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 SOUTH AFRICA: Cherry On The Top New July Favourite 23/05/2013
 Cherry On The Top has been promoted to favouritism for the Vodacom Durban July after the Triple Tiara winning three-year-old was supplemented to the premier G1 event.SOUTH AFRICA: Heavy Metal Progressing Towards July 23/05/2013
Durban July entry Heavy Metal continued his good form for big race jockey S'manga Khumalo with a confident victory at Turffontein last weekend. SOUTH AFRICA: Kannemeyer Issues July Warning 22/04/2013
Trainer Dean Kannemeyer has warned that Capetown Noir, likely favourite for the Vodacom Durban July, would only line up in the big race if he was reasonably handicapped.
SOUTH AFRICA: New Horizons For South African Horses 22/04/2013
Racing South Africa believes local horses will be able to travel to many places around the world later this year although the quarantine changes may not necessarily come in time to allow Horse of the Year Variety Club to run in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita in California on November 2.SOUTH AFRICA: Dynamic Joins Sidelined Stars 22/04/2013
Cape Derby second Dynamic will miss the Champions Season in Durban after he was injured in a workout at Clairwood and will return to Cape Town.SOUTH AFRICA: Capetown Noir Too Classy At Scottsville 14/04/2013
Star three-year-old Capetown Noir warmed up for his winter campaign with a comfortable victory in the G3 Byerley Turk over 1400m at Scottsville on Saturday.
SOUTH AFRTICA: Classy G1 Win By Thunder Dance 14/04/2013
Trainer Brett Crawford was expecting a return to form from last year’s Paddock Stakes winner Thunder Dance in the G1 Empress Club Stakes at Turffontein and she didn’t let him down.SOUTH AFRICA: Brilliant Farewell By What A Winter 9/04/2013
Champion sprinter What A Winter made his Cape farewell in great style with a scintillating 13th victory at Kenilworth on Saturday.SOUTH AFRICA: Jackson May Get A Second Chance 9/04/2013
 Brett Crawford's star Jackson may attempt to make amends for last year’s Vodacom Durban July flop after all.SOUTH AFRICA: Tarry Undecided About Champions Challenge 9/04/2013
The Sean Tarry-trained four-year-old E-Jet fought off Glorious Jet to win the G2 Colorado King Stakes at Turffontein but is not certain to go on to the R2 million President’s Champions Challenge at the same course and distance on April 27.
SOUTH AFRICA: Classic Day At Turffontein 29/03/2013
South African racing will be absorbed with Triple Crown and Triple Tiara fever on Classic Day at Turffontein this weekend.SOUTH AFRICA: Big Season Ahead For Princess Victoria 29/03/2013
Champion filly Princess Victoria has arrived in KwaZulu-Natal for the Champions Season where she will be out to defend her KZN Horse Of The Year title.
SOUTH AFRICA: Bass Names Swansong For What A Winter 29/03/2013
 Trainer Mike Bass has indicated that his champion sprinter What A Winter would be retired to stud after the G1 Mercury Sprint at Clairwood on July 13 where he will attempt to win the feature for a second successive time.
SOUTH AFRICA: Classic Day At Turffontein 18/03/2013
Last start Gauteng Guineas winners Tellina and Cherry On The Top have been entered for the big races on SA Classic Day at Turffontein on March 30.SOUTH AFRICA: Tellina Too Good In Gauteng Guineas 4/03/2013
Tellina came from the clouds to win the R1 million Gauteng Guineas over 1600m at Turffontein on Saturday, justifying the faith jockey Robbie Fradd had shown in him when picking him in preference to other mounts.SOUTH AFRICA: Kotzen Makes Durban Plans For Top Filly 25/02/2013
Trainer Glen Kotzen has mapped out a suitably ambitious campaign for high class filly Jet Aglow in a bid to end her sequence of G1 placings.
SOUTH AFRICA: Durban Campaign Next For Jackson 19/02/2013
Jackson will attempt to put his disappointing J & B Met performance behind him in the KZN summer season but may give the Vodacom Durban July a miss despite the record prizemoney.SOUTH AFRICA: Piere Strydom Reaches 4700 Winners 19/02/2013
Champion jockey Piere Strydom reached a notable milestone riding the 4700th winner of his career at Turffontein on February 16.
SOUTH AFRICA: Run For It Gelded After Met Failure 19/02/2013
Group One star Run For It has been gelded following his disastrous last in last month's J&B Met at Kenilworth.SOUTH AFRICA: Martial Eagle Flies To Met Upset 3/02/2013
The favourite Jackson never struck a blow as outsider Martial Eagle scored a hard-fought victory in the R2.5-million J&B Met over 2000m at Kenilworth on Saturday.SOUTH AFRICA: Timeform Previews The J & B Met 2/02/2013
Many see the 2012 renewal of the G1 J&B Met at Kenilworth on Saturday as a straight out fight between just three horses, namely Jackson, Pomodoro and Beach Beauty, despite the relatively large field size of 16.
SOUTH AFRICA: What A Winter Reclaims Cape Crown 28/01/2013
 The master trainer Mike Bass produced multiple Group 1 winner What A Winter to claim his second R600 000, WFA Group 1 Betting World Cape Flying Championship (1000m) at Kenilworth on Saturday, the final sprinting race of the Cape Summer Season.
SOUTH AFRICA: What A Winter Back To His Best 28/01/2013
What A Winter, South Africa's highest-rated thoroughbred, reaffirmed his status with his second win in the G 1 Cape Flying Championship at Kenilworth on Saturday.SOUTH AFRICA: J & B Met WIde Open After Barrier Draw 28/01/2013
The barrier draw for the R2.5 million J&B Met at Kenilworth on February 2 has thrown the G1 race wide open.
SOUTH AFRICA: Preview of the Group 1 Cape Flying Championships 25/01/2013
 Saturday, an exciting season of speed culminates in the Group 1 Cape Flying Championships at Kenilworth over a 1000m. SOUTH AFRICA: Blueridge Mountain Wins Sceptre Stakes 20/01/2013
As expected dual Gr. 1 winner, All Is Secret and Sunshine Rock(AUS) started short favourites to win the R200 000, WFA Group 2 Graham Beck Memorial Sceptre Stakes(1200m) at Kenilworth on Saturday.SOUTH AFRICA: Sceptre Stakes Preview 18/01/2013
Saturday’s highlight at Kenilworth racecourse is the WFA Group 2 Graham Beck Memorial Sceptre Stakes, run over the 1200m straight course. Held in memory of one of South Africa’s breeding giants, it is also the third leg of the Fillies and Mares’ Sprint Series.
SOUTH AFRICA: Variety Club Wins Queens Plate 13/01/2013
 Variety Club, South Africa’s reigning Horse of the Year, showed that he is indeed the best miler in the country when he demolished the R 1 million, Group 1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate field in a devastating fashion, after surviving a false start.
SOUTH AFRICA: L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Day Preview 11/01/2013
Kenilworth Racecourse is the venue for the 152nd renewal of South Africa’s premier mile race, the weight for age, R1 million, Group 1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate on Saturday.SOUTH AFRICA: Hat-trick for Hill Fifty Four 7/01/2013
A combination of a master trainer and an ice cool jockey saw the Vaughan Marshall trained Hill Fifty Four produce a hat-trick of wins in the R300 000, Group 2 Peninsula Handicap over 1800m at Kenilworth Racecourse on Saturday.
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