#SA Champion

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…

Approaching his seventieth birthday this year, and having suffered the ravages of various cancers over the past few years, internationally successful businessman and racehorse breeder Hassen Adams is considerably greyer and casts a slighter figure these days than the robustly charismatic owner with the mop of black hair that led Gerrit Schlechter…

Under leaden grey skies at Turffontein on Saturday the two top conditioners appropriately fought out the 2022 renewal of the second leg of the WSB SA Triple Crown, with Joey Soma's longshot Red Saxon getting the better of the De Kock favourite Safe Passage in the last few strides to take the honours in the R1,5 million WSB Gr1 SA Classic. While few…

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 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…

The head numbing announcement of the departure of newly-crowned SA Champion trainer Paul Peter earlier had more folk speculating on some wild rumours rather than concentrating on the racing. The National Horseracing Authority announcement, while clearly confined by legal constraints, confirming Peter handing in his licence was a classical trigger…

SA Champion trainer Paul Peter could have a massive say in both the Spring Spree Stakes and The Lady's Stakes over 1200m. Peter saddles Gr2 Post Merchants winner Val D'Orcia in the Spring Spree and is expecting a massive run from his charge. "He's a smart horse with a good draw," said Peter, who added punters should ignore Val D'Orcia's last run in…