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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

NATURE STRIP RETIRED

An era has ended with Chris Waller announcing the retirement of champion sprinter Nature Strip. The decision was made almost immediately after the nine-year-old finished down the track in the Concorde Stakes (1000m) at Randwick …

EQUUS AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

2023 Equine categories: Champion Two-year-old Male (Distance Immaterial) Sandringham Summit Champion Two-year-old Female (Distance Immaterial) Winner: Mrs Geriatrix Champion Three-year-old Male (Distance Immaterial) Charles Dickens Champion Three-year-old Female (Distance Immaterial) Bless My Stars Champion Older …

MODERN GAMES RETIRED

Dual Breeders’ Cup winner Modern Games has been retired from racing. Trained by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin, the son of Dubawi won four of his six two-year-old starts in 2021, culminating in Grade One success …

CHAMPION RETIRED

Last year’s European Champion Two-Year-Old Little Big Bear has been retired from racing after suffering a condylar fracture on the right front fetlock. The son of No Nay Never earned a Timeform Rating of 126p, …

HURRICANE LANE RETIRED

Godolphin’s dual Classic hero and triple Group 1 winner Hurricane Lane has been retired and will stand under Coolmore’s National Hunt roster for 2024. He sold to Godolphin for 200,000gns at Book 1 of the …

STAKES SUCCESS FOR DIGITAL AGE RELATIVE

Mauritzfontein’s blue blooded young stallion Digital Age got another boost to his stellar pedigree page when his close relative Sweet Memories won the Listed British EBF 40th Anniversary Chalice Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. A …

FUNNY CIDE DIES

2003 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Funny Cide has died due to complications of colic at 23 years old. The son of Distorted Humor had been residing at the Hall of Champions …

WORLD’S BEST RACEHORSE RANKINGS ANNOUNCED

Following his powerful performance during Royal Ascot, MOSTAHDAF (IRE) [128] has taken over the second position in the fifth edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2023. Mostahdaf won the Prince of Wales’s …