Turf Talk

BARAHIN was an impressive winner of the Gr3 Jubilee Handicap at Turffontein Saturday, securing his Vodacom Durban July spot on a red-letter day for Mike de Kock, who won three other races at the meeting. That Barahin was described as...

TRAINER Andre Nel has always focused on targets instead of over-racing his runners and five-year-old Kampala Campari (15-1) posted a Graded success as his sixth win from 19 starts came along in Saturday’s Gr3 Cup Trial over 1800m at...

TURFFONTEIN stages an excellent Sunday meeting featuring a few Durban July hopefuls in the Gr3 Jubilee Handicap. ANDREW BON is back from the UK and filed his regular compilation, this one featuring interviews with Sean Tarry, Mathew de Kock...

OWNER Nic Jonsson used the word ‘incredible’ several times after his part-owned powerhouse Do It Again won the Gr1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge over 1600m at Greyville on Saturday, and he had every right to do so. Northfields-bred Do It...

STAR jockey Ryan Moore will be riding six runners for top stables at Newmarket today and he writes about them in his Betfair column. The meeting will be covered by Tellytrack and betting is available on all platforms. Moore's guides...

OUR headline image shows the heart-stopping finish to last year’s Green Point Stakes at Kenilworth in which Rainbow Bridge, Do It Again and Undercover Agent all finished within bobbing heads of each other and the winner, Legal Eagle. All but...

THE breeding community of the Eastern Cape has been given a boost with the announcement that the established, successful Varsfontein stallion Judpot will be moving from the Western Cape to the Birch Brothers’ Vogel Vlei Stud in Dordrecht for...

CHAMPION jockey Lyle Hewitson has been granted a part-season Jockey Club licence to ride in Hong Kong for the 2019/20 racing season. The Hong Kong season commences on 15 July 2019 and expires on 20 February 2019, both dates inclusive. In...

THE Grade 1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge defending champion Undercover Agent (photo) has been doing very well at Summerveld and the Brett Crawford yard make him the one to beat on Saturday, despite it being one of the strongest...

DO It Again tops the 2019 Vodacom Durban July log ahead of his rival Rainbow Bridge, with up-and-coming Hawwaam third on the list ahead of Return Flight and Head Honcho. Here are hew first 20 (and next 12) as things...