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2024 July
  • Thu, Jul 04, 2024
    Green With Envy can make history
    Green With Envy, favourite for the G1 Durban July (2200m) at Greyville Racecourse on Saturday (6 July), showed his class in the official gallops on Tuesday and is the one to beat in the big race.
2023 July
2023 June
  • Fri, Jun 30, 2023
    The Durban July
    A crowd of no less than 50,000 people will flood into Greyville racecourse this Saturday for The Durban July.
2023 January
  • Fri, Jan 27, 2023
    Group 1 Preview: The Met
    Three-year-olds, and three-year-old fillies in particular, often give G1 The Met (2000m) a miss because they were not favoured by the race conditions, but one can shine in the 2023 edition at Kenilworth.
2022 July
  • Thu, Jul 28, 2022
    Fourie to turn dark into light
    There was consternation in the camp when S’manga Khumalo elected to give up the ride on Jet Dark for the G1 Durban July (2200m) in favour of the filly Sparkling Water.
2022 January
  • Wed, Jan 26, 2022
    Kommetdieding to bring it on the Cape Town Met
    The Cape Town Met is a weight-for age event but, despite that, there is no obvious stand-out in this year’s Grade 1 race over 2000m at Kenilworth Racecourse on Saturday (29 January).
2021 August
  • Sun, Aug 01, 2021
    Nebraas wins South Africa's feature Gold Cup at Greyville
    Nebrass confirmed the form of the Gr3 DStv Gold Vase when holding off a late challenge from a game Silver Host with Out Of Your League in third ahead of Before Noon in fourth to win the R600,000, Grade 3 Marshalls World Of Sports Gold Cup (3200m), South Africa's feature staying race, at Hollywodbets Greyville on Saturday.
2021 July
  • Wed, Jul 28, 2021
    Got The Greenlight aims for grand finale
    Got The Greenlight, who was crowned champion two-year-old and three-year-old of his generation, is the favourite to win the G1 HKJC World Pool Champions Cup over 1800m at Greyville on Saturday (31 July).
2021 May
  • Thu, May 27, 2021
    Greyville G1s ooze quality
    Some of the best horses to have raced in South Africa have their names etched on the trophies for the G1 Greyville 2000 and the G1 Woolavington 2000.
2021 January
2020 April
2020 January
  • Wed, Jan 29, 2020
    Give Hawwaam another chance
    The boom horse taking on the form horse could turn this year’s Grade 1 Met (2000m) at Kenilworth racecourse on Saturday (1 February) into an absolute thriller.
2019 November
2019 July
2019 June
  • Tue, Jun 11, 2019
    Barahin Secures Durban July Start
    Classy 3YO Barahin made certain of his place in the Vodacom July with an impressive win from off the pace in the G3 Jubilee Handicap at Turffontein on Sunday.
  • Tue, Jun 11, 2019
    Do It Again In Top Form For Durban July
    Do It Again will go into the Durban July as the defending champion and likely favourite after his top class performance to win the G1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge at Greyville on June 8.
  • Thu, Jun 06, 2019
    Durban July Contenders Meet At Greyville
    An action packed meeting that includes five feature races takes place at Greyville in Durban on Saturday featuring the R1 million 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge.
2019 May
  • Mon, May 20, 2019
    New Vaccine To Assist South Africa
    The International Horse Sports Confederation has taken significant steps towards the identification of a new vaccine for African Horse Sickness.
2019 February
2019 January
  • Thu, Jan 24, 2019
    Can Do It Again do it again?
    The Met (G1 2000m) is the showpiece of horseracing in South Africa’s Western Cape that every trainer, owner and jockey yearns to win.
2018 November
2018 October
  • Wed, Oct 10, 2018
    Big Plans For Durbanville Winners
    Exciting pair Rainbow Bridge and One World extended their unbeaten records at Durbanville last Saturday as they took another step towards big summer season targets at Kenilworth.
  • Wed, Oct 10, 2018
    Summer Cup Plans For It's My Turn
    Trainer Dean Kannemeyer has some critical decisions to make with South Africa’s Equus champion stayer It’s My Turn.
2018 July
2018 June
2018 January
  • Thu, Jan 25, 2018
    The Met takes Centre Stage At Kenilworth
    The best horses in South Africa will be seen in action at Kenilworth in Cape Town on Saturday with the running of four Grade 1 races headed by The Met over 2000m.
  • Fri, Jan 05, 2018
    2017 Queen's Plate Preview
    Superstar gallop Legal Eagle heads the betting for the Group 1 Queen's Plate at Kenilworth this Saturday.
2017 December
  • Mon, Dec 04, 2017
    Fradd takes Mauritius jockeys’ series, no joy for Aussies
    After Australian jockeys Jeff Lloyd and Luke Nolen did not quite fire at the first day of the Air Mauritius & Attitude International Jockeys’ Weekend(IJW) on Saturday, their second and final day went even more pear-shaped the next day.
  • Mon, Dec 04, 2017
    Fradd takes Mauritius jockeys’ series, no joy for Aussies
    After Australian jockeys Jeff Lloyd and Luke Nolen did not quite fire at the first day of the Air Mauritius & Attitude International Jockeys’ Weekend(IJW) on Saturday, their second and final day went even more pear-shaped the next day.
  • Sun, Dec 03, 2017
    Lloyd, Nolen have work cut out for second Leg
    Australia did not fare too well at the Air Mauritius & Attitude International Jockeys’ Weekend with hopes of a turnaround now resting on its two jockeys improving dramatically on their first day scores on Sunday.
  • Sat, Dec 02, 2017
    Fradd excited to be back in Mauritius
    Unlike fellow Queensland-based South African jockey Jeff Lloyd, Robbie Fradd will not be representing Australia at the Air Mauritius & Attitude International Jockeys’ Weekend this weekend.
2017 November
  • Fri, Nov 24, 2017
    Race Preview - 2017 Summer Cup
    The Summer Cup is the oldest and grandest prize on Johannesburg racing's biggest day and the 2017 edition looks typically deep and competitive.
2017 July
  • Mon, Jul 03, 2017
    Bass-Robinson, Fayd'Herbe and Marinaesco win the Durban July
    Cape Trainer Candice Bass-Robinson won the 2017 renewal of the R4,25m, Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July (2200m) at Greyville on Saturday with her father Mike’s co-owned Marinaesco under Bernard Fayd’Herbe with the four-year-old Silvano gelding carrying top-weight of 60kg.
  • Mon, Jul 03, 2017
    Bela-Bela inspiring under lights at Greyville
    The Justin Snaith trained four-year-old Bela-Bela under Anthony Delpech stormed to victory in the R1m, Grade 1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Stakes (1600m) at Greyville on Saturday to just about bring down the racing curtain for this flashy grey mare.
  • Sun, Jul 02, 2017
    Marinaresco wins Durban July
    Marinaresco has gone one better than a year ago to win the Durban July, South Africa's premier race.
2017 June
  • Wed, Jun 28, 2017
    Hewitson back in action at Greyville on Sunday
    Leading South African apprentice Lyle Hewitson has made an amazingly quick recovery from a broken collar bone thanks chiefly to hyperbacic treatment and is now looking forward to riding the Sean Tarry-trained French Navy in the R4.25m Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July (2200m) at Greyville on Saturday.
  • Tue, Jun 27, 2017
    ‘Conglomerate’ ready for the July
    Joey Ramsden reports The Conglomerate (AUS) on song in his bid to become the first dual winner of the Vodacom Durban July since El Picha at the turn of the century – although he believes the advantage lies with Edict Of Nantes in the same Mayfair Speculators colours.
  • Tue, Jun 27, 2017
    Captain And Master primed for Golden Horseshoe
    The R600,000, Grade 2 Durban Golden Horseshoe (1400m) for two-year-old's has the potential, traditionally, to be a stumbling block for exotic players on Vodacom Durban July day at Greyville on Saturday.
  • Mon, Jun 19, 2017
    Mr Winsome wins at Scottsville and Mpumelelo Mjoka at Chantilly
    Supplementary entry for the Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July (2200m) at Greyville on July 1st, Mr Winsome, duly landed the odds in the R300,000, Grade 3 Track & Ball Derby (2400m) at Scottsville on Sunday but made heavy weather of beating Sun On Africa.
  • Wed, Jun 14, 2017
    Back Black Arthur July run uncertain
    Will ante-post 10-1 chance Black Arthur get into the Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July (2200m) at Geyville on July 1st is the question which will be on the lips of many punters throughout this week.
  • Wed, Jun 14, 2017
    Edict Of Nantes in fine fettle
    Daily News winner Edict Of Nantes will be kept ticking over until the July gallops at Greyville in nine days’ time says trainer Brett Crawford.
  • Wed, Jun 14, 2017
    Vodacom Durban July weights and market
    Supplementary Entries and Official Weights for the Gr 1 R4.25million Vodacom Durban July (2200m) at Greyville racecourse on Saturday July 1st.
  • Sun, Jun 11, 2017
    Captain America takes the salute at Greyville Challenge
    Trainer Brett Crawford is having the winter of his life and the dream may not have ended at Greyville on Saturday when Captain America powered home in the R1m, Grade 1 WFA Rising Sun Gold Challenge (1600m).
  • Fri, Jun 09, 2017
    The July Barometer
    Last Saturday was a defining moment for many Vodacom Durban July hopefuls as indicated by the latest July log that was issued on Tuesday and it is another big day at Greyville on Saturday.
  • Fri, Jun 09, 2017
    Celtic Captain raring to go in Cup Trial
    Trainer Gareth van Zyl said his Grade 3 Cup Trial (1800m) contestant Celtic Captain had recovered nicely from his 7.25 length ninth in the Grade 1 Premier’s Champions Challenge over 2000m at Turffontein, which was run on May 6th, and he expected him to run to his ability on Saturday at Greyville.
  • Fri, Jun 09, 2017
    It’s Bela-Bela for Snaith in Rising Sun Gold Challenge
    Cape Town trainer Justin Snaith believes the Equus champion filly Bela-Bela will have “her best chance” of beating the boys at weight for age Grade 1 level in Saturday’s R1m, Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge (1600m) at Greyville.
  • Thu, Jun 08, 2017
    Cup Trial at Greyville key for July hopefuls
    The R250,000, Grade 3 Cup Trial (1800m) at Greyville on Saturday is a last gasp opportunity for Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July (2200m) field borderline horses to put up their hands for a berth in the field and this year’s race will be fascinating as six of the nine runners are July entries and they will all need big runs to book their places.
  • Thu, Jun 08, 2017
    Back ‘Badge’ stakes Cup Trial claim at Greyville
    The Adam Marcus trained four-year-old gelding Royal Badge is rated a 150/1 shot with Betting World for the Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July (2200m) at Greyville on July 1st, but a perusal over the progeny record of his under rated sire Go Deputy will quickly show he is not just a hopeful entry.
  • Wed, Jun 07, 2017
    A Greyville challenge for Captain America
    Brett Crawford will attempt to make it five Grade 1's for the season on Saturday at Greyville when the mellowed six-year-old gelding Captain America revisits a course, which was thought to not suit him as a headstrong three-year-old colt.
  • Wed, Jun 07, 2017
    Update on latest Durban July field
    The latest update on the field for the R4.25m Grade Vodacom Durban July (2200m) at Greyville on July 1st as at June 6th 2017. The final field will be announced on June 20th at Greyville racecourse.
  • Sun, Jun 04, 2017
    Crawford issues an ‘Edict” in Daily News
    The R2m, Grade 1 Daily News 2000 over 2000m at Greyville on Saturday turned into a battle of the Derby heroes as Grade 1 Investec Cape Derby winner Edict Of Nantes and Al Sahem, triumphant in the Grade 1 SA Derby, came together at the top of the Greyville straight.
  • Sat, Jun 03, 2017
    Marwing looking for a high five at Kenilworth
    Weichong Marwing flies in for five rides at Kenilworth on Saturday in a bid to add to his Cape Town tally this term after landing the valuable Lanzerac Ready to Run on Safe Harbour from 16 summer season mounts.
  • Sat, Jun 03, 2017
    Ultra-competitive Woolavington 2000 at Greyville
    Not the best of weeks last weekend at Scottsville but it was a top class meeting and that in turn makes winner finding that bit more difficult when you know that every horse has been fine tuned to the moment on the hunt for the added prize money and public adulation.
  • Thu, Jun 01, 2017
    Classy lineup for Woolavington at Greyville on Saturday
    Gimme Six has been one of the stars of the South African Champions Season so far and is one of many potential winners of Saturday’s R1m, Woolavington 2000 (2000m) for three-year-old fillies at Greyville, which is the most wide open Grade 1 race seen this season.
  • Thu, Jun 01, 2017
    Domeyer secures Horizon for Durban July
    Aldo Domeyer will ride Horizon for the first time in public when the colt tackles the R2m, Grade Daily News 2000 (2000m) at Greyville on Saturday.
2017 May
  • Tue, May 30, 2017
    ‘Alice’ bowed out on top
    The swansong victory of Carry On Alice in the Grade 1 SA Fillies Sprint at Scottsville on Saturday was accompanied by rare emotion from her normally phlegmatic trainer Sean Tarry and the win was significant for more than one reason.
  • Tue, May 30, 2017
    Drier equals Syd Laird’s record
    Dennis Drier equaled a feat achieved by his famous Uncle Syd Laird on Saturday at Scottsville by winning the same Grade 1 race for the seventh time.
  • Sat, May 27, 2017
    De Beer can Talktothestars at Scottsville
    Vaal-based Coenie de Beer comes to Scottsville on Saturday with his one good horse as Talktothestars attempts to defend his crown in the R1m, Grade 1 Tsogo Sun Sprint (1200m).
  • Sat, May 27, 2017
    Dutch Philip has the credentials at Kenilworth
    Dutch Philip is a confident choice for the Cape Of Good Hope Nursery at Kenilworth on Saturday – or at least he would be if the history of the race did not suggest that he is odds-on to get beaten.
  • Thu, May 25, 2017
    ‘Stars’ back with shoes at Scottsville
    Trainer Coenie de Beer surprised the racing world when he saddled his four-year-old gelding Talktothestars, unshod, to win the Grade 1 Tsogo Sun Sprint over 1200m at Scottsville’s Sprint Festival last year.
  • Thu, May 25, 2017
    Carry On Alice sets the standard in SA Fillies Sprint at Scottsville
    The R600,000, SA Fillies Sprint (1200m) at Scottsville on Saturday will see a previous winner of this race Carry On Alice attempting to win her fifth career Grade 1 and amongst the dangers will be a three-year-old, Just Sensual, whose only Grade 1 win has been over 1600m.
  • Thu, May 25, 2017
    Master Sabina aimed at the Durban
    Master Sabina, winner of the last two runnings of the Sansui Summer Cup for Geoff Woodruff, will run in the Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July (2200m) at Greyville on July 1st for only the second time.
  • Thu, May 25, 2017
    The July Barometer
    There were a few worried faces come last Friday night after the running of the Grade 2 Betting World 1900 at Greyville as a host of Vodacom Durban July hopefuls failed to deliver on expectations.
  • Wed, May 24, 2017
    Sand And Sea takes aim at Gold Medallion at Scottsville
    The R600,000, Grade 1 Tsogo Sun Gold Medallion (1200m) has virtually been owned by the Dennis Drier yard this decade and they will have a shout of winning it for the sixth time in the last eight years at Scottsville on Saturday with Sand And Sea.
  • Wed, May 24, 2017
    There’s no holding back Domeyer
    Cape Town jockey Aldo Domeyer is starting biokinetic treatment this week in a bid to cure his ongoing back problems but he expects to be able to continue riding as normal.
  • Tue, May 23, 2017
    African Night Sky impressive
    African Night Sky and Bernard Fayd’Herbe had no problem confirming Winter Guineas form with Our Mate Art and Loadshedder in the Highlands Stud Winter Classic at Kenilworth on Sunday and the Derby on June 24 is odds-on to come next.
  • Sun, May 21, 2017
    Form for Kenilworth
    Preview and form for the meeting at Kenilworth on Sunday. Selections by Warren Lenferna.
  • Sat, May 20, 2017
    Filippo for the opener at Scottsville
    I may not be as skilled as a chef but it feels similar to making a five course Michelin starred meal that isn’t eaten to wrrte last week’s article only to see the meeting abandoned after just the two races.
  • Sat, May 20, 2017
    Simply Royal is class for Turffontein
    The Turffontein meeting on Saturday is headed by the Syringa Handicap, a listed event over 1600 metres for fillies and mares, and there are plenty of other interesting races on the nine race card.
  • Fri, May 19, 2017
    The July Barometer
    Difficult weather conditions over this past week will have put a kink in many a preparation for tomorrow’s Greyville racing but it is still mouth-watering stuff as a host of Vodacom Durban July hopefuls line up.
  • Fri, May 19, 2017
    Preview and form for Greyville
    Preview and form for the All Weather and Turf meeting at Greyville on Friday night. Selections by Warren Lenferna.
  • Fri, May 19, 2017
    Speed culminates at Scottsville on Sunday
    It’s on the cards, or in this instance, it’s in the entry lists for the four Grade 1 races on Tsogo Sun Sprint day at Scottsville on May 27 that this meeting could host one of the most talented and competitive gatherings of speed horses ever seen in the country.
  • Thu, May 18, 2017
    Banner Hill rising for Greyville
    The Glen Kotzen-trained Banner Hill has become a Vodacom Durban July dark horse since winning his SA Champions Season pipe opener over 1800m on the Greyville turf in impressive style on April 9.
  • Wed, May 17, 2017
    Boost for Sky’s Guineas-Winter double hopes
    African Night Sky faces only six rivals in his bid to become the fourth horse in five seasons to complete the Winter Guineas-Winter Classic double at Kenilworth on Sunday.
2017 March
  • Wed, Mar 29, 2017
    Lily Theresa can improve at Kenilworth
    Lily Theresa is a big price at 5-1 for the opening R80,000, Maiden Juvenile Fillies (1000m) at Kenilworth on Wednesday considering the way Joey Ramsden has been dominating the Cape Town two-year-old races.
  • Wed, Mar 29, 2017
    Back Tarry tops Classic boards
    Al Sahem, so narrowly beaten in the Betting World Gauteng Guineas over 1600m at Turffontein on March 4, has been priced up 12-10 favourite for the R2-million SA Classic (Grade 1) over 1800m at Turffontein on Saturday.
  • Wed, Mar 29, 2017
    Ramsden’s stars up for South African Champions Season
    Cape Town trainer Joey Ramsden has been making KwaZulu-Natal plans for some of his stable stars for the 2017 South African Champions Season and Cape Fillies Guineas winner Just Sensual looks set to drop in trip.
  • Sat, Mar 25, 2017
    Ready to Blossom at Kenilworth
    Dynasty’s Blossom is a confident choice for the Fillies Maiden Juvenile at Kenilworth on Saturday. This R4.5 million purchase looked a certain future winner when making a promising debut a fortnight ago and the extra furlong should be in her favour.
  • Mon, Mar 13, 2017
    Sabre Charge can cut them down at Scottsville
    Sabre Charge can show that he is a horse for the big staying races scheduled for Champions Season when he lines up in the R120,000, Racing.Itsaruch.co.za Pinnacle Stakes (2400m) at Scottsville on Sunday.
  • Mon, Mar 13, 2017
    Simply Scrumptious for Scottsville
    Back to the old drawing board for yours truly after a loser last week on South African racing when I misjudged A-Rod at Greyville on Sunday who only managed a three quarter length third after heavy market support.
  • Sat, Mar 11, 2017
    Alfolk to remain unbeaten
    Turffontein is the place to be on Saturday as there are no fewer than six features races in a competitive ten race meeting.
  • Sat, Mar 11, 2017
    Smokey Affair running hot
    Smokey Affair stands out at Kenilworth on Saturday because she has the proverbial stone in hand in the R91,000, Racing.It’s A Rush Handicap.co.za Handicap (1400m).
  • Tue, Mar 07, 2017
    Aldo Domeyer suspended
    Aldo Domeyer, riding on the crest of a wave, has hit rough water and is sitting out a ten-day suspension for his part in the fall of Greg Cheyne at Kenilworth nine days ago.
  • Tue, Mar 07, 2017
    My Pal Al impresses at Greyville
    On the face of it, the addition of blinkers would account for My Pal Al’s current good form but Alistair Gordon was not so sure.
  • Sun, Mar 05, 2017
    Matador Man set to strike
    Silvan Star can defy top weight in the R102,000, Racing.It’s A Rush Handicap (2000m) for fillies and mares at Kenilworth on Saturday after her good performance on Met day.
  • Sun, Mar 05, 2017
    National Key still going strong for Greyville on Sunday 05 MAR 2017
    There is little doubt that National Key is a tough customer. Five seasons and 59 races under his girth, Brian Wiid’s runner is still going strong and can put a seventh victory behind his name when he lines up in the Kas Govender Memorial Handicap (1200m) that headlines the eight programme Greyville-All Weather meeting on Sunday
  • Sun, Mar 05, 2017
    Silvan Star can shine at Kenilworth
    Silvan Star can defy top weight in the R102,000, Racing.It’s A Rush Handicap (2000m) for fillies and mares at Kenilworth on Saturday after her good performance on Met day.
  • Sun, Mar 05, 2017
    Strydom does it for De Kock's 3000th winner
    Mike de Kock’s 3000th winner was given a traditional African welcome as Janoobi and Piere Strydom were serenaded into the winner’s enclosure by a gaggle of De Kock’s grooms after their narrow victory in R1m, Grade 2 Betting World Gauteng Guineas (1600m) at Turffontein on Saturday
2017 February
  • Wed, Feb 22, 2017
    Anton Marcus to partner Just Sensual
    Anton Marcus brings his extraordinary 27% strike rate – 33% in Cape Town – to Kenilworth for the Prawn Festival meeting on Saturday when the four-time champion has four rides for Joey Ramsden.
  • Wed, Feb 22, 2017
    Riverboat Queen to make amends at Kenilworth
    The in-form Andre Nel can strike again with yet another lightly-raced horse at Kenilworth on Wednesday when Riverboat Queen bids to make amends for her odds-on flop a month ago.
  • Sat, Feb 18, 2017
    Kampala to strike at Kenilworth
    Andre Nel has a 20% strike rate at Kenilworth this season – only Shane Humby, with six winners from just 30 runners, can match that – and Sabine Plattner’s private trainer can strike with Kampala Campari in the Racing.Its A Rush Handicap on Saturday.
  • Sun, Feb 12, 2017
    Money to be made at Scottsville
    It is a funny old world us racing fans who live in with the UK with either abandoned or postponed because of snow or frost, Dubai because of wind, South Africa because of rain, and Australia because it is too hot – whatever lies in store for us punters next I wonder.
2017 January
  • Tue, Jan 31, 2017
    Frankie Dettori Wins Cape Derby
    History was made at Kenilworth on January 28 when legendary jockey Frankie Dettori won the Gr1 Investec Cape Derby aboard Edict Of Nantes.
  • Sun, Jan 29, 2017
    Whisky Baron Continues Winning Run In Sun Met
    Craig Kieswetter would not have always been the toast of a South African crowd after a sporting triumph, but the 29-year-old will certainly be forgiven by all those that followed the well-supported Whisky Baron in his powerful win in the G1 Sun Met at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Sat, Jan 28, 2017
    Alice or Heaven at Kenilworth
    The big question in the R1mm Grade 1 Betting World Cape Flying Championship at Kenilworth on Saturday is whether the country’s highest rated sprinter Trip To Heaven will find the 1000m trip too sharp.
  • Sat, Jan 28, 2017
    It all points to Legal Eagle
    It all points to Legal Eagle for the R5m, Grade 1 Sun Met (2000m) at Kenilworth on Saturday. The form book, the handicappers and the bookmakers say the 2-1 favourite is the best horse in the race, he won the Queen’s Plate convincingly and his stable is on fire.
  • Sat, Jan 28, 2017
    Snaith to have his turn to hoist Sun Met trophy
    For all his ammunition over the years, Justin Snaith has yet to hoist The Sun Met trophy but a change of sponsorship could herald a change of fortune for him at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Tue, Jan 24, 2017
    New Met tactics for Legal Eagle
    Sun Met favourite Legal Eagle may be ridden from further back in Saturday’s Kenilworth R5 million spectacular over 2000m in his bid to go one better than last year.
  • Tue, Jan 24, 2017
    Class versus stamina in Cape Derby
    The R1m, Grade 1 Investec Cape Derby (2000m) at Kenilworth on Saturday could have class versus stamina as its chief protagonists.
  • Tue, Jan 24, 2017
    Robinson’s intriguing raiders for the Cape
    Summerveld trainer Frank Robinson has two raiders at Kenilworth’s big Sun Met meeting on Saturday and these could be shrewd entries, despite the strength of Cape racing at present.
  • Sat, Jan 21, 2017
    All eyes on Miss Frankel
    Miss Frankel will be the focus of all attention when she makes her debut in Saturday's Welcome To Kenilworth Maiden Juvenile Plate.
  • Fri, Jan 20, 2017
    Pleasing Sun Met gallops for most
    Marinaresco put his run of bad draws behind him when rider Grant Van Niekerk stepped in to pick the plum number two position at Thurday's Sun Met draw ceremony at Kenilworth.
  • Fri, Jan 20, 2017
    Sun Met draws announced
    The draws for South Africa's richest Grade 1 race, the R5m Sun Met (2000m) at Kenilworth on January 28th, were completed on Thursday after the horses galloped publicly on the course.
  • Thu, Jan 19, 2017
    Legal Eagle has the Met at his mercy
    South Africa is all set for probably the greatest racing day in its history on January 28 at Kenilworth and the lucrative card is headed by the R5m, Grade 1 Sun Met (2000m).
  • Wed, Jan 18, 2017
    Big Money Draws Dettori To South Africa's Biggest Day
    Frankie Dettori will be at Kenilworth for South Africa’s richest-ever race day on January 28 when the legendary jockey rides Durban July winner The Conglomerate for trainer Joey Ramsden in the R5 million Sun Met.
  • Sat, Jan 14, 2017
    Stars has Heaven in sight at Kenilworth
    The remarkable Talktothestars can make it third time lucky by gaining his revenge on Turffontein rival Trip To Heaven in the R400,000 Grade 2 Khaya Stables Diadem Stakes (1200m) at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Sun, Jan 08, 2017
    Breeders Cup Invites For South African Stars
    South Africa’s current champion Legal Eagle successfully defended his crown in the G1 L'Ormarins Queen's Plate at Kenilworth on Saturday to earn an invitation to the 2017 Breeders Cup Mile in America.
  • Sat, Jan 07, 2017
    Back Bank on Bela-Bela in the Paddock Stakes
    The main supporting feature on Saturday’s L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate card at Kenilworth on Saturday is the R1m, Group 1 WFA Maine Chance Farms Paddock Stakes (1800m) for fillies and mares and Bela-Bela looks to be the meeting banker.
  • Sat, Jan 07, 2017
    Marinaresco up for the challenge in the Queen's Plate
    Legal Eagle and Anton Marcus may look well-nigh impregnable in the R1.5m, Group 1 WFA L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate (1600m) at Kenilworth on Saturday but the recent history of the country’s top mile race suggests they are odds-on to get beat.
  • Thu, Jan 05, 2017
    Newlands fancied for Politician Stakes
    The R250,000, Group 3 Cartier Politician Stakes (1800m) on L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Day at Kenilworth on Saturday has become an important Group 1 Investec Cape Derby (2000m) pointer.
  • Thu, Jan 05, 2017
    Van Niekerk ponders L'Ormarins Queen's Plate tactics
    Grant van Niekerk, not normally a jockey who likes to think too much about tactics beforehand, has been giving a fair bit of thought to how he and Marinaresco can floor odds-on shot Legal Eagle in the R1.5m, Group 1 WFA L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate (1600m) at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Wed, Jan 04, 2017
    Bela-Bela set for Paddock Stakes
    Bela-Bela looks set to win the second Group 1 of her career in the R1m, Group 1 Maine Chance Farms Paddock Stakes (1800m) at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Wed, Jan 04, 2017
    Hewitson in top form
    High-flying apprentice Lyle Hewitson has made merry over the festive season
  • Wed, Jan 04, 2017
    Legal Eagal new Queen's Plate favourite
    Legal Eagle has usurped Marinaresco at the head of the market for the R1.5m, Group 1 WFA L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate (1600m) at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Wed, Jan 04, 2017
    Ngaga aimed at Investec Derby
    Igugu’s half-sister Ngaga is to be nominated for the R1m, Group 1 Investec Cape Derby (2000m) at Kenilworth on Janaury 28th after comfortably extending her unbeaten run to three under Aldo Domeyer in the 1600m fillies handicap at Kenilworth on Saturday.
2016 December
  • Sat, Dec 17, 2016
    Back A new dawn for Table Bay
    Table Bay can prove his Selangor form all wrong by taking the R1m, Group 1 Grand Parade Cape Guineas (1600m) at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Sat, Dec 17, 2016
    Table Bay Seeking Revenge In Cape Guineas
    Saturday’s Grand Parade Cape Guineas, carded as the seventh race at Kenilworth on Saturday, is one of South Africa’s oldest and most prestigious Group One races.
  • Tue, Dec 06, 2016
    Legal Eagle Set To Defend Queen's Plate Crown
    . South Africa’s reigning Horse Of The Year Legal Eagle stole the spotlight from the fillies when he ramped up his summer campaign with a game win in the G2 Green Point Stakes at Kenilworth.
  • Sun, Dec 04, 2016
    Decent card for Scottsville
    It has been a good week for South African racing, though whether they know it or not just yet is a moot point.
  • Sat, Dec 03, 2016
    Follow in form Gavin Lerena at Kenilworth
    She’s A Giver, despite being drawn widest of all and drifting in the market, can give Gavin Lerena his second successive super Saturday in the World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Fri, Dec 02, 2016
    Quality renenewal of Cape Fillies Guineas
    The most intriguing runner in Saturday’s Gr 1 WSB Cape Fillies Guineas is the Brett Crawford-trained Australian-bred Quick Brown Fox, who has had two career starts, both over 1200m, and won both of them impressively. The big question is whether she will stay the 1600m trip.
2016 November
  • Tue, Nov 29, 2016
    Take a chance on Captain Chips
    The Vaal Inside track stages a low key eight race meeting tomorrow, following the heady excitement at Turffontein on Saturday, and low draws will be favourable by trends.
  • Sun, Nov 27, 2016
    Back African Songbird at Greyville
    It has been an interesting week yet again in the world of South African racing as I continue on my steep learning curve about racing in the Rainbow Nation before I get to suggestions for the racing at Greyville on Sunday afternoon.
  • Sun, Nov 27, 2016
    Woodruff wins a sixth Summer Cup
    Trainer Geoff Woodruff continued his stranglehold on the R2m, Group 1 Gauteng Sansui Summer Cup (2000m) as Master Sabina recorded back-to-back wins at Turffontein on Saturday.
  • Sat, Nov 26, 2016
    Captain's Flame burning bright
    Captain’s Flame attempts to make it four in a row in the McNaughtans Handicap at Kenilworth on Saturday as she continues her so far-relentless progress towards the Paddock Stakes.
  • Sat, Nov 26, 2016
    Stick with Cup master at Turffontein
    Geoff Woodruff sends out four runners in search of his fourth successive Group 1 Gauteng Sansui Summer Cup over 2000m at Turffontein on Saturday with last year’s first two past the post, Master Sabina and Deo Juvente, topping the betting boards and grabbing most of the attention
  • Sat, Nov 26, 2016
    Woodruff Mounts Big Bid For Fourth Summer Cup
    Trainer Geoff Woodruff will saddle four runners in his attempt to win this weekend’s R2 million Sansui Summer Cup, the Group One showpiece race of the Gauteng season, for the fourth year running.
  • Fri, Nov 18, 2016
    Selangor Cup Another Step For Table Bay
    The G2 Selangor Cup, one of the leading trials for the Cape Guineas, is one of three feature races to be run at Kenilworth’s stand alone meeting this Saturday.
  • Sat, Nov 12, 2016
    Jo’s Bond has fitness edge at Kenilworth
    Jo’s Bond and Anthony Delpech can take the R150,000, listed Laisserfaire Stakes (1100m) at Kenilworth on Saturday when so many of the top weight’s 13 rivals have question marks against them.
  • Thu, Nov 10, 2016
    Can Pillar Of Hercules make it a treble
    The progressive Pillar Of Hercules can make it three off the reel in the Itsarush.co.za Handicap at Kenilworth on Thursday but watch out for Lord Balmoral.
  • Tue, Nov 08, 2016
    Table Bay Heads Selangor Cup Entries At Kenilworth
    Impressive Cape Classic winner Table Bay heads the 20 nominations for the Selangor Cup and could line-up at Kenilworth to give Joey Ramsden an outstanding chance of winning the mile test for the fifth time in six years.
  • Tue, Nov 01, 2016
    Blue Bloods Win South African Features
    The Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum owned filly Ektifaa picked up the first feature win of her career in the G2 Choice Carriers Fillies Championship at Kenilworth on October 29.
2016 October
2016 September
2016 August
  • Wed, Aug 31, 2016
    Horizon Back At Kenilworth
    The record-breaking Horizon makes his long-awaited debut in the Racing Association Maiden Plate at Kenilworth on Wednesday and the bookmakers are taking no chances.
  • Wed, Aug 31, 2016
    In The Moment for Greyville
    Trainers have been clamouring for the racing operators to cater for their lower rated horses and they get their wish at Greyville on Wednesday night where Gold Circle have added an extra meeting to the calendar to compensate for two wash-outs earlier in the month.
  • Fri, Aug 12, 2016
    New Retainer For Anthony Delpech
    Anthony Delpech, a four-time winner of the Vodacom Durban July, is joining leading owner Mary Slack as her retained jockey after a successful seven year partnership with top stud farm Avontuur.
2016 July
  • Sun, Jul 03, 2016
    Piere Strydom Wins His Fourth Durban July
    A triumphant Piere Strydom recorded his fourth win in the R4.25 million Vodacom Durban July, South Africa’s richest race, at Greyville on Saturday aboard the the Joey Ramsden trained The Conglomerate.
2016 June
  • Fri, Jun 24, 2016
    2016 Durban July - Draw Favours Bela-Bela
    High class three-year-old filly Bela-Bela is the new favourite for the R4.25 million Vodacom Durban July over 2200m at Greyville on July 2 after an ideal barrier draw.
  • Fri, Jun 10, 2016
    Sean Tarry Leaves Three In Gold Challenge
    Trainer Sean Tarry has pulled Legal Eagle out of the field for the R1 million Rising Sun Gold Challenge at Greyville on Saturday but still has the two highest-rated runners among his remaining trio.
  • Wed, Jun 01, 2016
    Rabada Wins Daily News 2000
    Johannesburg trainer Mike Azzie continued his excellent run of success when his three-year-old Rabada won the G1 Daily News 2000 at Greyville in a fine trial for the Durban July.
2016 May
2016 April
  • Mon, Apr 11, 2016
    Marwing Making His Way Back From Injury
    South Africa's successful international jockey Weichong Marwing is set to return to race riding by the end of the month after recovering from a serious back injury.
2016 March
2016 February
  • Mon, Feb 01, 2016
    International Campaign For J & B Met Winner
    The Alex Laird-trained mare Smart Call is set to take on the world after smashed her male opponents in Cape Town's biggest G1 race, the J & B Met, at Kenilworth on Saturday.
2016 January
  • Sun, Jan 24, 2016
    Back to back Majorca Stakes wins for Inara
    Drakenstein Stud scored a remarkable clean sweep of the placings in the R1 million Klawaervlei Majorca Stakes for fillies and mares at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Sun, Jan 24, 2016
    Illuminator shines brightly in CTS Million Dollar
    The inaugural running of the CTS Million Dollar (1400m) at Kenilworth on Saturday saw the 16/1 outsider Illuminator win South Africa's richest race for the small stable of Glen Puller.
  • Sun, Jan 24, 2016
    Snaith Stablemate Upsets Favourite In Cape Derby
    The Justin Snaith-trained It’s My Turn carried the familiar black and red maltese cross silks of prominent owner Fred Crabbia to an upset victory in the R1 million Investec Cape Derby (2000m) at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Mon, Jan 11, 2016
    Legal Eagle swoops in Queen's Plate for Tarry
    Legal Eagle proved too strong for the supposed big guns and now looks the one they all have to beat in the J & B Met over an extra two furlongs back at the track on January 30
2015 September
2015 August
  • Mon, Aug 17, 2015
    Sean Tarry Looking Forward To The Summer
    South Africa’s newly-crowned champion trainer Sean Tarry is looking forward to the Cape Summer Of Champions season with the help of former top jockey and renowned horseman Felix Coetzee.
  • Sun, Aug 02, 2015
    Futura Rules On a Fabulous Day At Greyville
    Futura made it two Champions Cups in succession to give trainer Justin Snaith and jockey Bernard Fayd'Herbe their first wins in the Group One feature at Greyville.
  • Sat, Aug 01, 2015
    Gala Group One Day At Greyville
    The G1 Champions Cup at Greyville on Saturday is dominated by the renewal of the long running rivalry between the Justin Snaith stars Futura and Legislate.
2015 July
  • Sun, Jul 05, 2015
    Garden Island Province to Same Jurisdiction
    There were no excuses from the break in the R750,000, Group 1 Garden Province Stakes (1600m) at Greyville on Saturday as they all jumped out on level terms.
  • Sun, Jul 05, 2015
    Schofield opens his Greyville day with a second
    Chad Schofield opened his South African rides at Greyville on Saturday with a fine second place on the Joey Ramsden trained St Tropez in the R500,000, Group 3 The tabGold (2200m).
  • Fri, Jul 03, 2015
    Majmu In Good Form For Durban July
    Australian-bred filly Majmu will bid to land a third G1 win when she takes on South Africa’s most famous and richest race, the R3.5 million Durban July at Greyville on Saturday.
2015 June
  • Tue, Jun 30, 2015
    Flawless July Prep For Legal Eagle
    Trainer Sean Tarry says his crack three-year-old Legal Eagle has had a “flawless” preparation of Saturday’s Durban July at Greyville.
  • Sun, Jun 07, 2015
    Hammie's Hooker Lands Tibouchina Double
    Trainer Mike Bass continued his great run in feature races when Hammie’s Hooker recorded her second consecutive win in the R250 000 G2 Tibouchina Stakes at Greyville on Saturday.
  • Sun, Jun 07, 2015
    Legislate Bounces Back But Durban July Unlikely
    Reigning Vodacom Durban July champion Legislate is back in the frame for a double after regaining winning form in the R1 million Rising Sun Gold Challenge at Greyville on Saturday.
2015 May
  • Mon, May 25, 2015
    Drier Lands Big Scottsville Double
    Trainer Dennis Drier reigned over Scottsville on Saturday when he broke Charles Laird’s stranglehold on the R1 million Tsogo Sun Sprint with Captain Of All, now regarded as the leading male sprinter in South Africa.
  • Tue, May 05, 2015
    Act Of War Returns In Style
    Trainer Joey Ramsden wrote another personal chapter in South African racing history on Sunday when he won two Guineas races in 24 hours for the same owners and ridden by the same jockey.
  • Tue, May 05, 2015
    Legislate Late Scratching After Mishap
    Plans for multiple Equus Award winner Legislate are uncertain after he was a late scratching from his comeback race at Greyville last Saturday.
2015 April
  • Tue, Apr 28, 2015
    De Kock and Delpech Dominate Champions Day
    Wylie Hall, the heartbreak horse of the 2014 Vodacom Durban July, gained his compensation when he stormed to victory in the R2 million President’s Champions Challenge at Turffontein on Saturday.
  • Wed, Apr 22, 2015
    Futura Pleasing Ahead Of Champions Season
    L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and J&B Met winner Futura is well on track for a tilt at the Gold Challenge and Vodacom Durban July under his new trainer Justin Snaith.
  • Tue, Apr 21, 2015
    Durban July Draws 67 Entries
    Justin Snaith’s big guns Futura and Legislate head a list of 67 nominations for this year’s R3,5 million Vodacom Durban July to be run at Greyville on July 4.
  • Thu, Apr 16, 2015
    De Kock Outlines Plans For Majmu
    Outstanding filly Majmu is set to bypass her engagements on Champions Day and take the Daily News route to South Africa’s biggest race, the Durban July.
  • Thu, Apr 16, 2015
    Louis The King Up For The Challenge
    SA Derby winner Louis The King has recovered from a virus and will be among three horses trainer Geoff Woodruff plans to start in the R2-million President’s Champions Challenge at Turffontein on Saturday week.
  • Mon, Apr 13, 2015
    Majmu Simply The Best
    Champion filly Majmu had a lot to live up to and did it with contemptuous ease landing the G1 Empress Club Stakes at Turffontein on April 11.
2015 March
  • Wed, Mar 18, 2015
    Jooste Abandons Dubai Campaign
    The Dubai assault by leading South African owner Marcus Jooste is over with his team of horses failing to acclimatise to the local conditions.
  • Wed, Mar 18, 2015
    Snaith Uses Summerveld For First Time
    Champion trainer Justin Snaith is looking forward to training at Summerveld for the first time with a high class team of 20 horses to take up residence at the end of the month.
2015 February
  • Mon, Feb 02, 2015
    Futura Dominates J & B Met
    Futura landed his second successive G1 win at Kenilworth on Saturday with a comprehensive win in the prestigious J&B Met.
2015 January
  • Sat, Jan 31, 2015
    Legislate Scratched From J & B Met
    The withdrawal of Horse of the Year Legislate from the G1 J & B Met at Kenilworth on Saturday has left Cape Town’s biggest race as a showdown between Queen’s Plate winner Futura and last season's Triple Crown hero Louis The King.
  • Wed, Jan 28, 2015
    Met Birthday Celebration For Karl Neisius
    Veteran South African jockey Karl Neisius celebrates his 58th birthday on Saturday and will be a sentimental favourite to win the G1 J & B Met at Kenilworth for the first time in his career some 37 years after he had his first ride in the race.
  • Thu, Jan 22, 2015
    Legislate Accepts For J & B Met
    Horse of the Year Legislate has been declared for South Africa's prized R2.5 million J&B Met at Kenilworth on January 31.
  • Sun, Jan 11, 2015
    Legislate Flops As Futura Takes Queen's Plate
    The Brett Crawford-trained Futura won the G1 L'Ormarins Queen's Plate at Kenilworth on Saturday in a stunning result that saw South African Horse of the Year Legilsate finish last as a hot favourite.
  • Tue, Jan 06, 2015
    Legislate Faces Eight In Queen's Plate
    A small but exclusive field of nine is set to line-up in the R1 million L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate over 1600m at Kenilworth on Saturday.
2014 December
  • Mon, Dec 29, 2014
    Comeback Win For Captain Of All
    Captain Of All, having only his second run after being off the track for 13 months, completed a remarkable comeback to win the G2 Diadem Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Tue, Dec 23, 2014
    Bad Break For Anthony Delpech
    Top jockey Anthony Delpech faces a race against time to be fit to be back riding by the end of January after suffering a broken leg at Kenilworth last weekend.
  • Mon, Dec 22, 2014
    Act Of War Top Of The Class
    Trainer Joey Ramsden’s outstanding colt Act Of War reaffirmed his position as the champion three-year-old in South Africa with an impressive winning performance in the R1 million Cape Guineas at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Tue, Dec 16, 2014
    Big Names Head J &B Met Entries
    Louis The King and Legislate head a star-studded list of entries for the R2.5 million J&B Met over 2000m at Kenilworth on January 31.
  • Fri, Dec 12, 2014
    Harry's Son Flying In For Cape GuIneas
    Premiers Champion winner Harry’s Son is a definite runner in the G1 Grand Parade Cape Guineas at Kenilworth on Saturday week after his trainer Paul Lafferty made arrangements to have the colt flown to Cape Town from his Durban base.
  • Mon, Dec 01, 2014
    Louis Proves He's The King Of Turffontein
    Triple Crown champion Louis The King lived up to his name when he turned a likely defeat into a famous victory in the G1 Gauteng Summer Cup at Turffontein.
2014 November
  • Mon, Nov 17, 2014
    Legislate Set For Kenilworth Return
    Durban July winner and Equus Horse Of The Year Legislate has delighted trainer Justin Snaith with his work at Kenilworth as he prepares for his return to racing next weekend.
  • Wed, Nov 12, 2014
    Anton Marcus Sidelined By Injury
    South Africa’s leading rider Anton Marcus could be out of the saddle for 10 weeks following an injury to his thumb at Greyville on Sunday.
  • Tue, Nov 04, 2014
    Piere Strydom Poised For 5000 Wins
    Champion jockey Piere Strydom is set to ride into South African racing history, needing only six wins to reach a career tally of 5000 winners.
2014 October
  • Sun, Oct 26, 2014
    Ramsden Team In Good Form For Cape Season
    Trainer Joey Ramsden showed that he will again play a leading role in the Cape Summer Of Champions season when he produced the classy Act Of War after a 15 week break for an outstanding win in the G3 Cape Classic at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Sun, Oct 26, 2014
    Teams Announced For International Challenge
    Racing - It’s a Rush, the integrated brand which now represents South African horseracing, is the new title sponsor of next month’s prestigious International Jockeys Challenge.
  • Sun, Oct 26, 2014
    Top Horses Racing For Charity
    Leading trainers Geoff Woodruff and Alec Laird have set some of their top runners for the G2 Emperors Palace Charity Mile at Turffontein on November 1.
  • Sun, Oct 05, 2014
    Variety Club Retired To Stud
    Dual South African Horse Of The Year Variety Club has been retired and will return home to stand at Klawervlei Stud in 2015.
2014 September
  • Tue, Sep 23, 2014
    Drier Team Set For Cape Summer Season
    Trainer Dennis Drier will begin sending his team for the Cape Summer of Champions season to the Phillipi training centre base this week with hopes high that he could once again have G1 trophies to bring back to Summerveld by next February.
  • Mon, Sep 22, 2014
    Variety Club's Future In The Balance
    South African champion Variety Club’s future is still hanging in the balance even though the dual Horse of the Year has made a complete recovery from his leg problem.
  • Tue, Sep 16, 2014
    De Kock Happy With His Dubai Team
    Trainer Mike de Kock’s team destined for the 2015 International Racing Carnival in Dubai will be in quarantine in Mauritius until October 5.
  • Thu, Sep 04, 2014
    Justin Snaith Sets Sights On England
    Champion South African trainer Justin Snaith plans to have his first international runner next year when he send In The Fast Lane to England.
2014 August
  • Sun, Aug 17, 2014
    Legislate South Africa's Horse Of The Year
    Justin Snaith’s Durban July winner Legislate was named South Africa's Horse of the Year when the annual Equuas Awards were presented in Johannesburg on August 13.
2014 July
  • Thu, Jul 24, 2014
    Crawford Looking For A Big Finish
    Trainer Brett Crawford has had a good Champions Season and will be looking to end on a high with a G1 double at Greyville on Saturday.
  • Thu, Jul 24, 2014
    Haradasun Colt Favoured In Greyville Group One
    Australian-bred Haradasun colt Harry’s Son deserves a change of fortune in the G1 Premier’s Champion Stakes over 1600m at Greyville’s Super Saturday meeting this weekend.
  • Thu, Jul 24, 2014
    Hot Ticket In Demand For Gold Cup
    The Dean Kannemeyer-trained Hot Ticket is favoured to win his first Group One race in Saturday’s Gold Cup at Greyville.
  • Sat, Jul 19, 2014
    Three Big Targets For Variety Club
    South African champion Variety Club is expected to have a maximum of only three more races in the UK, America and Hong Kong before he is retired to stud.
  • Thu, Jul 17, 2014
    Justin Snaith Striving For New Record
    South Africa’s champion trainer elect Justin Snaith is within 14 wins of breaking the magical 200 win mark that he got within two of achieving last year.
  • Thu, Jul 17, 2014
    Kannemeyer Eyes Third Gold Cup Win
    Trainer Dean Kannemeyer is hoping Hot Ticket can give him his third win in Greyville’s R1.25 million Gold Cup, South Africa’s premier G1 event over 3200m.
  • Sun, Jul 13, 2014
    Fly By Night conquers the Mercury Sprint
    An outside draw and the services of Anthony Delpech was all that Fly By Night needed to record her first Gr.1 victory in the Mercury Sprint at Clairwood.
  • Sat, Jul 05, 2014
    Young Guns Clash At Greyville
    Pitching three-year-olds up against the experience of older runners can be a tough task for the younger generation, but even more so when the race is Africa’s biggest race of the season, the R3.5m Group 1 Vodacom Durban July (2200m) at Greyville on Saturday.
  • Thu, Jul 03, 2014
    Greyville Swansong For Beach Beauty?
    Beach Beauty, one of the darlings of South African racing, could be facing the final race of her career when she contests the R750,000 Garden Province Stakes at Greyville on Saturday.
  • Thu, Jul 03, 2014
    Legislate In Fine Form For Durban July
    Jockey Richard Fourie remains confident the easing favourite Legislate is the horse to beat in Saturday’s R3.5 million Vodacom Durban July at Greyville.
2014 June
  • Sat, Jun 28, 2014
    Snaith Bulllish After Durban July Draw
    Leading trainer Justin Snaith remains bullish about his Durban July prospects despite mixed barrier draw fortunes for his two contenders, the ruling favourite Legislate and outstanding filly In The Fast Lane.
  • Mon, Jun 23, 2014
    Justin Snaith Forges Clear In Title Race
    Justin Snaith has forged clear in his bid to become the first Western Cape trainer since Terrance Millard in 1990 to win South Africa’s national trainer’s championship.
  • Mon, Jun 23, 2014
    Richard Fourie Resumes
    Leading rider Richard Fourie, sidelined since bruising his neck and shoulder in a fall in the Rising Sun Gold Challenge, will return to race riding at Kenilworth on Tuesday.
  • Wed, Jun 11, 2014
    Along Came Polly Leaves For Kentucky
    Gavin van Zyl’s dual Group One winner Along Came Polly is one of 16 horses confirmed to enter quarantine this week for an overseas career in America.
  • Wed, Jun 11, 2014
    Yorker Reverts To International Campaign
    In a shock reversal of plans the Geoff Woodruff-trained Yorker has been withdrawn from the Vodacom Durban July and will revert to an immediate international campaign.
  • Mon, Jun 09, 2014
    Painful Upset In Gold Challenge
    King Of Pain landed a 40/1 upset in the G1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge at Clairwood on Saturday to earn a likely spot in next month's Vodacom Durban July.
2014 May
  • Sun, May 25, 2014
    Top Colts Square Off At Greyville
    The Daily News 2000 and Woolavington 2000 are among the best three-year-old Group One races in South Africa as they invariably bring together the cream of the Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal crops.
  • Sun, May 25, 2014
    Top Sprinters in Action at Scottsville
    Saturday saw South Arica’s best sprinters in action at Scottsville Racecourse in Pietermaritzburg, with four Grade 1 sprints on the nine race card.
  • Tue, May 13, 2014
    Capetown Noir In Doubt Durban July
    Multiple G1 winner Capetown Noir is an unlikely starter in the Vodacom Durban July and may be sent overseas for more racing instead of being retired to stud at the end of the season.
  • Mon, May 05, 2014
    Beach Beauty Eases The Pain For Dennis Drier
    The Champions Season fortunes of leading Summerveld trainer Dennis Drier took a turn for the better at Greyville on Saturday when his super mare Beach Beauty successfully defended her crown in the G2 Drill Hall Stakes.
  • Thu, May 01, 2014
    First G1 Success For Port Elizabeth Trainer
    Port Elizabeth trainer Yvette Bremner landed the first G1 win of her career at Turffontein last Saturday courtesy of her six-year-old gelding Copper Parade in the R1 million Computaform Sprint.
  • Thu, May 01, 2014
    Options Open For Triple Crown King
    Plans for Triple Crown winner Louis The King are still fluid although the Daily News 2000 and the Vodacom Durban July are being considered for the champion three-year-old according to his trainer Geoff Woodruff.
2014 April
  • Sun, Apr 27, 2014
    South Africa Hails A New King
    Louis The King - a reject as a yearling - made history at Turffontein on Saturday when he won the G1 SA Derby to become only the second horse to claim South Africa’s coveted Triple Crown for three-year-olds.
  • Wed, Apr 16, 2014
    Chestnut Runs Like A Rocket
    He’s not as talented as Horse Chestnut, the champion that swept all before him at the turn of the century, but Chestnut’s Rocket has the stamp of his sire.
  • Wed, Apr 16, 2014
    Fairytale Continues For Rio Carnival
    Charles Laird’s Australian-bred Rio Carnival would be a fairytale winner of this year’s Vodacom Durban July, a possible target for the gelding depending on how he performs in the Betting World 1900 at Greyville on May 16.
  • Wed, Apr 16, 2014
    Polly One For The Record Books
    South African filly Along Came Polly must have one of the rarest records in the book because she is now a two-time winner and both her successes have come at Grade 1 level.
  • Mon, Apr 07, 2014
    Triple Crown History Awaits Louis The King
    With the SA Derby less than three weeks away many pundits are trying to fathom whether Louis The King can become only the second horse in South African racing history to win the SASCOC Triple Crown.
2014 March
  • Mon, Mar 03, 2014
    Felix Coetzee One Of The Greats
    Legendary jockey Felix Coetzee was forced to finally announce his retirement a few weeks short of his 55th birthday after having tried every means possible to overcome the problem of wear and tear to his hips.
  • Mon, Mar 03, 2014
    Woodruff Lands Guineas Double
    Louis The King poleaxed a highly regarded field in the R1 million Gauteng Guineas at Turffontein, streaking to a 5.25 lengths victory in the first leg of the Triple Crown series for three-year-old colts and geldings.
2014 February
  • Sun, Feb 16, 2014
    Top Trainers Dominate Guineas Entries
    Trainers Alec Laird and Mike de Kock have each entered six three-year-olds for the R1 million Betting World Guineas at Turffontein on March 1.
  • Sun, Feb 09, 2014
    Plans Mapped Out For Met Winner
    A trip to Johannesburg is being considered for J&B Met hero Hill Fifty Four as part of his preparation for the Vodacom Durban July.
  • Sun, Feb 09, 2014
    Snaith Needs More Stables
    Trainer Justin Snaith has continued his domination of the South African season but bemoaned his bid to become champion trainer for the first time is being thwarted by a lack of boxes in Johannesburg.
  • Mon, Feb 03, 2014
    Another Group One For Beach Beauty
    Champion mare Beach Beauty justified her hot favouritism to add the R1 million Klawervlei Majorca Stakes to her superb record at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Mon, Feb 03, 2014
    Anton Marcus Ends His Met Drought
    Jockey Anton Marcus gave Hill Fifty Four a superb front-running ride to win the R2.5 million J&B Met at Kenilworth on Saturday for trainer Vaughan Marshall, the gelding going one better than last year when he finished second.
  • Sun, Feb 02, 2014
    Hill Fifty Four achieves J & B Met win
    Hill Fifty Four went one better than last year when winning the R2.5m Group 1 J & B Met (2000m) at Kenilworth on Saturday before a crowd of 36,500 after skilful planning by trainer Vaughan Marshall and tactical riding by Anton Marcus.
  • Sun, Feb 02, 2014
    Legislate takes Cape Derby at Kenilworth
    The Justin Snaith trained Legislate won the R1m, Group 1 Investec Cape Derby (2000m) at Kenilworth on Saturday after chasing down the runaway leader Count’s Rocket who was 12L ahead of the field with 600m to run as they began the long run up the straight.
2014 January
  • Mon, Jan 27, 2014
    Favourites Draw Wide In J & B Met
    Jackson, joint favourite for Saturday’s R2.5 million J&B Met, will have to overcome a wide gate over the 2000m trip at Kenilworth after drawing gate 14.
  • Sun, Jan 26, 2014
    Via Africa Back In Brilliant Form
    Brilliant mare Via Africa redeemed her reputation with a brilliant win in the R1 million Betting World Cape Flying Championship over 1000m at Kenilworth on Saturda
  • Sun, Jan 12, 2014
    Capetown Noir Wins Queen's Plate
    Capetown Noir enhanced his claim to being the best miler in South Africa when he won the G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate in smashing style at Kenilworth on Saturda
2013 December
  • Mon, Dec 30, 2013
    Welwitschia Wins Diomed Stakes
    Class mare Welwitschia reclaimed her place among South Africa’s best sprinters when she ran on too strongly for the opposition in the G2 Diadem Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Mon, Dec 09, 2013
    Snaith Wins Fourth Cape Filies Guineas
    Trainer Justin Snaith landed his fourth Cape Fillies Guineas win in seven years when in The Fast Lane won the G1 event on an emotional day at Kenilworth on Saturda
  • Mon, Dec 02, 2013
    China Horse Club Continues Global Expansion
    The Doug Campbell-trained sprinter King’s Bay has become the first South African-bred horse to be sold to the China Horse Club as part o their global expansio
  • Sun, Dec 01, 2013
    Summer Cup Trifecta For Geoff Woodruff
    Gauteng trainer Geoff Woodruff dominated the G1 Sansui Summer Cup at Turffontein in Johannesburg when his stablemates filled the three placings.
2013 November
  • Mon, Nov 25, 2013
    Classy Entries For Summer Cup
    Tiger’s Retreat, who scored a courageous win in the Victory Moon Stakes at Turffontein, will bid to follow up in the G1 Sansui Summer Cup at the same course on November 3
  • Mon, Nov 25, 2013
    Ice Machine Freezes Stakes Rivals
    Trainer Dean Kannemeyer and jockey Kevin Shea delivered an upset result with Ice Machine in the G2 Green Point Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday.
2013 October
  • Mon, Oct 21, 2013
    Long Road Back For Pomodoro
    Last year’s Durban July winner Pomodoro will not return to racing until at least next autumn due to a series of unfortunate events.
  • Mon, Oct 14, 2013
    Drier Sends Big Team to Cape Town
    Leading Summerveld trainer Dennis Drier has arrived in Cape Town with a team of 22 horses set for the rich summer season.
  • Mon, Oct 14, 2013
    Short Summer Season For Jackson
    Jackson, officially rated the the best horse in South Africa, is going to have a late start to his season and will not reappear until the Diadem Stakes at Kenilworth on December 28.
2013 September
  • Sun, Sep 08, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: De Kock Faces Dubai Challenge
    Mike de Kock, the most successful international trainer in the history of the Dubai World Cup Carnival, faces a huge challenge as he prepares his team for 2014.
2013 August
2013 July
  • Sun, Jul 07, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Double For Tarry
    On a day when the large crowd at Greyville racecourse observed 67 seconds of silence in tribute to a gravely ill Nelson Mandela, owner Chris van Niekerk and trainer Sean Tarry combined to record back to back victories in the Grade 1 R3.5 million Vodacom Durban July.
  • Fri, Jul 05, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA:L Last Word On The Durban July
    This last year has been kind to owner Chris van Niekerk. He invests heavily in a sport he loves and over the past 12 months his horses have won the R3.5 million Vodacom Durban July, R2 million President’s Champions Challenge and the G1 President’s Champions Stakes.
2013 June
  • Thu, Jun 27, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Surprise Omissions From Durban July Field
    There was elation and disappointment when the Vodacom Durban July final field and draw was announced at Greyville although the only real surprise was that champion trainer Mike de Kock will not have a runner.
  • Mon, Jun 17, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Big Names Withdraw From Durban July
    The Vodacom Durban July has been thrown into confusion with the early favourites Vercingetorix and Cherry On The Top both ruled out of the R3.5-million race over 2200m at Greyville on July 6.
  • Wed, Jun 12, 2013
    SOUTH BAFRICA: Mercury Rising For Via Africa
    Brilliant three-year-old filly Via Africa, winner of the G1 SA Fillies Sprint on May 25 at Scottsville, might still run in the G1 Mercury Sprint at Clairwood next month.
  • Sun, Jun 09, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Variety Club Goes Back To Back
    It may not have been a lead-up race for the Vodacom Durban July, but the R750 000, Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge over 1600m at Clairwood on Saturday, yielded a star studded field including most of the top contenders for Vodacom Durban July and of course Variety Club
  • Tue, Jun 04, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Anxious Wait With July Favourite
    Trainer Mike de Kock and jockey Anthony Delpech are waiting anxiously to hear how Saturday’s G1 Daily News 2000 winner Vercingetorix has been interpreted by the handicappers heading into the Vodacom Durban July.
  • Sun, Jun 02, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Grade 1 Double for Silvano
    After the running of the R1 500 000, Grade 1 Daily News 2000, at level weights, over 2000m at Greyville on Saturday, there are more questions than answers, with four three-year-olds crossing the line in a blanket finish.
2013 May
  • Wed, May 29, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: De Kock Trio Tackle Daily News
    Champion trainer Mike de Kock believes Saturday's G1 Daily News 2000 at Greyville is not a two-horse race between his leading entry Vercingetorix and and Derby winner Capetown Noir.
  • Sun, May 26, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Via AFrica Takes Group One
    The highlight of the Golden Horse Casino Sprint Race day at Scottsville on Saturday was the R600 000, Group 1 WFA South African Fillies Sprint over 1200m and the R750 000, Group 1 Golden Horse Sprint over 1200m
  • Fri, May 24, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Durban July Countdown Begins
    The countdown has begun for the highlight of South Africa's Champions Season, the R3.5m, Group 1 Vodacom Durban July over 2200m at Greyville, Durban, on July 6th.
2013 April
  • Mon, Apr 22, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Kannemeyer Issues July Warning
    Trainer Dean Kannemeyer has warned that Capetown Noir, likely favourite for the Vodacom Durban July, would only line up in the big race if he was reasonably handicapped.
  • Mon, Apr 22, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: New Horizons For South African Horses
    Racing South Africa believes local horses will be able to travel to many places around the world later this year although the quarantine changes may not necessarily come in time to allow Horse of the Year Variety Club to run in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita in California on November 2.
  • Sun, Apr 14, 2013
    SOUTH AFRTICA: Classy G1 Win By Thunder Dance
    Trainer Brett Crawford was expecting a return to form from last year’s Paddock Stakes winner Thunder Dance in the G1 Empress Club Stakes at Turffontein and she didn’t let him down.
  • Tue, Apr 09, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Tarry Undecided About Champions Challenge
    The Sean Tarry-trained four-year-old E-Jet fought off Glorious Jet to win the G2 Colorado King Stakes at Turffontein but is not certain to go on to the R2 million President’s Champions Challenge at the same course and distance on April 27.
2013 March
  • Fri, Mar 29, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Bass Names Swansong For What A Winter
    Trainer Mike Bass has indicated that his champion sprinter What A Winter would be retired to stud after the G1 Mercury Sprint at Clairwood on July 13 where he will attempt to win the feature for a second successive time.
  • Mon, Mar 18, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Classic Day At Turffontein
    Last start Gauteng Guineas winners Tellina and Cherry On The Top have been entered for the big races on SA Classic Day at Turffontein on March 30.
  • Mon, Mar 04, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Tellina Too Good In Gauteng Guineas
    Tellina came from the clouds to win the R1 million Gauteng Guineas over 1600m at Turffontein on Saturday, justifying the faith jockey Robbie Fradd had shown in him when picking him in preference to other mounts.
2013 February
  • Tue, Feb 19, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Durban Campaign Next For Jackson
    Jackson will attempt to put his disappointing J & B Met performance behind him in the KZN summer season but may give the Vodacom Durban July a miss despite the record prizemoney.
  • Sat, Feb 02, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Timeform Previews The J & B Met
    Many see the 2012 renewal of the G1 J&B Met at Kenilworth on Saturday as a straight out fight between just three horses, namely Jackson, Pomodoro and Beach Beauty, despite the relatively large field size of 16.
2013 January
  • Mon, Jan 28, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: What A Winter Back To His Best
    What A Winter, South Africa's highest-rated thoroughbred, reaffirmed his status with his second win in the G 1 Cape Flying Championship at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Mon, Jan 28, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: What A Winter Reclaims Cape Crown
    The master trainer Mike Bass produced multiple Group 1 winner What A Winter to claim his second R600 000, WFA Group 1 Betting World Cape Flying Championship (1000m) at Kenilworth on Saturday, the final sprinting race of the Cape Summer Season.
  • Sun, Jan 20, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Blueridge Mountain Wins Sceptre Stakes
    As expected dual Gr. 1 winner, All Is Secret and Sunshine Rock(AUS) started short favourites to win the R200 000, WFA Group 2 Graham Beck Memorial Sceptre Stakes(1200m) at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Fri, Jan 18, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Sceptre Stakes Preview
    Saturday’s highlight at Kenilworth racecourse is the WFA Group 2 Graham Beck Memorial Sceptre Stakes, run over the 1200m straight course. Held in memory of one of South Africa’s breeding giants, it is also the third leg of the Fillies and Mares’ Sprint Series.
  • Sun, Jan 13, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Variety Club Wins Queens Plate
    Variety Club, South Africa’s reigning Horse of the Year, showed that he is indeed the best miler in the country when he demolished the R 1 million, Group 1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate field in a devastating fashion, after surviving a false start.
  • Mon, Jan 07, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Hat-trick for Hill Fifty Four
    A combination of a master trainer and an ice cool jockey saw the Vaughan Marshall trained Hill Fifty Four produce a hat-trick of wins in the R300 000, Group 2 Peninsula Handicap over 1800m at Kenilworth Racecourse on Saturday.
  • Fri, Jan 04, 2013
    SOUTH AFRICA: Taipan Set For Peninsula Handicap
    The R300 000, Group 2 Peninsula Handicap over 1800m kicks off the 2013 Sizzling Summer Season at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town on Saturday. It is also the last chance for seven J & B Met hopefuls to increase their chances of being in the starting line up come the 2nd of February.
2012 December
  • Fri, Dec 28, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Preview of the Group 2 Diadem Stakes
    2012 is likely to end on a high note at the Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town on Saturday, when the reigning Sprint Champion, What A Winter, takes on a field of seven in the R300 000, Group 2 Diadem Stakes over the 1200m straight turf course.
  • Sat, Dec 22, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Premier Yearling Sale Guineas Preview
    The race of the Cape season to-date is likely to be run on Saturday at Kenilworth in Cape Town, when the cream of the three-year-old crop line up at level weights in the R 1 million, Group 1 Cape Premier Yearling Sale Guineas (1600m).
  • Tue, Dec 18, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Beach Beauty In Top Form
    Brilliant mare Beach Beauty raised the prospects of a second straight J & B Met win for the fairer sex when she gave the males a galloping lesson in Saturday’s G2 Premier Trophy at Kenilworth.
  • Mon, Dec 03, 2012
    MAURITIUS: Callow, Bowman finish 1-2 for Australia in Mauritius
    In a complete turnaround of fortunes at the second leg of the two-day Mauritius International Jockeys’ Weekend that boasted high drama, thrilling finishes and an unfortunate twist – literally - of fate for Australian jockey Hugh Bowman, Team Southern Hemisphere and fellow Australian jockey Noel Callow emerged the acclaimed winners on Sunday, with Bowman finishing runner-up.
  • Mon, Dec 03, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Top Stables Set For Guineas Rematch
    The Cape’s two top yards came close to sharing the spoils in Sunday’s G2 Selangor Cup at Kenilworth when runners from the Joey Ramsden and Dean Kannemeyer stables fought out a tense finish.
  • Sun, Dec 02, 2012
    MAURITIUS: Callow lifts Team Southern Hemisphere late
    Australia was heading towards a quiet day at the office at the first leg of the two-day Mauritius International Jockeys’ Weekend on Saturday when jockey Noel Callow came at the eleventh hour to salute in the very last race aboard the well-tried Please To Progress.
2012 November
  • Thu, Nov 29, 2012
    MAURITIUS: Draw not so kind To Aussie duo
    Team Southern Hemisphere’s Australian duo Noel Callow and Hugh Bowman have drawn moderately at the International Jockeys’ Weekend draw ceremony in Mauritius on Wednesday night, but are upbeat they can still put up a good show.
  • Wed, Nov 28, 2012
    MAURITIUS: Bowman and Callow carry Aussie flag
    Leading jockeys Hugh Bowman and Noel Callow will launch a two-pronged attack for Australia at the 2012 International Jockeys’ Weekend (IJW) in Mauritius on 1 and 2 December.
  • Tue, Nov 27, 2012
    MAURITIUS: Bowman ready for jockeys’ series in tropics
    Hugh Bowman is probably the only one of the 12 jockeys riding at the Mauritius International Jockeys’ Weekend on December 1 and 2 who did not have to sign autographs when he landed at Plaisance Airport on Sunday evening.
  • Tue, Nov 27, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Variety Club A Class Above
    Horse of the Year Variety Club gave notice that he may be the horse to beat in the G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and G1 J & B Met over the summer when he gave many of his likely rivals a caning in the G2 Green Point Stakes over 1600m at Kenilworth.
  • Mon, Nov 26, 2012
    MAURITIUS: Callow changes his mind
    Globetrotting jockey Noel Callow will finally put his Australian comeback off by a week after he made a sudden about-turn by accepting the Mauritius Turf Club’s invitation to ride at their jockeys’ series on 1 and 2 December.
  • Sat, Nov 24, 2012
    MAURITIUS: Callow comes home after ruling in Mauritius
    After spending the last three months riding overseas, international jockey Noel Callow finally gets his name back on an Australian racecard when he takes his first rides at the Cranbourne night race meeting on 1 December.
  • Thu, Nov 22, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Pace Will Be On For Horse Of The Year
    Horse of the Year Variety Club will have a pacemaker when he renews his rivalry with fellow G1 winners Jackson, Bravura, Princess Victoria and Master Plan in the G2 Green Point Stakes at Kenilworth on Saturday.
2012 October
  • Mon, Oct 29, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Bigger Plans For Taipan
    Taipan justified favouritism to give trainer Dean Kannemeyer a second successive win in the Listed Woolavington Handicap over 2400m at Kenilworth on Saturday.
  • Sat, Oct 13, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Trainers Make Matchem Choices
    Trainer Joey Ramsden is running his top three-year-old King Of Pain in the Matchem Stakes at Durbanville on Sunday but Equus Horse of the Year Variety Club is staying at home.
2012 September
  • Tue, Sep 18, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Summer Goals For Tevez
    Mike Bass landed the Listed Sophomore Sprint at Kenilworth on Saturdaywith the three-year-old colt Tevez to add to his contenders for some big summer targets.
  • Tue, Sep 04, 2012
    MAURITIUS: Ice Axe Stays Unbeaten At Champs De Mar
    Trainer Ricky Maingard and his stable jockey Gaetan Faucon combined to land the most prestigious race in Mauritius, the G1 Phoenix Maiden Cup over 2400m at Champs De Mar on September 2 with the five-year-old Ice Axe.
  • Tue, Sep 04, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Trainers Laying Big Plans
    Trainer Vaughan Marshall expects to give high class colt Black Toga his first run of the season in the Matchem Stakes at Durbanville on October 14.
2012 August
  • Thu, Aug 30, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Big Campaign Ahead For Jackson
    Cape Derby and Daily News winner Jackson has returned from a month’s holiday to Brett Crawford's Phillipi stables and is likely to have his first race of the season in a Kenilworth sprint.
  • Wed, Aug 22, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Met Target For Slumdogmillionaire
    Group One winner Slumdogmillionaire, who missed the Champions Season after having to have surgery for a bone chip on a fetlock, is back in light work with trainer Gavin Van Zyl.
  • Mon, Aug 06, 2012
    SOUTH AFRICA: Humble Marcus Wins Third Championship
    Anton Marcus has been humble in his assessment of his third South African Jockey's Championship success, snared on the final day of the season after he pegged back Gavin Lerena to land the title by a single win.


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