Met poser for Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens established on Saturday when winning the Grade 1 L’Ormarins King’s Plate he has no peer in the country over 1600m. But in doing so his emphatic victory has thrown the proverbial...
View ArticleTop talent in action ahead of Triple Crown and Tiara races
We are less than three weeks away from the start of this year’s World Sports Betting Triple Crown and the Wilgerbosdrift Triple Tiara and many of the contenders are beginning to warm up for the...
View ArticleRacing tip: Follow Richard Fourie in the Cape
In search of his first jockeys’ championship title, jockey Richard Fourie opted to split with trainer Justin Snaith and go solo, a move that could go either way. While he still rides for Snaith he now...
View ArticleMuzi and Striker go head-to-head as top racing returns to Turffontein Inside...
Racing returns to the Inside track at Turffontein on Thursday, and this does look like a “punters’ card”. So often when the time has been taken to rest the track and do all the necessary “gardening”...
View ArticleAlmond Sea looks a tough nut to crack at Vaal
Bettors will have to take short prices but a TAB double or All To Come bet on Races 1 and 2 at the Vaal on Tuesday when they race on the Classic track, is expected to yield a profit. Both runners have...
View ArticleGo solo at Turffontein
Both Mid Winter Wind and Dhow Solo have been costly to follow but on Thursday at Turffontein they could both finally get it right. Dhow Solo, trained by Tony Peter, will be in action first up in Race...
View ArticleThe summit for Sandringham
What makes the first leg of the Grade 2 TAB Gauteng Guineas so exciting is that all 11 runners have a shot at winning the SA Triple Crown. The Guineas over 1600m at Turffontein on Saturday opens one...
View ArticleDe Kock-trained fillies to dominate Guineas
There is a feeling among many pundits right now that the three-year-old fillies are far better than the colts this season. We have already seen Beach Bomb come away with two Grade 1 victories, one of...
View ArticleRacing tip: No secret Gavin Smith, Alan Greeff will have Fairview wins
Pundits often claim there is no such thing as a racing certainty, but these days one can be assured the chances of either Gavin Smith or Alan Greeff, and inevitably both, coming away from a Fairview...
View ArticleRacing tip: Pistol Pete to hit the target
Years ago, in another life, I travelled the world following the international tennis tour and I have to admit that Pete Sampras was my favourite men’s player in those years. He introduced an elegance...
View ArticleSmith in Cruise Control
As is so often the case, trainer Gavin Smith has a full array of runners at Fairview on Tuesday when they race on the Polytrack. As is the norm for the current local champion trainer, he has 16...
View ArticleRivals to be Green With Envy
There has been a view expressed by a number of pundits that the leading three-year-old fillies are better than the top colts. It is difficult to make comparisons but while the likes of Gimme A Nother...
View ArticleBig payday up for grabs as stars rise in Classic Day at Turffontein
Winston Churchill once said there is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. It is Classic Day on Saturday at Turffontein and as we observe these wonderful beasts...
View ArticleEmotions rule on Classic Day
Classic Day at Turffontein on Saturday had all the makings of a splendid racing occasion, and it lived up to those expectations. It had everything – excitement, tears of joy, tears of disappointment,...
View Article3-year-olds on display at Turffontein
We are heading towards Champions Day on 6 April where four Grade 1 races and a host of Grade 2 events will be run, including the TAB SA Derby and Wilgerbosdrift SA Oaks for fillies, both over 2450m....
View ArticleEsther to trouble the colts
Esther is one of those runners who is equally at home on both turf and Polytrack which will stand her in good stead at Fairview on Tuesday. After three consecutive runs on the turf, in which she...
View ArticleMuzi Yeni rates Greaterix
Those of you who read Muzi Yeni’s column every Saturday morning in Racing Express Update will be aware about the comments he made regarding the debut performance of Greaterix on Classic Day at...
View ArticleIt’s Tony in One Fell Swoop
The Grade 3 Betway Sycamore Sprint for fillies and mares over 1160m tops the card at Turffontein on Saturday and it looks an interesting contest. Probably the best performed runner is Mrs Browning....
View ArticleConditions favour Barbaresco at the Vaal
Barbaresco takes a massive drop in class at the Vaal on Tuesday and looks hard to oppose in Race 6, a Graduation Plate over 1400m up the Vaal straight. Other than his last race, the Johan Janse van...
View ArticleRacing tips: Golden bet for bettors at Greyville
Occasionally one finds a contender where everything points to it being a really good bet. That is the case with Candice Dawson-trained Karoo Gold who lines up in a Maiden Plate over 1700m on the...
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