The US Jockey Club has launched two interactive online games— Major League Horse Racing, combining the skill of fantasy sports with social media, and Thoroughbred World, a game focused on the breeding, owning, and training aspects of the sport.
Mike de Kock’s UAE specialist, Musir looks set to be campaigned for the Dubai Duty Free after romping home in the Group 3 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1
LANCE BENSON: Nothing quite rivals the J&B Met for the pure racing and social experience. The brand is so strong in fact, that despite the inevitable tinkering and tweaking, it remains a winner
Reigning horse-of-the-year Igugu will be a warm favourite to take Cape Town by storm when she turns out for the J&B Met on Saturday
Variety Club is well in at the weights in the Cape Derby, but the dark horse of the race is Jackson.
A weight for age contest of the highest order, 11 go to post and with 3 of them having made the journey from Gauteng
Seven juvenile colts and four fillies make up the field for the first black type race for their age. Assessing their relative merit at this time of the season is hazardous to say the least.
A field of 18, with 2kg separating the top weights from those at the bottom contest this 2800m conditions race
Igugu spearheads the assault and it is more than likely her presence has scared most of the original 16 nominations away
On the grand scale of things, the annual Ready-to-Run sale for 2yo’s is as good as it gets.
For two years in a row, the sale has produced Equus champions. Sale graduates have an opportunity to compete for a prize of R2 million early in their 3yo career – the third richest race in the land and there only are 185 tickets in the draw.
With racing returning to Kenilworth on Saturday, the Western Cape season is now truly underway….
