Paddock Stakes News Today

The Equus Horse of the Year points table is not the final arbiter of the award, but it would be foolhardy to oppose Princess Calla.

The Cartier Paddock Stakes will be televised live on FanDuel Racing at approximately 8:35 a.m. ET, and the L’Ormarins King’s Plate will be televised on FanDuel TV at 9:10 a.m. ET.

It’s a power-packed Met at Kenilworth Mike Moon Belgarion, ridden by Richard Fourie, won the 2020 Vodacom Durban July and is the favourite for the Met. Picture: Candiese Lenferna The Cape Town Met is a much-storied horse race, but seldom in its almost 140 renewals can it have had a line-up as talented...

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...

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...

Image for illustration. Picture: Tracey Lee Stark Tough decisions have been foisted upon South Africa’s intrepid knights of the irons by the latest coronavirus lockdown rules, which oblige them to select one of four provinces in which to base themselves and race for most of the month of January. The jocks have not taken this decree lying down – first pleading, in vain, with the National Horseracing Authority to have a heart...