Category: Racing News

Enhanced Champions Season 2023

Gold Circle and Hollywoodbets are pleased to announce that Champions Season 2023 will boast more than R29-million in prize money for the Feature race programme, which comprises 13 Grade 1 races, 12 Grade 2 races and a host of Grade 3 and Listed events. In addition, an amount of R24-million will be paid out for …

Mxothwa brings it home with a snap

David Thiselton When Anthony Delpech said earlier this season “we need a Grade 1 horse” he and the Hollywood team could hardly have envisaged their leased Ridgemont Highlands-bred Dynasty filly Make It Snappy would be a dual Grade 1 winner by the first weekend of January. The first ever winner of the Grade 1 Cape …

Al Muthana pops a few bubbles

Graeme Hawkins The Australian-bred Al Muthana, having only his second run for trainer Ricky Maingard, caused a massive upset when holding off the attentions of the heavily supported Charles Dickens to win the R2-million King’s Plate at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday. Starting at 80/1, Al Muthana’s victory contributed in no small way to a massive …

Sparkling Water steals the show!

Mike de Kock saddled his fifth winner of the Hollywoodbets Durban July when Sparkling Water sprinted clear of her field at Hollywoodbets Greyville today. This was also the third time the master trainer had won the race with a filly after Igugu and Ipi Tombe and the second time for S’Manga Khumalo who was the …