31st October 2013
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Always smiling and ready with a quip and a chirp or two, Glen Hatt is one of Cape racing’s true blue gentlemen.
Lanzerac, new sponsors of the CTS Ready To Run Sale,and the associated Stakes race, launched themselves into the spotlight with a sumptuous luncheon at the estate
The Elusive Fort Cape Classic will raise the curtain on the 2013 Summer Of Champions season
In racing, as in life, it’s better to be lucky than good, and this year’s Emerald Cup winner has had more than a little luck on his side!
Have we handed ourselves over to an outfit who have profits and shareholder dividends as their sole operational goal?
ROBYN LOUW: We are in the death throes of the Sheikh Mohammed / Mahmood al-Zarooni debacle
ROBYN LOUW: The aim of REHORP was to try and address the gap between a horse leaving the track and making the transition into a second career
ROBYN LOUW: I’m a bit of a horse nut, which means that I follow a number of horsey sports. However, being a racing enthusiast means that I particularly enjoy seeing Thoroughbreds excel in other sports
ROBYN LOUW: Whether you were Australian or not, horsey or not, everyone has heard of Black Caviar
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!
