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Soccer Updates And Carryovers: 29 August – 31 August 2025

PUBLISHED: August 27, 2025

Soccer10 on Friday, 29 August 2025. ADD-IN R 200 000. Pool Closes at 19h30. Sport 14 and Pool 1. Estimated Pool: R 2 Million Soccer6 on Saturday, 30 August 2025 C/Over R 75 000 .Pool Closes at 15h00. Sport 1 and Pool 1. Estimated Pool: R 500 000 Soccer10 on Saturday, 30 August 2025. ADD-IN […]

Hollywood Racing proud of their Championship victory

PUBLISHED: August 26, 2025

David Thiselton Hollywood Racing achieved a long held dream when winning the Owners Championship last season and they are proud in more ways than just one. They make no bones about numbers having won them the trophy as having a lot of numbers is something they view as a necessity. Devin Heffer said, “Of course, […]

David Thiselton

Hollywood Racing achieved a long held dream when winning the Owners Championship last season and they are proud in more ways than just one.

They make no bones about numbers having won them the trophy as having a lot of numbers is something they view as a necessity.

Devin Heffer said, “Of course, we want to own champions and winning the group 1s is where we want to be. On the other side of the coin, by having the high volume of horses ensures we can fill fields and we have racing happening on a daily basis. It’s kind of a twofold thing. It’s also good marketing for us, showcasing our brand and our support of the game. It’s really nice to see the knock-on effect it is having. Now you’ve got companies like World Sports Betting who own quite a few horses. It makes for some good banter and good interactions on the course.”

A further indication of Hollywood’s emphasis on the importance of numbers is seen in their fruitful partnership with Ridgemont.

Hollywood Racing’s potential broodmares go to Ridgemont, but Devin pointed out it was up to Ridgemont to choose which horses to sell and which to keep.

Ridgemont also choose the horses that will run in their own colours and these will be the ones that will have been identified as the best quality, as they are an advrtisement for Ridgemont’s breeding operation. However, Hollywood are not ignored in that process as Devin himself is always a partner in the horses that race under Ridgemont’s name and in their colours, for example the exciting Gr 1 winner Direct Hit.

Hollywood Racing are happy to race the Ridgemont horses that aren’t identified as the cream in order to keep the numbers up.

Hollywood Racing have aso bought a lot of Ridgemont’s Sale horses.

Besides the knock on effect of Hollywood’s showcasing, their innovations, such as allowing celebrities to name horses, also attracts new people to the sport.

There is also the Race Coast Syndication initiative. The incentives involved make it an attractive and viable proposition for syndication managers, especially if they bring new owners in.

So, it is clear that Hollywood have a wish that one day their big numbers will not be necessary or even possible as there will be more competition at the sales.

If that stage is reached they will need to have honed their game to pick out the best quality.

Devin emphasised that the current hard work of the whole team had an end goal of being able to match the best in the competition to gather champions to race with.

He did not hide his admiration for their chief competitor for the title, Drakenstein Stud.

He said, “It was really exciting to win the championship. We’ve been knocking on the door for the last few years and obviously Drakenstein have dominated, and a lot of that comes from their Group 1 success and their stakes success. But they’ve also been around a lot longer than us. Their success has been built around a lot of preparation and work and we’ve got to keep reminding ourselves of that. It’s not an overnight success. It takes years and years and years of preparation and planning. In that sense the future is very exciting.”

He added, “Hollywood Racing won the championship, but it is important to note that a lot of teamwork has gone into getting us to that level. A lot of hard work has been done by people behind the scenes in terms of picking the horses and buying the horses. A lot of that comes down to Anthony Delpech, our racing manager, and then the husband and wife team of Jo Mincione and Tony Mincione, Jo is basically our bloodstock manager and Tony is more of the numbers man, evaluating the pedigrees further in terms of data etc.”

Hollywood are also proud of their operations out of Ashburton training centre. Vengi Masawi is the trainer of the racing stable and his assistant is Megan Trott, the Life After Racing operation is run by Nicole Wille and the pre-training, where horses can also go for rest and recuperation, is run by Jo Brown.

Devin is excited about a number of forthcoming runners.

They have Cool Gambler with Mike de Kock. This R5millon BSA National Yearling Sale colt is a three-parts brother to Hollywoodbets Durban July winner Sparkling Water, being by Hawwaam out of Espumanti. Cool Gambler is one of about 70 three-year-olds the Hollywood Racing team can look forward to.

There is also the Equus Champion Miler One Stripe, whom they own in partnership with Rikesh Sewgoolam, being prepared for the Gr 1 Breeders Cup Mile by Graham Motion in Maryland USA. He is nearly ready for his North America debut, which could be either at Colonial Downs or Gufstream Park, and there is also the possibility of a Gr 1 at Woodbine in Canada for him, which is scheduled two weeks after the adorementioned races.

Devin can also look forward to the like of Direct Hit and Mon Petite Cherie representing himself and Ridgemont.

Devin is really chuffed to be a partner in Ridgemont’s best horses and pointed out that they had 40 winners together at an unbelievable strike rate of 26.7%, last season, the highest strike rate on the log for any entity that had more than 100 runs. Devin was high in his praise of East Cape trainer Alan Greeff, who has done so well with the Ridgemont/Heffer horses and it is no coincidence that one of Greeff’s other biggest owners, Peter Moor, had the second highest strike rate on the log, 24.2%.

The upward trend and buoyancy in the Race Coast racing regions at present is thanks largely to the efforts, expenditure and excellence of Hollywoodbets and Greg Bortz and Hollywood Racing deserve all the success they have.

Devin concluded by saying he was particularly proud when seeing the high level of the prize money for racing in the Race Coast regions compared to previous years, particularly when the smaller trainers get on the board and can win a portion of it.

South African Quartet Pools with fractional betting offered at Kempton and Musselburgh (UK) – 27 August 2025

PUBLISHED: August 26, 2025

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PUBLISHED: August 25, 2025

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PUBLISHED: August 9, 2025

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Introducing Colossus Bets

What is Colossus Bets?

Imagine betting into massive, guaranteed prize pools, often reaching life-changing sums, with the added power of controlling your bet as the action unfolds. That’s the essence of Colossus Bets! It’s a revolutionary way to play, combining the thrill of traditional tote betting with unparalleled flexibility.

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