Stats Tell January’s Story

January was the peak of the Cape Racing season and with it came a slew of Grade 1 races, including the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met. In total there were 49 races held over five race meetings at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth. Winners came from 22 different sires representing 28 stud farms. 

Well over 100 different owners experienced the winning feeling, if you included the winning syndicates where trainers Candice Bass Robinson, Piet Botha and Dean Kannemeyer’s racing syndicates had success, along with The Social Squad Syndicate and Yuppie Syndicate, both of which have introduced new faces into the ownership ranks.

The three constants through December and January were the most successful trainer (Justin Snaith), breeders Drakenstein Stud and the sire Vercingetorix, who topped the charts of their respective categories for both months. The competitive nature of racing is shown in the fact that there were 19 different jockeys to win across the 49 races.

The list of “Top 5’s” category wins for January is:

17  Trainers 

19  Jockeys

22  Sires

28  Breeders

87  Owners

JOCKEYS

8 Richard Fourie

5 JP van der Merwe

5 Aldo Domeyer

5 Gavin Lerena

5 Craig Zackey

BREEDERS

10 Drakenstein Stud (Nom: Mrs GA Rupert)

9 Varsfontein Stud (Nom: Mr JS Kalmanson)

3 Maine Chance Farms (Pty) Ltd

2 Cheveley Stud

2 Hemel ’N Aarde

2 Klawervlei Stud

2 Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein

SIRES

7 Vercingetorix

6 Master Of My Fate

6 Gimmethegreenlight

4 Querari

3 Captain Of All

3 Lancaster Bomber

3 What A Winter

OWNERS

5 Drakenstein Stud (Nom: Mrs GA Rupert)

4 N Jonsson

3 JI Bloch

3 Greg Bortz & Gina Goldsmith

3 DD MacLean

3 Mrs S Plattner

TRAINERS

13 Justin Snaith

5 Candice Bass-Robinson

3 Dean Kannemeyer

3 Vaughan Marshall

3 Andre Nel

3 Lucinda Woodruff