Lerena a Key Worker at Turffontein
Jack Milner Gavin Lerena started off the new season with a brace at the Vaal yesterday and can continue the good streak at Turffontein on Saturday, when they race on the Standside track. Once…
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Free Wind hoping to breeze to Lillie Langtry success
Free Wind can right last year’s wrong in the Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes at Goodwood on Saturday. John and Thady Gosden’s mare is the highest-rated runner in the field with an official mark of 114 and…
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WEEKEND SOCCER HIGHLIGHTS: 2 – 4 August
FASCINATING FRIENDLIES AND FIVE CASH-BOOSTED POOLS The 2024-25 soccer season is gathering momentum – top leagues in Belgium and Switzerland have already kicked off and we are only a fortnight away from the…
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WEEKEND RACING HIGHLIGHTS: 2 – 4 August
INTERESTING LISTED EVENTS ON LOCAL BILL OF FARE With the start of the 2024/25 season on 1 August, South African racing takes a bit of a breather with no major features for a while.…
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Tres Chic looks the value in the Cape
With all the rain over the Western Cape the province has seen little racing over the past month, so after all the delays and rejigged calendar racing fans, and the organisers, will be delighted…
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Raiders to climb the mountain at Fairview
Jack Milner With all the rain in the Western Cape, Candice Bass-Robinson has opted for a safety net and is carded to run five horses at Fairview on Friday. They clearly mean business as…
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Opera Singer can return to winning ways
Opera Singer should hit the right note in Thursday’s feature race at Glorious Goodwood with victory in the Qatar Nassau Stakes. Aidan O’Brien’s three-year-old star completed her juvenile campaign in style by storming to a five-length…
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EC PADDOCK STAKES
Henk Steenkamp The R150 000 Paddock Stakes (race 6), over 1600m, is the first of two listed features at Fairview this Friday. Greeff saddles four runners in the Paddock Stakes, with Luna Halo the…
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EC MEMORIAL MILE
Henk Steenkamp The new East Cape champion stable of trainer Alan Greeff will be tested by the Cape Town raiders in two feature races at the Fairview Turf track on Friday. the R150 000…
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Australian Ace Asfoora worth following at Goodwood
Asfoora can add to her Royal Ascot victory with more glory in the King George Qatar Stakes at Goodwood on Friday. The Australian raider has spent the summer in the United Kingdom based at the Newmarket…
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