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Listen to what Mike de Kock, Sean Tarry, Geoff Woodruff and Mike Azzie, amongst others, have to say on our COVID-19 window in this excellent piece
30th March 2020
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Listen to what Mike de Kock, Sean Tarry, Geoff Woodruff and Mike Azzie, amongst others, have to say on our COVID-19 window in this excellent piece
When the rains came and forced a move of the meeting to the twilight zone on a sleepy Turffontein Sunday, the Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap lived up to the expectations of a curved ball result
Father-and-son training team Mike and Adam Azzie celebrated their first Gr1 success and put a forgettable Vodacom Durban July day well behind them
Trainer Mike Azzie guided Abashiri to a glorious SA Triple Crown success in 2016
The Go Deputy gelding Abashiri, who was injured during the running of the Gr1 Vodacom Durban July on Saturday, is to be retired
‘Anybody who would even entertain the thought, let alone seriously believe, that trainers would stand by and watch their horses not get fed or watered for three days is a clown’
Mike Azzie ended Saturday’s Turffontein feature programme with a blow-out for punters when the unfancied Mrs O stormed home at any price
Veteran trainer Mike Azzie and his business partner son Adam ticked an emotional item off their career bucket list
He will be a nice horse – will do well with the experience of this run and will be better next time out.
The Argentinian – bred Charity Mile winner Hat Puntano will arrive in Cape Town by air the day before the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate
Argentinian import Hat Puntano left his connections scratching their heads after his South African debut. But a little luck a little out of the box thinking has got him back on track
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
