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100 Winners for Kuda’s Mbhele When Sandile Mbhele jumped off Do Angels Cry and headed to the weigh-in area after winning the seventh race at Durbanville on Tuesday there was a noticeable extra spring in his step. And a beaming smile from ear to ear, despite the gloomy weather that Read more…

Kuda at the 2022 CPYS When it comes to racing, the spotlight is invariably on the winners, snapping the moment of victory, the joy and the reaction. After all, everyone loves a winner – from punters to owners to trainers to jockeys to grooms, and even the horse itself basks Read more…

Kuda Representation Reaches New High While there are four horses in the 11-strong Cape Met field who are insured by Kuda, there are another 33 such runners on the card throughout the day. It marks a continuation of the significant growth that Kuda is making in the equine industry and Read more…

Kuda’s ‘Quartet’ in the Cape Town Met The R2-million WSB Cape Town Met will be run at Kenilworth on Saturday and Kuda insures four runners in the race. For those who might be superstitious and looking for signs, here’s a quartet that would send you smiling all the way to Read more…

Fiona Ramsden doesn’t believe in being fashionably late. The phone buzzes ahead of our meeting and she says, “I got here early.” When I arrive she’s busy with her phone. Busy being the operative word. There’s an infectious energy and professionalism about this stalwart of the South African racing scene. Read more…

After Auction Keep Cover This product has to be taken in conjunction with the annual Life Cover (formerly known as Mortality Cover). Product Description: This is a fall of hammer product where Kuda will insure the horse on an annual basis for the purchase price at the auction. As we Read more…

Jo finds Kuda’s (in)sure(d) thing Some people burn the midnight candle studying form. Others grow beans, while some throw the bones and look for the outcome. Whatever the case, it’s Vodacom Durban July week and everyone even remotely interested in horseracing knows about the “July”, one of the jewels in Read more…

Lyle passes a record 220 winners One by one Lyle Hewitson ticks off the boxes. As June arrived which signals two months to go until the end of the 2020/21 racing season, the 23-year-old continued his relentless march to a third South African Jockeys’ Championship. Another box was ticked at Read more…

Lyle Hewitson is closing in on 200 winners for the season with a winner at Greyville yesterday taking his total to 191. He’s currently 53 winners ahead of defending champion Warren Kennedy and some bookmakers have even paid out early on Hewitson being crowned national jockeys champion for a third Read more…

Kuda’s Hewitson goes past 150 season winners Lyle Hewitson went through the 150-winners mark for the season to continue his relentless march to a third South African jockeys championship. The Kuda-sponsored rider has been at the top of his game in recent weeks and booted home three winners for the Read more…