#Rain In Holland

It may be more than a coincidence that both these crack 3yo's chose to challenge themselves in open company, before taking on the best of their own year. Tony Mincione writes that anyone wondering if Brett Crawford's young filly, the rated 85, was being over-faced in the Summer Bowl (a stepped handicap for Fillies and Mares which capped horses 110…

The Breeders' Cup Challenge series heads to Kenilworth racecourse in Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday with two qualifying races - one of which has a new name. With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the former Queen's Plate is reverting to its previous name of the King's Plate (G1). Its winner will have automatic entry to the Breeders' Cup Mile…

At Turffontein on Saturday Safe Passage will continue his quest to conquer the three races when he lines up in the Gr1 World Sports Betting SA Classic over 1800m on the Standside track. By the same token trainer Sean Tarry will be hoping Rain In Holland can keep her chances alive of capturing the Wilgerbosdrift Triple Tiara for fillies when his…

TAB Champions Day takes place on Saturday 30 April at Turffontein Racecourse, and the public is encouraged to attend the exciting horseracing that includes the TAB Premier's Champions Challenge and six other graded races. The day is themed around celebrating our champions of horseracing and soccer. Entrance is free, and there will be plenty of food…

Hollywoodbets-sponsored trainer Stuart Pettigrew summed the victory up quite simply, by saying'ít was a bloody good win - she had to give weight to some good 3yo's.' While it looked a confident ride visually, a relieved Diego de Gouveia admitted that he was a bit further back than he had anticipated, after the astute Warren Kennedy looked to have…

Tarry will have a strong hand in all of the Gr1's at the Festival Of Speed meeting on June 4. David Thisleton writes on www.goldcircle.co.za that the former multiple national champion trainer believes his best value runner at the Festival Of Speed meeting will be his VAR entire Eden Roc. This five-year-old has not made the frame in four starts this…

4Racing is pleased to announce Betway as the headline sponsor of the 2022 Betway Summer Cup, which will be held at Turffontein Racecourse on November 26. Johannesburg's flagship race will have the theme of The Golden Summer. Betway's sponsorship will see the stakes for the Grade 1 Betway Summer Cup increase this year to R2.5m. The Betway Summer Cup…

One person who won't need much "charity" on Charity Mile Day at Turffontein Racecourse on Saturday is jockey Keagan de Melo. South Africa's new star of the saddle is able to rely purely on his burgeoning talent and fabulous run of form to get himself - and the punters - into the money. In just the past five days, De Melo, 28, has ridden nine…

Rain In Holland won the Grade 2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Oaks at Turffontein on Saturday and in doing so became the fifth Triple Tiara champion. The Sean Tarry-trained filly was pushed all the way to the line by Light Of The Moon but in the end class prevailed, as did Rain In Holland, ridden once again by Richard Fourie. Going off at 9-20, the daughter of…

Some of South Africa's elite thoroughbred champions were among the 48 horses nominated to run in the R2-million Summer Cup when first entries closed on Wednesday. The Grade 1 race over 2000m is scheduled to be run on the Turffontein Standside track on Saturday 26 November. World famous trainer Mike de Kock has entered six runners, including…

We have five feature races at Turffontein on Saturday and the meeting is headlined by the Grade 1 World Sports Betting SA Derby over 2450m and the Grade1 Wilgerbosdrift HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes over 1600m. These two phenomenal races are backed up by the Grade 2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Oaks as well as the Grade 3 Man O' War Sprint and the…

The ante-post betting market for this year's Durban July is risk-averse, as they say in the financial pages. Jittery might be a better word, or perhaps poep -scared. Only one horse is quoted in single figures on the bookmakers' boards and remarkable value is for the taking among the 50-plus entries still in the race. The current favourite, at 8-1,…

Rain In Holland has been priced up at 1-3 to win Saturday's Wilgerbosdrift SA Oaks and capture the final leg of the Wilgerbosdrift Triple Tiara. The Grade 2 race over 2450m will be run on the Turffontein Standside track, along with the Grade 1 World Sports Betting SA Derby over the same distance and the Grade 1 Wilgerbosdrift HF Oppenheimer Horse…

The ante-post betting ahead of the Grade 1 Hollywoodbets Durban July to be contested at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday, 2 July has seen some significant changes following the scratching of two favourites. The 2200m contest, billed as Africa's greatest horseracing event, has taken on a new dimension of intrigue with the news earlier this year…