Hollywoodbets Durban July 1st Declarations
A cloudburst or two may have dampened things at Hollywoodbets Greyville but the scintillating win of Charles Dickens last Saturday is fresh in the mind, and many will have noticed that in the 1st…
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Highveld Feature Season Awards nominees
The 2023 Highveld Feature Season Awards will be held at The Venue, Melrose Arch on Saturday 20 May 2023. The event is hosted by the Racehorse Owners Association to honour and celebrate the achievements…
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Confirmed case of African Horse Sickness at Vaal
A positive case of African Horse Sickness (AHS) has been confirmed, after Laboratory analysis, in the Vaal Training Centre. Trainers are advised to exercise strict midge vector control during this period. The movement of…
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Numbers point to Fibonacci
Jack Milner Leonardo Bonacci, more famously just known as Fibonacci, was an Italian mathematician, considered to be the most talented Western mathematician of the Middle Ages. Fibonacci popularised the Indo–Arabic numeral system in the…
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Great Canadian sunrise for Munger
South African jockey Ryan Munger could not have had a better start to his new career in Canada with a victory in his first ride at Woodbine Racecourse in Toronto on Saturday. It was…
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Another 2000 Guineas for Frankie
Just as Coronation day was threatening to end up a damp squib on the Rowley Mile, Frankie Dettori came riding to the rescue as Chaldean powered through rain-softened ground to win the Qipco 2000…
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Whyte prays for rain at Sha Tin
Wary of light-weight threats, Douglas Whyte hopes forecast rain can tilt the scales in Russian Emperor’s favour when the reigning Hong Kong Champion Stayer tackles the Grade 3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap (2400m)…
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Big day for Candice and Aldo at Greyville
Jack Milner The curtain officially goes up on the 2023 KwaZulu-Natal Champion Season with the running of the Independent On Saturday Drill Hall Stakes over 1400m at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday. That will be…
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Shangani to strike Gold at Turffontein
Jack Milner The rescheduled Grade 3 World Sports Betting Gold Bowl has been added to Sunday’s card at Turffontein where they will race on the Standside track. The marathon event over 3200m formed Race…
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O’Brien holds key to Qipco 2000 Guineas
The 2000 Guineas Stakes was first run on 18 April 1809, and it preceded the introduction of a version for fillies only, the 1000 Guineas Stakes, by five years. By the mid-1860s, the 2000…
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