South Africa’s champion miler Variety Club made a meal of his nine opponents at Clairwood on Saturday when he cruised to his eighth successive win in the G1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge.

Star race mare Princess Victoria is reported raring to go in the Tibouchina Stakes over 1450m at Clairwood on Saturday following her highly satisfactory return to racing at Scottsville.

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.

Horse of the Year Variety Club gave notice that he may be the horse to beat in the G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and G1 J & B Met over the summer when he gave many of his likely rivals a caning in the G2 Green Point Stakes over 1600m at Kenilworth.

Kenilworth will host a "clash of the titans' this weekend when Equus Horse of the Year Variety Club takes on fellow champions Princess Victoria and Jackson.