SAF: HAWKS LAND 2016 RIDER CUP

 

 

 

It was the Gauteng team, the Highveld Hawks, who landed the spoils in Sunday’s Rider Cup at Scottsville on Sunday afternoon.

 

The Hawks, made up of captain S’Manga Khumalo, Andrew Fortune, Karl Zechner and JP van der Merwe, took on the KZN Falcons (Anthony Delpech, Anton Marcus, Muzi Yeni, and Keagan De Melo) and Cape Eagles (Grant Van Niekerk, Aldo Domeyer, Corne Orffer and Teaque Gould)…… READ MORE

 

 

 

 

The well-named Well Done showed that all the pre-race doubts about his ability to run out a strong 2000m were totally unfounded when he conjured up a blinding turn of foot inside the last 100m to record a pulsating win in the $1.15 million Group 1 Emirates Singapore Derby (2000m) on Sunday…….READ MORE

 

 

Promising 2yo filly Rhododendron, a full sister to new KZN sire Flying The Flag, has been entered for the G2 Lowther Stakes at York.

 

This 1200m contest for two-year-old fillies has been used as a traditional prep for the following year’s classics, with previous winners including subsequent classic winners Humble Duty, Enstone Spark, Mrs Penny, Al Bahathri, Culture Vulture, Harayir, Cape Verdi, and Russian Rhythm.

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 Outstanding sport underpinned Hong Kong’s 2015/16 season, which closed out at Sha Tin racecourse today, Sunday, 10 July, with a stronger than anticipated financial performance across its 83 race meetings. Champions were crowned before an enthusiastic crowd of 45,783, and, with the season’s HK$106.14 billion total turnover the second-highest ever recorded – only marginally down on last year’s all-time peak figure – the season finale offered measured optimism for next season when the Hong Kong racing calendar will extend to 88 fixtures.

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Werther claimed the Hong Kong Horse of the Year award at a sparkling ceremony held at the Grand Hyatt tonight, Friday 8 July. Hong Kong’s standout four-year-old followed-up a thrilling victory in this year’s BMW Hong Kong Derby with a stunning wide-margin triumph over elite international opponents in the G1 Audemars Piguet QEII Cup, both at Sha Tin this spring.

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The third and final day of the Tattersalls July Sale saw trade continue in robust fashion, pushing the turnover for the sale past the previous record set ten years ago. A total of 175 lots were sold for 2,660,700 guineas on day three, at an average of 15,204 guineas and a median of 8,500 guineas. This took the three-day totals to 572 lots sold for 12,311,329 guineas, a rise of 38% on the corresponding session last year. The average was 21,523 guineas and the median 10,000 guineas……..READ MORE

 

 

 

 

Bernard Fayd’Herbe has began his riding contract for the Gilbert Rousset stable in fine style booting home three winners on his first meeting on the island.  . ..READ MORE