True To His Name
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
16th May 2016
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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
Turffontein’s annual series of summertime night race meetings begins on Tuesday 3 November
Inclement weather conditions have led to the abandonment of today’s scheduled meeting at Turffontein
The seasonal debut of the superfast Toreador filly Lazer Star should prove to be a highlight of a quality nine-race programme at Turffontein today
A versatile galloper, Whiteline Fever won’t be at Greyville next month after three gallant attempts to win Africa’s greatest race, and instead steps out in a sprint at Turffontein
Due to heavy overnight rain, today’s Turffontein meeting has been moved to Vaal
The race meeting scheduled for Turffontein on Saturday 13 December has been moved to the Vaal
It’s a truly wonderful game this. No matter the petty politics, sideshows and debate raging in the corridors of power, the punters and the ponies soldier on and do what they do best day in and day out
The Sporting Post asked why Phumelela had applied for the removal of Clause 14 of Schedule B and whether there was any substance to the
We have had it so good for so long and the lull was largely inevitable. There is no stakes race feature action anywhere countrywide this weekend as August is traditionally the housekeeping and holiday month in South African horseracing
The standard of the national racing programme drops a few rungs this weekend with the non black type features the order of the day. Nothing wrong though if we can find a few winners to bolster the mid month budget…
Sensational six winners at the Vaal on Thursday for former SA Champion!
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
The Ndoro Stud-bred son of Wilgerbosdrift’s War Front stallion Fire Away, Alec Laird-trained Fire Attack dominated the 2025 Highveld Feature Season Awards
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf
