Ruling South African champion jockey Gavin Lerena leaves for a two-month contract in Hong Kong just after midday on Sunday and will miss the Highveld Autumn Feature Season – his favourite time of year. “I had quite a few good...

The South African Jockeys Academy (SAJA) budgets for expenditure per annum of R13,174,063 per year. Its Headmaster Graham Bailey has responded to the mumblings about the perceived unfairness pertaining to apprentice Heavelon van der Hoven having to pay a large...

Liquid Mercury, a graduate of the 2013 Cape Premier Yearling Sale, raced to a commanding win in Thursday night’s $US175,000 Gulf News Handicap over 2435m on turf at Meydan under jockey Christophe Soumillon. The big grey by Trippi from Skip...

Investec Dingaans and Grand Parade Cape Guineas winner Noah From Goa will likely never race in South Africa again. One of Mike de Kock’s chief owners Sheik Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum has bought a 50% share in him and...

Trainer Mike de Kock had a message for Mubtaahij’s supporters after the colt had failed to make the frame in Thursday night’s Gr3 Firebreak Stakes over 1600m on dirt at Meydan in Dubai: “All I can say is, please relax...

A number of Cape bred thoroughbreds have been entered for the Gr1 Dubai World Cup, No fewer than 7 thoroughbreds bred in the Cape have been entered for the world’s richest horse-race, which has grown into one of the world’s...

After a few introductory remarks in her opening address at the opening ceremony of the Asian Racing Conference Jan. 25 at the National Sports Club of India in Mumbai, Princess Zahra Aga Khan provided some in-depth thoughts on Thoroughbred breeding...

Smart Call hammered a top field to win the Gr1 J&B Met over 2000m at Kenilworth on Saturday. Trainer Alec Laird has long rated Smart Call, a daughter of Ideal World and a grand-daughter of the great Horse Chestnut, very...

Snaith Racing enjoyed an unbelievable J&B Met Day 2016 on Saturday - eight wins in 12 races – including the first six in a row! Trainer Justin Snaith’s elation at his phenomenal achievement was tempered just a little by not...

On a lazy Sunday back in March, 2014, trainer Glen Puller found a young horse he’d really liked among the roughly 290 lots on offer at the CTS March Yearling Sale held at Durbanville. Lot 220, Illuminator, a bay colt...