Thursday, 16 April 2025 - Lot 1 - 230
Friday, 17 April 2026 - Lot 231 - 376
10H00
TBA Complex, Gosforth Park, Johannesburg
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Andrew Fortune wins his opening ride after his injury break as FROM THE ISLAND scores (Pic – Bay Media)
Andrew Fortune’s extraordinary comeback after just over seven weeks from a race-riding fall that cost him six broken ribs, punctured lungs, a fractured clavicle and a severed shoulder blade was highlighted by a 100% strike double for Snaith Racing at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Wednesday.
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Official notice: Following the completion of gallops, a decision has been made to postpone today’s Vaal meeting (14 April 2026) to Tuesday, 21 April 2026.
This decision was taken due to both tracks being inconsistent and unsafe, coupled with further rainfall predicted throughout the day.
I AM MAXIMUS became the first horse since RED RUM to regain his crown in the Randox Grand National, as Willie Mullins also became the first trainer since Vincent O’Brien in the 1950s to win three successive editions of the Aintree spectacular.
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In memorial of the Hennenman Air Disaster of 12 April 1988 and the 24 lives lost when a United Airways flight from Bloemfontein, carrying a number of prominent members of the racing community, crashed into a field near the town of Hennenman.