02/12/2024. SAH Racing: “Where the horse is the hero”

Habib And Laird take Atticus Finch to Summer Cup Immortality

The 2024 Betway Summer Cup delivered drama, exhilaration, and unforgettable moments at Turffontein Racecourse. As Africa’s richest race with record-breaking stakes, the R6 million event lived up to its billing, drawing top-class competitors and a lively crowd. Alec Laird’s Atticus Finch, ridden by Calvin Habib, claimed a sensational victory, bringing the Varsfontein Stud-bred gelding back into the spotlight.

A Day Turffontein will never forget

Turffontein Racecourse came alive as Johannesburg witnessed the triumphant revival of Highveld racing with the 2024 Betway Summer Cup. Thanks to strategic marketing and the star power of four-time British Champion Jockey Oisin Murphy, the event captured the imagination of racing fans like never before.

Lunga Gila Returns to His Eastern Cape Roots

Trainer Lunga Gila has announced that his stable will be relocating back to Fairview in the Eastern Cape, where his training journey began two seasons ago. After spending this year operating out of Futura Park in the Western Cape, Gila will saddle his final runners for his Cape-based stable at Kenilworth on Wednesday.:

Met Attracts Top entries

Unsurprisingly the Cape Met has attracted the cream of the racing crop over the distance for its first entry.

Cape trainer Justin Snaith has avoided races in Johannesburg this season including the highest prize in Africa, the Summer Cup but has nine in the Cape Met at Kenilworth on January 25, where he has entered almost a third of the 31 early nominations.

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