Turffontein Racecourse

Change of track

PUBLISHED: January 12, 2021

THE race meeting scheduled for the Turffontein Inside track on Saturday 16 January has been moved to the Standside track. Frequent rain and overcast weather conditions have retarded grass growth over the recently installed drainage systems at the pull-up area and the 1100m and 900m marks on the Inside track. The surface should still be […]

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Inquiry – Stable Employee Mr Andrew Fortune

PUBLISHED: January 12, 2021

The National Horseracing Authority (NHA) confirms that at an Inquiry held on 10 November 2020, adjourned and resumed on 11 January 2021, Stable Employee Mr Andrew Fortune was charged with a contravention of Rules 72.1.25, 72.1.26 and 72.1.43: Rule 72.1.25 – in that Mr Fortune misbehaved himself or conducted himself in an improper manner by physically assaulting Jockey […]

Eagle Alley to soar once again

PUBLISHED: January 11, 2021

Andrew Harrison Sean Tarry seems to have unearthed another potentially top class galloper in the regally named Eagle Alley. Racing in the familiar Chris van Niekerk silks in partnership with Bernard Kantor, Eagle Alley has a pedigree out of the top draw being by champion stallion Silvano out of a Sadlers Wells mare. Given his […]

Queen’s Plate sets the playing field for the Met

PUBLISHED: January 10, 2021

ANDREW HARRISON THERE were more questions than answers after the second day of the L’Ormarins Racing Festival held at Kenilworth on Saturday. Given the closing odds, Jet Dark’s victory in the Gr1 L’Ormarins Queens Plate was not quite the surprise that many had expected. Even though he was some 12.5kg under sufferance with runner-up Rainbow […]

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Jet Dark delivers knock out blow

PUBLISHED: January 10, 2021

JET DARK, the only three-year-old in the 2021 G1 Queen’s Plate, delivered a knockout blow to accomplished older horses in a 1600m epic, just as Gimmethegreenlight had managed for the self-same training outfit, Snaith Racing, when also pitted against the big guns as a three-year old in 2012. After Hurricane Harry had set a steady […]