Juan Nel gets Fairview barn
JUAN Nel was allocated a barn at Fairview middle of July and is building his South African stable from scratch following a successful stint in Saudi Arabia.
The 45-year-old trainer, who...
Rabia The Rebel is all heart
IT is always quite entertaining to watch races contested by five-year-old mare Rabia The Rebel because she is just two bricks and a tickey high and looks like a toddler in a race against teenagers!
A golf day to assist Kelvin Haarhoff
RACING veteran Kelvin Haarhoff, who has run the Winner’s Bar at Turffontein and the TBA Complex for decades, is faced with hefty medical bills following illness. He needs our help!
A Charity...
No more time to waste!
MANY South African racing fans would have been shocked by Mike de Kock’s official announcement on Monday that he and son Mathew will be setting up a satellite yard in Australia. Others will argue that...
The 2019 Equus Awards nominations
THE Equus Awards voting panel submitted their final selections following the Greyville meeting on 27 July 2019.
The voting panel comprised of Matthew Lips, Alistair Cohen, Lennon Maharaj, David Thiselton and RA chairman Larry...
Mike de Kock to set up in Australia
MIKE de Kock announced on Monday that he and son Mathew de
Kock will be setting up a satellite yard at the Cranbourne Racing Centre
outside of Melbourne, Victoria.
De Kock said that his South African...
Undercover Agent will race on
AFTER discussion and consultation with trainer Brett Crawford and jockey Corne Orffer, Braam Van Huyssteen and Greg Bortz have elected to keep their brilliant racer Undercover Agent (Captain Al) in training for another season.In effect, Undercover Agent...
Seattle Skyline didn’t scrape home
SEATTLE Skyline, a strong-course tip, confirmed his good
work at home on the track when he won the R200 000 Flamingo Mile going away, on
Saturday.
The Klawervlei-bred has take a liking to the sand and...
Miller’s advice for Flamingo races
W.G.C “Cliffie” Miller is the Champion Trainer of Flamingo Park for the ninth time. Miller’s runners won 56 races in 2018/19 and the stable was the only one in Kimberley to earn over R3-million for patrons....
Champs of a great SA season!
SOUTH African racing crowned its new 2018/19 champions at the close of business on 31 July, a season in which we saw some truly phenomenal racing and many outstanding performances from equine and human racing stars....
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WITH only 10 days to go to the 2017 Investec Derby, the world's greatest race on turf, the sponsoring company's Janet Larsen tells why Investec got involved in taking over a race watched by millions around the world; the...
