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Come Racing On Friday

There is racing at Borrowdale Park on Friday the 19th of December 2025, featuring the Champion Fillies Stakes. The first race is off at 13:00 and a link to the racecard appears on this site. Unfortunately, I am experiencing difficulties with my wi-fi connections and everything else in any way digital so coverage is limited.…

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Come Racing On Saturday

The Borrowdale Park race meeting on Saturday, the 6th of December 2025, starts at 12:05 and the feature race, the 1200m Round Table Gold Cup Sprint (Gr3), is off at 15:00. OutOfTheDarkness, trained by Debra Swanson and with Deryl Daniels up, gets a vote of confidence from the MTC tipster for the main event. Flyer…

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2024/25 RACING AWARDS

After the last Race on Friday the 21st of November 2025, the awards for the previous racing season were presented in the Ipi Tombe Room. Scott Buchan presented the MTC awards, and Colleen de Jong presented The Spey Bridge Awards. MTC AWARDS 2024/25 Leading Jockey – Derryl Daniels Leading Trainer – Debra Swanson Leading Owner…

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Ziwewere’s Sable Flyers

The 1260m Sable Flyers (LR) was won by the three-year-old Uncle Mo (USA) filly, Ziwewere, at Borrowdale Park on Friday the 21st November 2025. Then came Queen Of Fire (Mxoli), Jet Green (Penny) and My Secret Place (Nhlapo). Owned by Ms TB Hlupo and bred by Geoff Armitage, Ziwewere was ridden by Jeffery Syster. The…

Sable Flyers On Friday

Come racing tomorrow, Friday the 21st of November, 2025, when the feature is the 1260m Sable Flyers (LR), due off at 15:55. The first race on the card is a 1200m Maiden Plate at 13:00, and the Spey Bridge Awards for 2024/25 will take place after the main race. Hildelita won the 2024 Sable Flyers…

Next Borrowdale Meeting – And More

The next Borrowdale Park race meeting is on Friday, the 21st of November 2025, and the following meetings are scheduled for the 6th and the 19th of December. After a great deal of thought, I have decided to step back from covering racing as I have for many years, but times change, and I am…

Two More For Debra

King’s Crown, with Kevin Derere riding, won the fourth race at Borrowdale on Friday, the 1450m MR 78 Handicap.  Then came The Octagon (Mxoli) and September Flower (Nhlapo). King’s Crown is owned by Messrs P D Gorringe, S P Gorringe, V Patel, and D K Ward, and the 5-time winner is trained by Debra Swanson.…

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