It is exactly 30 years since Mike Stewart took the four-year-old colt Fire Arch up to Johannesburg on the last Friday in March with the aim of running him in the Gr 1 Premier’s Cup at Gosforth Park the next day. That never happened – bad weather forced the postponement of the meeting by a […]
The 11th in our popular series of the most eye-catching ride by a Cape-based jockey each month. We ask former World Sports Betting Cape Met-winning rider and renowned jockey MJ Byleveld, now a member of Cape Racing’s on-course commentary team, for his verdict. Ride Of The Month (April): Andrew Fortune – English Mistress Despite there […]
When All The Rage stepped out on his debut in mid-April he immediately lived up to his name. Foaled at Jan Mantel’s Millstream Farm, just outside Robertson, he arrived unnamed at the 2024 BSA National Yearling Sale, a striking son of Rafeef out of Gilded Minaret. Marsh Shirtliff, one of the country’s leading owners over […]
Cape Racing affiliated syndicates largely had a successful month with a winner through the Woodruff Racing Syndicate plus a number of places which keeps the bank balance healthy. Let’s go further into the action. ISCHYRO took the honours in race 4 at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on 28 April. It was a taking win considering he had […]
It’s accurate to say that Jody van Heerden’s racing destiny is written in the stars, as this passionate owner has brought an element of the cosmos not only into his ownership journey, but also the way he lives his life. Van Heerden has enjoyed 17 winners in his career, three of them in his own […]
It was a truncated April, with four race meetings held at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth. However, despite the limited action, there was a lot of quality on display in a month that we also saw two juveniles win against older horses. Headline-grabber of the month was Andrew Fortune, who had his first winners in the region this […]
The 10th in our popular series of the most eye-catching ride by a Cape-based jockey each month. We ask former World Sports Betting Cape Met-winning rider and renowned jockey MJ Byleveld, now a member of Cape Racing’s on-course commentary team, for his verdict. Ride Of The Month (March): Richard Fourie – Okavango Racing returned to […]
The racing bug had bitten Ashwin Reynolds years before, but it was when he was talking to his friend, and established racehorse owner Rick Achmat, that he decided to take the plunge and join the owners’ ranks himself. Reynolds is a man of the people, a straight-talking, passionate product of the Cape Flats and he’s […]
Following February’s seasonal peak where there were seven race meetings held at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, resulting in 62 races, there were five meetings held in March, with 39 races staged. This included four meetings at Hollywoodbets Durbanville. A highlight of the month was the Cape Racing Sales March Yearling Sales, which was a resounding success. The […]
Ricky Maingard is closing in on 50 years as an owner-trainer, which in itself is an extraordinary testimony to his longevity in what is one of the toughest sporting professions to be found anywhere. If there was indeed a T-shirt handed out to those who have “been there and done that”, the Mauritius-born horseman would […]
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