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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Give it a Whirl at Goodwood
Whirl can make full use of her weight-for-age advantage to win the Qatar Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on Thursday. The three-year-old fillies receive 9lb from their elders in this 2000m event and over the…
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De Kock runner to get another chance
Jack Milner Night racing on a Friday at Hollywoodbets Greyville has always been well attended and perhaps it is ideal that the first meeting of the new racing season kicks off with a day/night…
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Gray’s coupling ushers in a changing era
Jack Milner Perhaps an interesting factor in Race 8 at the Vaal on Thursday that best epitomises the last race meeting of the 2024/25 season. It features two horses trained by St John Gray,…
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Field of dreams on the cards at Goodwood
Field Of Gold will be a skinny price in the Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes but it is hard to side against him at Goodwood on Wednesday. John and Thady Gosden’s grey has certainly established…
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Woodruff looks so hot Scottsville
Jack Milner After a slowish start to her training career, Lucinda Woodruff has started to make her mark. In closing two days of the season, Woodruff has sent out 197 runners for 28 winners…
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