RELEASED ON BEHALF OF: Phumelela Gaming and Leisure, Kenilworth Racing, Gold Circle, the Racing Association, the National Horseracing Authority and the Thoroughbred Horseracing Trust In light of the guidelines and restrictions regarding public gatherings as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday 15 March to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Phumelela Gaming and Leisure,…
Basic information on the trials, such as time recorded and lengths behind the ‘winner’ of the trials is carried in the Gold Circle racecard, Computaform and other relevant formguides.
However, in an effort to make the Barrier Trials punter friendly and to provide more detailed information, Gold Circle has appointed a team of seasoned ‘race readers’ to give their opinion on each trial. They will comment on and assess the performances of individual participants as a guide to punters. It is hoped that this initiative will lead to further transparency regarding first timers and prove to be a valuable aid for punters. Each Barrier Trial will be archived and comments can be accessed on the Gold Circle website
The full sister to 4-time winner and Gr3 placed Mogok’s Desire, Royal Agree heads up the first KZN Breeders Series Log for 2018 for 3yo’s and up. Trained by Glen Kotzen, the four year old filly is ahead with 22 points under her belt.
On Sunday the previously raced KZN-bred Alldressedup led most of the way under Athandiwe Mgudlwa to hold off the unraced Twice Over gelding Sequel. The winner clocked 62,05 secs.
Gold Circle will be staging official barrier trials for unraced horses from as soon as the first week of November 2017, turftalk.co.za reports. The trials will be held at the Kwazulu-Natal racetracks prior to the start of race meetings.
Toreador’s twice Gr1 winning son Bull Valley secured the honours at last night’s Gold Circle KZN Racing Awards, the Ambiance Stud-bred Bull Valley winning Champion Horse Of The Season.
Round two of four in total, of the “Level The Playing Fields” Series takes place at Scottsville on Sunday 30 April.
The final fields of both pools to be run on the day have been released below and see the previous winning jockeys Billy Jacobson (previously on Putchini) and Athandiwe Mgudla (previously on Royal Agree) drawn to ride The Poet and Roy Is Second respectively, this time over the 1400m.
Summerhill Stud were once again rewarded with Leading Breeder at Gold Circle’s KZN Racing Awards on Friday evening, after winning the National title for the 10th time at the Equus Awards two weeks ago. The Summerhill Team lead by Mick Goss were on hand to receive the award and Mick Goss thanked everyone present for…
We invited Gold Circle’s Racing Analyst and TV presenter Warren Lenferna to visit Scott Bros’ Highdown Stud on Friday to view the stallions, and a few of the 2015 foals including a spectacular half-brother to Wild One and a yearling full-brother to Gr1 winner Orbison.
Dr Phumla Mnganga, is to take over the reins of Gold Circle, KwaZulu-Natal’s Racecourse and Betting Operator, following the retirement this week of sitting chairman, Mr Robert Mauvis.