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I SALUTE YOU wins race 7, the WSB SLEDGEHAMMER (Open)

Posted on Sunday, 13 April 2025

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Hollywoodbets Durban July Pre Noms Antepost

Posted on Sunday, 13 April 2025

Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board on Monday morning.

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Trainer Dennis Bosch sends out POURSOMESUGARONME in Race 4

Posted on Sunday, 13 April 2025

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Poursomesugaronme takes her place in Race 4 (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)

Sporting Post: Hollywoodbets Scottsville plays host to a ten-race, three-feature programme this afternoon.

Trainer Dennis Bosch sends out Poursomesugaronme in Race 4.

She is much better than her last two starts. She had no luck in the straight in her penultimate run and raced wide around the turn in her last outing.

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Cape Racing has advised that the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth racemeeting for Saturday, 12 April has been postponed to Monday 14 April, due to unsafe underfoot conditions and further forecast of rain

Posted on Saturday, 12 April 2025

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LOTUS ISLAND Wins Race 4 at Fairview on 11 April 2025

Posted on Friday, 11 April 2025

LOTUS ISLAND wins race 4 at Fairview on 11 April 2025 - the East Cape Oaks (Listed). LOTUS ISLAND now has four wins in a row.

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Two big races at Fairview today...

Posted on Friday, 11 April 2025

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There are two feature events on the Fairview card today, Friday, 11 April 2025 – the Listed East Cape Oaks and the Non-Black Type Fairview Flying Five.

Note: The race was moved to the Poly.

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The 29th edition of the iconic Dubai World Cup at Meydan on Saturday delivered a spectacle of historic proportions

Posted on Thursday, 10 April 2025

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HIT SHOW returns to the winner’s circle after his scintillating victory (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)

Sporting Post: The 29th edition of the iconic Dubai World Cup at Meydan on Saturday delivered a spectacle of historic proportions, drawing a record-breaking crowd of more than 65 000 racing enthusiasts and setting new benchmarks in global sports entertainment.

Widely celebrated as the world’s most spectacular race day, this year’s event raised the bar with $30.5 million in prizemoney across nine world-class races.

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Records In Danger at National Yearling Sales

Posted on Thursday, 10 April 2025

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Gold Circle: The BSA National Yearling Sale is uppermost in everybody’s minds in South African racing at present and one of the questions is will the South African record price of R9 million be approached or be beaten on April 10 or April 11 of the two day Sale at the TBA Complex in Germiston?

There have been two horses who have gone for R9 million in SA history, the first being a Wilgerbosdrift and Mauritzfontein Silvano colt called Masaki, who was out of Gr 3-winning Fort Wood mare Quickwood, which made him a full-brother to the Gr 1 Majorca Stakes winner Nightingale. Masaki was bought by Shadwell South Africa at National in 2019, but was destined to never race.

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If You Are New to Formgrids...

Posted on Tuesday, 08 April 2025

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Did you know that Formgrids has a Help website?

Many things are explained in the Formgrids help system that may be useful to you. Some of the things in the help system include:

  • What is a formline?
  • How to study (has 4 examples - some older but still relevant)
  • Video Clips
  • Explanation of some of the Formgrids tools
  • Glossaries
  • Even some useful links

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Hollywoodbets Greyville Race Day Recap - Greyville 6 April 2025

Posted on Sunday, 06 April 2025

Hollywoodbets Greyville race day recap for Greyville meeting of 6 April 2025. See the results here on Formgrids.

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Hollywoodbets Durban July Pre Noms Antepost

Posted on Sunday, 06 April 2025

Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board on Monday morning.

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Borrowdale Park Live Stream at 12:25 on Sunday, 6 April 2025

Posted on Sunday, 06 April 2025

Borrowdale Park Live Stream at 12:25 on Sunday, 6 April 2025. Race cards for Borrowdale racing consisting of 6 races with the main race at 15:20 - the Independence Trophy.

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Dubai World Cup Day - All the Races

Posted on Saturday, 05 April 2025

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Dubai World Cup Day South African Race Times

Posted on Saturday, 05 April 2025

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114:35Dubai Kahayla Classic
- Sponsored by Zabeel Feed
215:10Dubai Gold Cup
- Sponsored by Al Tayer Motors
315:45Godolphin Mile
- Sponsored by EMAAR
416:20Al Quoz Sprint
- Sponsored by AZIZI Developments
517:00UAE Derby
- Sponsored by Jumeirah
617:40Dubai Golden Shaheen
- Sponsored by Nakheel
718:15Dubai Turf
- Sponsored by DP World
818:50Longines Dubai Sheema Classic
919:30Dubai World Cup
- Sponsored by Emirates Airline

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The Dubai World Cup 2025 Live Stream starting at 12:30...

Posted on Saturday, 05 April 2025

The Dubai World Cup 2025 Live Stream at 12:30.

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2025 Dubai World Cup - interviews with jockeys: James McDonald, William Buick and Saffie Osborne

Posted on Friday, 04 April 2025

Andrew Bon reports exclusively for Formgrids: The 2025 Dubai World Cup - interviews with jockeys:

  • James McDonald
  • William Buick
  • Saffie Osborne

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New on Formgrids: See on the Results List Which of the Winners was on Your Watchlist

Posted on Friday, 04 April 2025

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A late-night idea spurned this new feature on Formgrids.

The question was: "Wouldn't it be nice to see which of the winners are on your Watchlist?"

The Results List shows the race completed but also includes the winner. So, this is a great place to see if any of the horses on YOUR Watchlist won.

Some refinements may be applied but this is a great new tool for you.

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South Africa’s lone hope for victory at Saturday’s bumper Dubai World Cup Race Meeting

Posted on Friday, 04 April 2025

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Sporting Post: South Africa’s lone hope for victory at Saturday’s bumper Dubai World Cup racemeeting, dual Gr1 winner ISIVUNGUVUNGU is no 14-1 shot in which Hollywood Racing Manager Anthony Delpech says is a ‘wide open’ Gr1 Al Quoz Sprint.

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Dubai World Cup 2025 Post Position Draw - 5 April 2025

Posted on Thursday, 03 April 2025

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Dubai World Cup 2025 post position draw

DrawHorseCountry
1WALK OF STARS (GB)Dubai
2RATTLE N ROLL (USA)Dubai
3WILSON TESORO (JPN)Japan
4USHBA TESORO (JPN)Japan
5FOREVER YOUNG (JPN)Japan
6IL MIRACOLO (USA)USA
7HIT SHOW (USA)Qatar
8MIXTO (USA)USA
9RAMJET (JPN)Japan
10IMPERIAL EMPEROR (IRE)UK
11KATONAH (USA)USA

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