The champion is back on her home ground. Var’s brilliant daughter Via Africa returns to Scottsville today to defend her Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint crown. They will have to go to stop her from clocking up her third Gr1 win and she appears to have plenty in her favour after a narrow defeat in the recent Gr1 Computaform Sprint.
There are six progeny of Avontuur’s super sire amongst the thirteen speedsters that line up in Saturday’s R1 million Gr1 Computaform Sprint to be run over the Turffontein 1000m. While a recordbreaking Var quartet finish is on the cards, the weight for age race is very competitive and there are many with chances
Promising young sire Elusive Fort was represented by yet another first crop winner, when his son Elusive Shade won a good race at the Vaal
A champion daughter of Var stretches her legs in the Listed Kwazulu Natal Stakes at Scottsville today. She should win the home turf challenge and take her next step to a big date in April
The National Horse Racing Auhority recently took the drastic step of raising merit ratings of local horses, writes Jehan Malherbe in our Mailbag
Daughters of two top stallions dominate KZN Racing Awards
Saturday’s Vodacom Durban July winner Heavy Metal put his name firmly into the hat of possible names considered for the title of Horse of the Year.
Brilliant win by top Var 3yo in Gr1 R600 000 SA Fillies Sprint at Scottsville
Contador, Via Africa winning by extended margins…Var is at it again with 21 winners this season to date.
An investigation into betting patterns, both locally and internationally, has been launched by the National Horseracing Authority
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
