Gogetthesheriff, who started a generous 18-10, won despite his wide draw, a relatively inexperienced first-time young rider in the irons and the ardent support for talented Cape visitor Silver Snaffles, who was backed to 7-2 to beat the local star.
Dean Kannemeyer owned the night at Greyville on Friday with a terrific Gr3 double
The Lammerskraal-bred took his next step to joining the illustrious lights of Horse Chestnut and Louis The King as our likely third Triple Crown winner with a stunning showing at Turffontein on Saturday
A terrific comeback from a hopeless position 200m from home gave Sean Tarry’s promising Western Winter 3yo Buckland an unlikely victory in Saturday’s R150 000 Gold Rush Sprint
Punters were caught napping in the 2500m eight strong field of staying handicappers and the Snaith second stringer landed up jumping at 20-1 as the outsider of the bunch
Lammerskraal’s in form sire Go Deputy is currently riding a remarkable wave of success. What makes the son of Deputy Minister’s success all the more noteworthy, is that he is doing it from very small numbers
PE trainer Jacques Strydom bought a real winner when he signed for the former Mike De Kock galloper Gogetthesheriff at the 2014 Michael Holmes Bloodstock Super Sale
The Milnerton-based Vaughan Marshall yard are well and truly back to form. They celebrated a winning hat-trick on the Kenilworth Saturday programme, with the Western Winter gelding Exelero producing a sparkling performance after a 17 week break – MJ Byleveld rode all three winners
Jockey Gavin Lerena edged ever closer to his first SA jockey championship title when he rode a winning double at Greyville on Saturday
A dismal effort by the favourite Lazer Star in the R400 000 Gr2 Camellia Stakes put the final nail in the coffin of the Turffontein Saturday Pick 6 with a dividend in excess of R600 000 being declared
Jockey MJ Byleveld grabbed the opportunity of a rare engagement for the visiting Dennis Drier yard with both hands when he produced the Lammerskraal owned and bred Jet Master filly Gathering Fame with a sustained late effort
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
Cape lightweight Morne Winnaar has come a long way since being plucked from near ignominy by former Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden over twenty years ago
The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas
A Transkei-born horseman who started as a Groom, the groundbreaking Lunga learnt the ropes from top men like Mitch Wiese, Glen Kotzen and Kumaran Naidoo
