Betting

By Mark van Deventer Racing switches venue to Hollywoodbets Durbanville for a twilight meeting on Saturday. The first race, a Maiden Plate over 1250m around the bend, jumps at 15h10. …

Race 1  1 BIG DEAL must have a good winning chance in this field, he has run two excellent races in succession, he should be able to get the run of the…

By Mark van Deventer PRAIRIE DAWN will test Andrew Fortune’s considerable skill set as a jockey when they go 1400m, around the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth bend on Tuesday.  It will take all of Fortune’s guile (which…

Race 1  5 GODRIC GRYFFINDOR ran a great race on debut, he was only beaten just over four lengths by Champagne Castle on the 13th of December, with natural improvement…

By Mark van Deventer Compiling a short list here is challenging as plausible cases can be made for most of the full field of 15 going 1400m.  Two well drawn…

By Mark van Deventer There is little emphasis on stayers’ races on the South African racing program, so the true endurance specialists have only a few chances to show their…

By Mark van Deventer 14 of South Africa’s finest milers and middle-distance thoroughbreds (8 of them have already won Gr 1’s) contest a hot 165th renewal of the prestigious L’Ormarins…

By Mark van Deventer Will BUFFALO STORM CODY confirm his status as South Africa’s highest rated galloper (OMR 132) by winning the World Pool Cape Flying Championship (WFA), a Gr…

By Mark van Deventer DOUBLE GRAND SLAM defends her Cartier Paddock Stakes (WFA) Gr 1 crown and is again best weighted by three points over RED PALACE with quite a…

By Mark van Deventer There is seemingly no clear leader in this 1800m race so it could be slow run early with a premium placed on positioning and the ability to quicken in the…