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The 2022 series in the U.S. has been restructured into a regional qualifying program to balance divisional competition across the country.

The first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2022 is led by Life Is Good [124], winner of the Pegasus World Cup

Our celebs put their best foot forward at this year's L'Ormarins Queen's Plate.

Horse racing democratised and no longer the sport of kings Horse racing is an ancient sport with its origins dating back to about 4500 BC among the nomadic tribesmen of Central Asia who raced horses since early domestication. Since then, horse racing has flourished as the sport of kings. The sport also has a long history in South Africa and is recorded as far back as 1795 – when British rule first came to the Cape. Horse racing was aptly dubbed ‘the sport of kings’ due to the extensive co...

Sponsored by: The Breeders Cup announced its 2021 Breeders Cup Challenge Series schedule consisting of 84 automatic qualifying stakes races into the Breeders Cup World Championships. This years series, which includes a record nine “Win and Youre In” races for the $6 million Longines Breeders Cup Classic division, will take place in 10 countries. The complete 2021 schedule is available here. Horses from around the globe will be qualifying through the Challenge Series for the 38th B...

Sponsored by: Belgarion Belgarion, victor last year of the famous Vodacom Durban July, is the bookies favourite at 22-10 to win the race that is so deeply lodged in the South African publics consciousness, the iconic “Met.” This 1 ¼ mile event with a proud history will be staged at Kenilworth on Saturday morning at 10:10 a.m. EST, together with other prestigious Group 1 contests. The five furlong Cape Flying Championships (WFA) for specialist speed merchants, and the Majorca Stak...

He has further, persuasive, arguments. “Initially we aimed to run in the Grade 1 Majorca Stakes on Met day, but then we drew 20 out of 22,” he says. “I analysed the Majorca field and saw it was an exceptionally strong line-up of fillies and mares. It would be very difficult to overcome such a wide draw at Kenilworth against that quality of opposition. “Also, Princess Calla is crying out for more ground, so the 2000m of the Met is more suitable than the Majorca 1600m.” Along with other...

Queen’s Plate canters online By Keagan Mitchell Share Cape Town - With no fans allowed at this year’s L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, race purists and punters will be glued to their TV screens, laptops and cellphones. This year marks the 160th edition of the premier race and for a fifth consecutive year the event is staged as a two-day festival, as the fun kicked-off yesterday. The main race, which starts at 4pm today, stars eight runners, with 42 vic...

Mike Moon The high quality of racehorse stepping onto the Kenilworth turf this weekend is enough to pull in most racing fans, but extra bait of a predicted R10-million Pick 6 should hook even the most jaded punter. Picture: File The chunky Pick 6 is on the Saturday meeting of the two-day L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Festival �...

Sponsored by: A.N. & The Honorable Mrs. G. R. Fosters 5-year-old homebred Belgarion, a winner of his last six races, headlines a field of nine runners entered for Saturdays one-mile LOrmarins Queens Plate (G1) at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town, South Africa. The race winner will earn an automatic berth into the $2 million FanDuel Breeders Cup Mile presented by PDJF (G1) through the Breeders Cup Challenge Series. One race prior to the Queens Plate, Mauritzfontein Ltd.s unbeaten 5-y...