The next Borrowdale Park meeting is on Sunday the 6th of April 2025 and features the 1600m Independence Trophy. The Weights and Draws have been published.
Trustfall, shown here, is among the 1700m Progress Plate nominations. By Potala Palace, the three-year-old scored over 1600m on 23 March under Deryl Daniels. She has won two of her four starts, Debra Swanson trains her and Trustfall is owned by Messrs G M Littleford, S H Murray and P C Rugg.
Congratulations
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The Parham yard saddled three winners at Borrowdale Park on Sunday, the 23rd of March 2025, and Mike Mallett was kept busy leading them in. Philisande Mxoli rode all the horses for Messrs R Robinson & T Brown.
Master Tik Tok won the main race, the 1600m Supreme Plate, finishing five lengths clear of Admirals Chance. Queen Of Fire triumphed in the 1200m Graduation Plate, while Force Eight was involved in an extremely tight finish with Tom’s Diner in the 1200m MR 84 Handicap.
Well done everyone!
The Centaur Syndicate has been prominent at Borrowdale Park for a long time and on Sunday they added to their laurels when River Power won the 2025 Zimbabwe Guineas (Gr3), the first leg of Zimbabwe’s Triple Crown.
The three-year-old Global View (USA) colt has now won four of his five starts and this time Deryl Daniels was riding when River Power finished 2.50 lengths ahead of King’s Crown. The winner was trained by Debra Swanson and bred by Riethuiskraal Stud. Craig Danckwerts is the Centaur Syndicate’s nominee and delighted Centaur members came out in force to welcome their winner after the race.
Congratulations everyone.
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Jaeger Moon carried 60 kgs when winning the 2200m ProWeb Breeders Champions Cup at Borrowdale Park on Sunday. The heavy going was not a problem.
The seven-year-old gelding by Cape Town Noir finished 7 lengths clear of Ideal View and he was bred by Summerhill Stud and trained by Debra Swanson. Deryl Daniels was in the irons.
Jaeger Moon’s owners, Messrs P D Gorringe, S P Gorringe, V Patel, D K Ward and M W Smith, also won the first race on Sunday with Magic Exists. In fact, Debra Swanson and Daniels won four of the seven races on the card.
Well done everyone!
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The Borrowdale Park card for Sunday, March 9th, 2025, includes two feature races – the $3000 Proweb Breeders Champions Cup (L) and the Zimbabwe Guineas (Gr3).
Proweb, in collaboration with Magitare Trust and the British Council, invites you to join them as they host a Women’s Day celebration in Park View this Sunday.
The first race is off at noon and it will also be business as usual in the Ipi Tombe Room where Jenny Stock and her team offer glazed ham with seasonal vegetables and salad.
Try not to miss this excitement plus some good racing.
King’s Crown, by Royal Mo (USA), won the 1700m Borrowdale D Stakes on the 9th of February 2025, his third win from only three starts. He is entered for the Zimbabwe Guineas this Saturday, but I have no information about the final Guineas field yet.
Bred by Stone Hill Stud and ridden by Jeffery Syster, the three-year-old colt is owned by Messrs P D Gorringe, S P Gorringe, V Patel and D K Ward. Debra Swanson trains him and Jet Green was half a length behind King’s Crown at the finish.
Congratulations everyone.
Photograph by Zimbabwe Equine News.
Burn Bright, winner of her first start at Borrowdale on February 9th and trained by Bridget Stidolph, is one of ten three-year-olds nominated for the Zimbabwe Guineas on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025.
The Fire Away (USA) filly won the 1600m Novice Plate and the field included other Guineas entrants Prince Of Denmark, Trustfall and Queen Of Fire. Burn Bright (Marwing) is owned by Mesdames C M de Jong, S Ziehl, K Stidolph, Mrs S Loubser & Mr B M McLauchlan, and bred by Wilgersbosdrift and Mauritzfontein.
Congratulations to the winning connections.
King’s Crown, also a winner at the last Borrowdale meeting, is nominated for the Zimbabwe Guineas, the first leg of the Zimbabwe Triple Crown. The Guineas Weights & Draws can be found on this site.
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The finish of the 1600m Ipi Tombe Stakes (L) at Borrowdale Park on Sunday was a cliffhanger. 200m out it looked like anyone’s race, but Action Zone held off Citrusdal, Ideal View and Jaeger Moon at the death.
The WFA conditions of the Ipi Tombe make it an interesting race and this time five-year-old Action Zone, by Canford Cliffs (IRE), was the youngest of the six contestants and all runners carried 60 kgs. Winning margins 0.50, 0.60 and 1.10 lengths.
Kaidan Brewer was aboard Action Zone, and this was the consistent gelding’s 9th win from 22 starts. Bred by Daytona Stud (Pty) Ltd, he is trained by Thomas Mason and owned by Craig Danckwerts.
Congratulations on a memorable victory.
Photographs by Zimbabwe Equine News.
The feature race at Borrowdale Park today, Sunday, February 9th, 2025, is the 1600m Ipi Tombe Stakes. This site has links to the race card, tips, and the live stream. The first race is due off at 1 p.m.
On Saturday the 25th of January 2025 Philasande Mxoli rode four of the six winners on the Borrowdale Park card.
He won the first race, an 1800m MR 63 Handicap, with Bruce’s Spirit, trained by Bridget Stidolph and owned by Messrs R S Dyer, S N Buchan, N Evans, M K Chant, G de Jong, A Dixon, R Morgan, R Sherwood and Bryn Ressell.
Mxoli also scored for Bridget when Jet Green (below), a four-year-old Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) filly, won the 1600m Progress Plate. Bred by Nadeson Park Stud, Jet Green is owned by Messrs A Dixon, R S Dyer, S N Buchan, N Evans, G de Jong, Bryn Ressell, R Sherwood and P Annesley. This was the filly’s second start in Zimbabwe.
Congratulations everyone.
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On Saturday, Trainer Gavin Macleod won the 1100m Hachiman Sprint with Tom’s Diner at Borrowdale Park.
Philisande Mxoli rode the four-year-old Pomodoro gelding who is in fine form at present. Owned by Robyn Macleod, Tom’s Diner was bred by Klawervlei Stud and he has now won three of his five starts at Borrowdale.
The minor placings went to Hildelita, Red Top and Kalipos.
Congratulations to the winning connections.
Photographs by Zimbabwe Equine News.
The feature race at Borrowdale Park tomorrow, Saturday, January 25th, 2025, is the 1100m Hachiman Sprint, which will take place at 14:30. The first race is due off at noon.
The Hachiman Sprint field includes last year’s winner, Jubilee. Recent winners Hildelita, Red Top and Tom’s Diner are part of the line-up, as are Kallipos, Force Eight and Queen of Fire.
Photograph by Zimbabwe Equine News.
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