ARO - Champion Isivunguvungu worked three furlongs in 38.8 seconds at Fair Hill on Friday.

Recent Meetings

VAAL - 4 Dec 2025
Races at VAAL - 4 Dec 2025
- FM 78 HANDICAP (F & M) over 1200m, RAN 62,344 WESTERN WISHES (SAF) 2019, wins by 1.25 length(s) in 71.57 secs...
- FM 97 HANDICAP (F & M) over 1200m, RAN 80,156 TUSCAN ROMANCE (SAF) 2021, wins by 1.2 length(s) in 71.19 secs...
- FM 76 HANDICAP (F & M) over 1800m, RAN 62,344 DUCHESS OF PALOMA (SAF) 2021, wins by 1.9 length(s) in 112.68 secs...
- FM 93 HANDICAP (F & M) over 1800m, RAN 80,156 BOOM BOOM (SAF) 2020, wins by 0.2 length(s) in 112.12 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE over 1800m, RAN 71,250 REAL STUNNER (SAF) 2021, wins by 6.75 length(s) in 112.45 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE over 1450m, RAN 71,250 FORCE PUBLIQUE (SAF) 2022, wins by 0.4 length(s) in 88.58 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE (F & M) over 1450m, RAN 62,344 KENSAL GREEN (SAF) 2022, wins by 0.3 length(s) in 89.81 secs...
- PROGRESS PLATE over 2000m, RAN 89,062 ROYAL EDITION (SAF) 2020, wins by 0.3 length(s) in 125.98 secs...

Champion Isivunguvungu worked three furlongs in 38.8 seconds at Fair Hill on Friday.

17 Jun 2025 08:43

The gelding breezed over the turf surface on June 13^th.
Equus Champion Sprinter of 2022-2023, Isivunguvungu has not raced since finishing tenth in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint back on April 5^th.

Trained by Graham Motion, the champion is a son of What A Winter and the Tiger Ridge mare Miss Tweedy.

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