This Cat’s Too Cool
A thrilling finish rounded off the Flamingo Park Festival programme on Saturday when the consistent One Cool Cat finally picked up his first local victory
8th August 2016
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A thrilling finish rounded off the Flamingo Park Festival programme on Saturday when the consistent One Cool Cat finally picked up his first local victory
The last few offspring of deceased stallion Tiger Ridge will be sold at the remaining bloodstock auctions of 2016
With a filly having won the only Gr1 race for 2yo males this term, the chase for champion status in that category remains wide open
The bridesmaid is now a wife! Sean Tarry’s hardknocking 4yo Trophy Wife finally cracked a long overdue stakes win on Saturday
Alan Greeff has another exciting 2yo on his hands and the very aptly named Tiger Ridge colt Oomph buried his opposition in a matter of strides with an impressive turn of foot to win the Listed East Cape Nursery
It had to only be a matter of time before Mike De Kock would grab a Cape Summer Of Champions Gr1 trophy and the multiple champion trainer did it in style courtesy of a superb display of big race riding and timed-to–the-minute preparation to score his fourth win in the Cape’s premier classic
‘Even in wheelchairs, Anthony (Delpech) and Weichong (Marwing) could ride most of the guys in the jockey room to sleep’
Noah From Goa shares an entry to the forthcoming Dingaans with Mike de Kock stablemates Muwaary and Jubilee Line – and he’s done more than enough now to be considered a contender.
South Africa’s 2014/15 Zimbabwe champion trainer Corne Spies is a master of the sand and he produced the 4yo Jo Malone in a galloping mood after an eight week rest to score a runaway victory in the R125 000 Sandy Beach Stakes
With Classic winners on both sides of the Atlantic last weekend, Sarah Whitelaw examines the enduring legacy of Storm Cat
A sustained late effort by the Sean Tarry second stringer Epsom Downs proved good enough to grab victory in the shadow of the post from gallant longtime leader Withbatedbreath
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
