Kassaya to take Queensferry crown
Kassaya is regally-bred and can bag a valuable Listed success in the Queensferry Stakes at Chester on Sunday. Andrew Balding’s filly is a half-sister to the 2000 Guineas winner Chaldean and also races in…
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Greeff gets ready to reset the clock
Jack Milner Trainer Alan Greeff comes off the most successful season of his career which saw him land second spot on the national trainers’ log. Considering that event is calculated on stake money, it…
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GREEFF CAN SCORE FIRST
Henk Steenkamp The competitive looking handicap over 1200m should be the highlight of the first East Cape meeting of the season. The action in the new season starts on Monday with eight races on…
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OFF THE RECORD #84
Top mares lined up for key matings in new breeding season There is a buzz in the air for the 2025 thoroughbred breeding season. Across South Africa, breeders are getting their best mares ready…
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HAMMER CAN FLATTEN STEWARDS’ CUP RIVALS
By Nick Grant, PA Hammer The Hammer is undoubtedly a Group-class sprinter in the making and can land the Coral Stewards’ Cup at Goodwood before progressing upwards. Kevin Ryan’s three-year-old only ran twice last…
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Expect a pearl of a race in KZN
Jack Milner Trainers Mike and Mathew de Kock might be regretting that Piere Strydom has decided to quit just three days before White Pearl takes to the track in another feature race. The five-year-old…
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TAB WEEKEND RACING HIGHLIGHTS: 1 – 3 August
AUGUST KICKS OFF WITH AN ACTION-PACKED WEEKEND It’s a new month and a bumper weekend of racing locally and abroad. The action kicks off this Friday with a day-into-night, 10-race fixture on the Polytrack…
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Pinnacle test for The Equator
Jack Milner While there are no features on offer at Turffontein on Saturday, there are some decent races on the nine-race card. One of the best comes up in Race 6, a Pinnacle Stakes…
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Opera to hit the heights at Goodwood
Charlie Appleby’s patient approach with Opera Ballo can pay dividends in the Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes on Friday at Goodwood. The son of Ghaiyyath made quite a splash in winning his first two starts on…
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ELDIN WEBBER – CHAMPION LOCAL JOCKEY (E-CAPE)
Henk Steenkamp For the last two months of the 2024/’25 season the injured Eldin Webber could only watch from the side lines, but it didn’t stop him becoming the Champion Local Jockey…
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