The talented three-year-old filly FATAL FLAW delivered a commanding performance in the Grade 1 Cape Fillies Guineas, asserting her dominance on one of South Africa's most prestigious racing stages. Trained by the father-and-son duo Brett and James Crawford (B/J Crawford, the filly traveled from Johannesburg to Cape Town, turning heads with her brilliant win.
One week in Joburg and the next in Hong Kong the globetrotting UK Champion [Oisin Murphy] took out the Hong Kong Vase in fine style with a surging run on Giavellotto for Marco Botti.
Murphy was in a world of trouble turning into the straight with a wall of horses on front of him but somehow found a gap and shot through to win.
ROMANTIC WARRIOR cemented his status as a Hong Kong racing legend with a stunning third victory in the HK$40 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. The six-year-old etched his name into the record books with a dominant display that left his international rivals in his wake, confirming his place as Hong Kong’s foremost equine ambassador.
Official notice: "SCOT Sun 8-Dec, Due to 2 late scratchings, 4 runners remain from 2 Trainers, Race 1 has been cancelled.
"Field will apply for the 1st Double & Bipot. Race 2 Carded off time is 13:05. 1st Leg of the Place Accumulator."
Zimbabwe horse racing live stream on Sunday, 8 December 2024.
Trainer Lunga Gila has announced that his stable will be relocating back to Fairview in the Eastern Cape, where his training journey began two seasons ago. After spending this year operating out of Futura Park in the Western Cape, Gila will saddle his final runners for his Cape-based stable at Kenilworth on Wednesday.
Turffontein Racecourse came alive as Johannesburg witnessed the triumphant revival of Highveld racing with the 2024 Betway Summer Cup. Thanks to strategic marketing and the star power of four-time British Champion Jockey Oisin Murphy, the event captured the imagination of racing fans like never before.