#Richard Fourie

The first Group 1 event of the year gets underway this Saturday as the running of this year's L'Ormarins King's Plate takes place at Kenilworth racecourse. Race 3 - Rascova Rascova offers great value in Race 3 on the card at Kenilworth. The 2-year-old filly was an impressive winner on debut over this course and distance at hefty odds. The form line…

Hollywoodbets have priced up Tarry's Duke Of Marmalade filly at 3-10 in the Gr2 SA Oaks antepost market. After fluent wins in the first two legs, Richard Fourie will be looking to guide the Drakenstein flagbearer to victory as she tries the 2450m for the first time. In the World Sports Betting Gr1 SA Derby, Mike de Kock's Safe Passage has been…

Trainer Roy Magner saddles Melech in Race 2 and he is the best bet on the card. He produced a promising debut effort over this course and distance. He showed good pace, understandably raced green but the manner in which he stayed on at the finish was encouraging. The son of William Longsword would have gained from the experience and with the…

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…

On a memorable day, South Africa's leading first season sire of 2020/21, Rafeef not only produced a Gr1 winner over 2450m, his sons filled the exacta in a Gr31100m contest to demonstrate his versatility and exciting ability. Going off at 4-1, Rafeef's son Aragosta (4-1) benefitted from another superbly judged ride by the rampant Richard Fourie to…

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…

In a thrilling finish to a final Met prep for many of Saturday's contestants, Fourie rode a peach of as he switched his mount to the inside and won with a good few cracks of the whip, but easing up in the final strides. Hoedspruit powered home at 5-1 to beat Super Silvano (16-1) by a half length in a time of 109,09 secs. Recent Peninsula Handicap…

The R150000 Listed Hollywoodbets Settlers Trophy ended well enough for most punters with the tote favourite winning it to save those that included the fancied Baratheon who kicked the back gates of the starting stalls and caught his leg in the back gates, before being withdrawn. It was a terrific day on the racing and social front, with the feature…

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…

There could be a sense of déjà vu at Greyville on Saturday. Nebraas and Jet Dark are poised to repeat memorable victories of 2021 - in the Gold Cup and Champions Cup respectively. These are just two of a host of important races on the card of the super fixture that rounds off the season. Nebraas is the reigning king of stayers and is heavily…

The return clash of Hollywoodbets Durban July 2021 top two, Kommetdieding and Linebacker, is just one of the many exciting sub-plots in what looks to be a vintage renewal of what is the most sought-after racing prize in South African racing. Former SA champion Gavin Lerena will again be aboard Kommetdieding, while Cape Town's favourite son Grant…