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Recent Meetings

GREYVILLE - POLY - 18 Apr 2024
Races at GREYVILLE - POLY - 18 Apr 2024
- MIDDLE STAKES over 1800m, RAN 75,000 RICCARDO (SAF) 2017, wins by 1.3 length(s) in 108.56 secs...
- MR 76 HANDICAP over 1400m, RAN 68,750 KUMEMORI (SAF) 2019, wins by 3.8 length(s) in 83.16 secs...
- MR 67 HANDICAP over 1200m, RAN 68,750 STEVIE GEE (SAF) 2019, wins by 2.6 length(s) in 70.82 secs...
- MR 86 HANDICAP over 1200m, RAN 71,875 EXCEPT TEMPTATION (SAF) 2020, wins by 0.8 length(s) in 69.44 secs...
- FM 86 HANDICAP (F & M) over 1200m, RAN 71,875 CONVOCATION (SAF) 2019, wins by 0.7 length(s) in 70.18 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE (F & M) over 1600m, RAN 71,875 COPACABANA (SAF) 2020, wins by 0.2 length(s) in 98.11 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE over 1400m, RAN 71,875 GORGEOUS DUDE (SAF) 2020, wins by 1 length(s) in 84.37 secs...
VAAL - 17 Apr 2024
Races at VAAL - 17 Apr 2024
- FM 68 HANDICAP (F & M) over 1000m, RAN 50,000 SIMPLY MAGIC (SAF) 2018, wins by 2.25 length(s) in 57.33 secs...

News

ORPEN DIES

Important international sire Orpen died late Jan. 26 after suffering from colic and not recovering from emergency surgery, according to Turf Diario. He was 25. Susan Magnier and trainer Aidan O’Brien eventually campaigned Orpen (by …

GHAIYYATH NAMED WORLD’S BEST

This Tuesday, horseracing fans from all over the world were invited to attend the 2020 Longines World Racing Awards ceremony, held for the first time entirely online. Co-organized by Swiss watch brand Longines and the …

CLEARANCE RATE SOARS AT KARAKA

The momentum gathered on the opening day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 95th National Yearling Sales Series continued today on Day Two of Book 1, with the clearance rate rising to a healthy 80%. Bloodstock Sales Manager Danny …

BOWIES HERO DIES

Dual grade 1 stakes winner Bowies Hero was euthanized earlier this week after developing catastrophic foot complications, co-owner Sol Kumin said. Daily Racing Form first reported the horse’s death from complications of laminitis. A turf …

FIRST STAGE ENTRIES FOR HONG KONG DERBY

THE BMW HONG KONG DERBY 2021 (4-Y-O CLASSIC SERIES – HK$24,000,000) 2000 Metres – Sha Tin – Turf – Sunday 21 March 2021 (For 4 year olds only) ENTRIES (First Stage) Horse Brand No Trainer …

GOLDIKOVA DIES

Jockey Olivier Peslier led the tributes to Goldikova after the brilliant racemare died, aged 16. The daughter of Anabaa won 17 of her 27 career starts for trainer Freddy Head and owners the Wertheimer brothers, …

BREEDERS’ CUP WINNER DIES

Elmhurst, winner of the 1997 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), died Jan. 4 due to heart failure, Our Mims Retirement Haven in Paris, Ky., announced. He was 31. The son of Wild Again—Mimbet, by Raise a …

VALE AWESOME AGAIN

An era came to an end on Dec. 15 when top-class racehorse and elite sire Awesome Again died at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Kentucky. The aging stallion was 26 years old. A son …