Quid Pro Quo heads up Guineas entries
Jack Milner A strong entry of 28 runners have been nominated to run in the R1-million TAB Gauteng Guineas over 1600m at Turffontein on Saturday 1 February. The race constitutes the first leg of…
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Purton on the verge of breaking Whyte’s Hong Kong record
Legendary South African jockey Douglas Whyte, who won 1,813 races in Hong Kong, said there’s no better person to break his record than Australian Zac Purton. Purton needs just one win to tie Whyte’s…
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Peter to be on target at the Vaal
Jack Milner There is an eight-race card on the Vaal Classic track on Tuesday but with all the inclement weather forcing meetings to be called off, some trainers nominated their runners for a number…
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IS IT SUPERMAN OR FLASH GORDON?
Henk Steenkamp Not all heroes wear capes, some wear helmets! Jockey Denis Schwarz might consider a career move if he takes up the advice of his colleagues. Schwarz took a bad tumble while riding…
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Hombre De Guerra can claim Ayr double
Hombre De Guerra can make it back-to-back wins at Ayr on Monday in the Try Racing TV For Free Now Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase. Eight of the seven-year-old’s nine career starts have been at…
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Purton retains faith in Ka Ying Rising
Zac Purton is confident Ka Ying Rising’s sheer talent and versatility will enable the crack sprinter to overcome another challenging barrier in the HK$13 million G1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on…
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Promising bets on offer in the Cape
Cape Racing’s bumper 10-event fixture at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday consists mostly of Maiden Plate races but the weekend’s card features a host of attractive betting propositions that punters ought to take advantage of,…
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HOUSE PARTY IN STORE FOR JONBON BACKERS
By Anita Chambers Jonbon can confirm himself the king of the two-mile chasers with victory over Energumene in the BetMGM Clarence House Chase at Ascot. Nicky Henderson’s charge suffered a rare reverse in this race…
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Almond Sea to ‘swallow’ rivals, Race 3 cancelled
Jack Milner While much attention is being focused on next weekend’s World Sports Betting Cape Town Met, this is a relatively quiet weekend with regard to local feature races. However, there is one on…
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A Hodgepodge of bets at Scottsville
Hodgepodge could be one of the better bets on a competitive nine-race card at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Sunday. This well-bred daughter of Ideal World lines up in Race 6, a Class 4 Handicap for…
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