Julia Kieswetter’s Winner For Tradition!
After being on course for Apache Chief’s hat-trick of runner-up finishes at his last three starts, owner Julia Kieswetter didn’t make the trip to Turffontein on Saturday, but would have enjoyed the thrill of seeing her Ridgemont-bred gelding score an overdue win – and a runaway one at that! Starting at 1-4, Apache Chief continued […]
FIRST WINNER FOR BREEDERS’ CUP WINNER
The champagne corks were popping down in the beautiful Robertson valley on Friday with the Ridgemont team celebrating another sparkling performance by their stallions in two provinces, with their red-hot five-time Grade 1 winner Canford Cliffs the star of the show. The local SA double-header commenced with a Fairview turf meeting, and after Canford Cliff’s […]
Direct Exports From SA To EU Approved
South African Equine Health and Protocols (SAEHP) has announced an important and exciting update regarding the re-opening of European Union (EU) export markets to the various equine disciplines in South Africa. SAEHP, in conjunction with the South African Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), advises that DALRRD has received official notification that […]
Oaks Next For Frances?
Ormond Ferraris Listed Oaks Trial Following the news earlier this week that Mike de Kock’s star Gimme A Nother will not run in the Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer Gr2 SA Oaks on Derby day next month, there will be plenty of aspirants for the Oaks title – and another one may have emerged in Saturday’s R175 […]
Power Partnership Takes Derby Trial Honours
TAB Listed Hawwaam Stakes One of South African horseracing’s most powerful owner partnerships celebrated their first joint feature success at Turffontein on Saturday when the progressive Maine Chance bred Vercingetorix colt Marauding Horde stamped his promise with a smooth victory in the R200 000 TAB Listed Hawwaam Stakes. The 2000m contest, known previously as the […]
The King Returns
TAB Listed Aquanaut Handicap Even Piere Strydom can make errors of form judgement. The multiple champion veteran considered the 6yo Crimson King his ‘worst ride’ on the Turffontein Saturday card. But the 6yo gelding had other ideas and he arrived in a winning mood. The Brett Crawford-trained Crimson King is no slouch and somehow reserves […]
SA Racing’s Flying Springboks Touch Down In New York!
On Thursday 7 March 2024 a chartered Boeing 747 flight carrying a valuable cargo of 11 thoroughbreds – five of them Gr1 Winners – touched down at JFK Airport in New York following a direct flight from Johannesburg with a refuel stop in Barbados en route. It was the first direct export flight from South […]
Great Cat Sets Up Hollywood Syndicate’s 500
One to go! Almost 22 years after the Lafferty-trained Splendid Night opened their account at the Theatre Of Dreams under Sean Cormack, the Hollywood Syndicate are on the cusp of a sparkling milestone as Great Cat scraped home under Sean Veale to win the penultimate race at a sun-drenched Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Monday to register […]
The Highveld Hero Is Back!
Betway Gr3 Got The Greenlight Stakes After an emotional and trying few months of challenges that arrived in all shapes and sizes, ‘Highveld Hero’ Main Defender returned at Turffontein on Saturday after a mostly involuntary eleven week break, to record a workmanlike victory in the R350 000 Betway Gr3 Got The Greenlight Stakes. The son […]
Tarry Thunder Strikes
NBT Franschhoek Motor Museum Winchester Sprint Cup After pulling a shoe and having it refitted at the start, Sean Tarry charge Thunderstruck got the better of a ring-rusty Isivunguvungu to score a good win in the R250 000 Non-Black Type Winchester Sprint Cup, in the process setting up a cracking rematch in the Gr1 Cape […]