis by KZN-trained horses
No major surprises as Legislate, Via Africa and Duncan Howells dominate the show
Daughters of two top stallions dominate KZN Racing Awards
No take aways for Joey as he laments a tough life down at his yard and the Cape weather
The Glen Kotzen-trained Victory Moon filly Princess Victoria was crowned Horse Of The Year, while fellow Cape trainer Dean Kannemeyer’s Gr1 Gold Cup winner In Writing won the Champion Older Horse and Champion Stayer title.
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!
