Soccer13 GUARANTEED JACKPOT Thursday 26 March 2026. R7 Million (If only One 13 of 13 Winner). Pool Closes at 21h15. Sport 11 Pool 1.

Soccer4 Friday 27 March 2026. ADD-IN R25 000. Estimated Pool: R 100 000. Pool Closes at 21h00. Sport 19 Pool 2.

Soccer10 Friday 27 March 2026. ADD-IN: R200 000. Estimated Pool: R2 Million. Pool Closes at 19h00. Sport 8 Pool 1.

Soccer6 Saturday 28 March 2026. ADD-IN R75 000. Estimated Pool: R 400 000. Pool Closes at 17h00. Sport 1 Pool 2.

Soccer10 Saturday 28 March 2026. ADD-IN: R200 000. Estimated Pool: R2 Million. Pool Closes at 15h30. Sport 15 Pool 1.

Soccer Any 13Xtra Saturday 28 March 2026. Carryover R200 000. Estimated Pool: R600 000. Pool Closes at 14h00. Sport 13 and Pool 1.

Soccer CORNERS Carryover R 3 759. Saturday 28 March 2026. Pool Closes at 15h00.

Soccer SCORES Carryover R 2 096. Saturday 28 March 2026. Pool Closes at 15h30.

Soccer13 GUARANTEED JACKPOT Saturday 28 March 2026. R18 Million (If only One 13 of 13 Winner). Pool Closes at 16h30. Sport 10 Pool 1.

Please note: South African Quartet Pools with fractional betting offered at Kempton and Lingfield (UK) – 25 March 2026.

David Thiselton

Prominent owner and breeder Suzette Viljoen spoke of the magnificence of the late Equus Horse Of The Year Captain’s Ransom’s first and only foal and also revealed an interesting statistic that her and her husband Basie have as owners.

Champion stallion Captain Al’s best daughter Captain’s Ransom only had one foal and she was by the horse who fiercely contested the Equus Horse Of The Year with her,  and who was also her Justin Snaith-trained stablemate, Jet Dark (Trippi).

Suzette said, “Captain’s Ransom’s baby Cappy’s Girl is a yearling now. She is not going to the Sales! She’s beautiful. She’s really a replica of her Mom. She looks a lot like her Mom. The only difference is her Mom had two white  feet and she only has one. Her face looks so much like her Mom’s and her personality is her Mom’s too. She is really, really looking well. We went for Jet Dark because he was her main rival for Horse Of The Year and Jet Dark’s babies are also looking well, so we are very, very happy with the way she looks and the way she moves … she just looks different class!”

Jet Dark probably broke a record for average price for a South African stallions’ first progeny at the Sales, averaging R877,500 for 20 lots sold at the recent Race Coast Premier Yearling Sale.

If Cappy’s Girl did appear on a Sale she would be the centre of attention and there would be a good chance she would fetch a new South African record price.

Suzette said, “They actually said to me I should put her on the Sale to let her go through the ring and qualify for all the incentives etc, but I didn’t want to make a fool of anyone. People would be putting their hands up to buy the horse and I know I am never going to sell her, for me it feels like I’m making a fool of someone and I would never do that. If I put a horse on the Sale with a reserve and she goes past the reserve I will let the horse go, but I will never put a horse on a Sale that I know I am not going to sell.”

In another interesting aspect to the owners of the new founded Hopes and Dreams Stud, Suzette and Basie Viljoen believe they have had the first Graded winner for all of Legislate, Royal Mo, Buffalo Bill Cody and Hawwaam.

“I’m not sure if they had any Listed winners before our horses won their Graded races, but I checked it up and it does look to be true that our horse Hoedspruit was the first Graded winner for Legislate, our horse Royal Aussie was the first Graded winner for Royal Mo, our horse Pistol Pete was the first Graded winner for Buffalo Bill Cody and our horse Perfect Miracle was the first Graded winner for Hawwaam.”

A quick look at the statistics confirms the statistic to be correct.

Suzette continued, “Now we are just hoping we can have the first Graded winner for our own stallion Frantastic!”

She said the son of Frankel covered about 40 mares in his first season, including some of Suzette and Basie’s mares, and in his second season he covered 30.

His first crop are weanlings at present.

“His foals are beautiful, they are so correct and really stand out,” said Suzette, “I am really critical of my own stock, but his foals are really looking well. I hope they grow up  to look like that, but we are very happy.”

Frantastic won two races over a mile and ten furlongs respectively and had a British Official Rating of 92.

However, he is a full-brother to the top class dual Gr 1 winner Cracksman, who is the sire of the unbeaten Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner and Cartier Horse Of The Year Ace Impact.

Frantastic was a very exciting acquisition for South African breeding and his Sales horses and runners are very much being looked forward to.

Andrew Harrison

Tristan Godden answered a call from Justin Snaith on Saturday where he had six rides at Hollywoodbets Durbanville for the Champion Trainer, two of which were winners. Back on home turf in KZN, Mike Miller’s first call rider rode a measured race on the stable’s one-eyed gelding Winter Games to win the B Stakes at Hollywoodbets Greyville yesterday and followed up with another well-judged front-running ride on Magma Magic for Tony Rivalland.

There was obviously confidence in the Miller yard as Winter Games came in for a ton of late support and it was money on the mark. Godden had his mount out quickly to take up the rail on the gelding’s ‘right’ side. In the straight Winter Games lugged in a little off a wide false rail to find the rail and kept up a relentless gallop chased hard by Kitchakal who was always in the hunt with Johnny The Thief finishing late to snatch third.

Continentalexpress came into his own late last season as a five-year-old and he now appears to be maturing into a decent stayer. He did not meet anything special in the Class 4 over 2000m but he did shoulder top weight and won with authority, pulling away to win by nearly three lengths from pacemaker High Queue who held on for second ahead of Hollywood Racing companions and favourite Tobacconist and Syx Hotfix.

Dean Kannemeyer’s ‘armada’ arrived at Summerveld this past week but Continentalexpress could well be one of the stable’s flagbearers going into Champions Season with staying races on the menu.

Western Cape form is proving deadly when their runners make their KZN debuts be it maidens or some average runners with milage on the clock and the list is a long one. Red Taffety added to that list with a solid performance in the opening leg of the Place Accumulator. Having her first outing for Adam Azzie, JP van der Merwe, first call rider for owners Greg and Gina Bortz, sat in off the pace as Princess Trippi set the early fractions.

He then allowed the big-striding daughter of Erik The Red to build momentum and it was soon obvious that Princess Trippi was under pressure from both sides as Lilting Song, another recent Cape maiden arrival, also put up her hand. However, Red Taffety was in full cry and won going away and given the manner of her win, ten furlongs could be a more suitable trip.

Beyond All Doubt backed up the form of Son Of Rafeef, Yogas Govender’s promising gelding, with a fluent win in the second. Chad Little had no hesitation in making an early move on MJ Odendaal’s colt and he made short work of Place Of Practice and Pressure Point to win as he liked.

Saint Brigid was the ham in the sandwich at her last start, a race she should probably have won after the rider of winner Peggy Sue Shake lost his compass and earning a suspension for his troubles.

Sean Veale and Stuart Ferrie go back a long way, to the days of Dennis Drier when Ferrie was assistant and Veale the stable rider. Veale has stayed loyal when he is not riding for Hollywood Racing and he won a smart tactical race aboard Hodge Podge for Ferrie in the fifth. Visiting rider Mickaelle Michel had the field stacked up for most of the race as she set a pedestrian gallop aboard Psyche but when it came to the business end, Psyche did not have much to give as Veale swept past on Hodge Podge chased by Fine Wine with Psyche staying on for third.

Godden rode another confident front-running race aboard Magma Magic to win the eighth, the gelding also finding some solid market support. Not an easy ride, the gelding fly-jumped the start with his head in the air but once settled in front he was not for the catching. Gardener’s Pride tried to keep pace but faded quickly in the straight with Next Of Kin staying on for second but never a threat.

For those that follow the published horse weights, most would be more confident if their fancy had shed a few kilos come race-day. If the published weights were correct for the ninth on the card, winner Meercat Moon was plus 17kg and stable companion The Gliding Fish plus 14 kg.

Mark Dixon admitted that the win came as a surprise, as it did for most punters as it paid R23 a win, especially as The Gliding Fish was the more fancied of the two stable runners. But three wide for most of the race, Meercat Moon galloped on relentlessly to narrowly hold off Kimball O’Hara. Dixon intimated post-race that keeping Meercat Moon sound was not the easiest but whatever the treatment it worked a treat yesterday and rounded off a fine afternoon treble for Veale.

• SPLITTHEEIGHTS: 109 to 116
• ONE EYE ON VEGAS: 106 to 115
• RADIO STAR: 95 to 107

• SCARLETT HEART (third): 91 to 108
• DAISY JONES (fourth): 106 to 108