The Hollywood Syndicate recorded another 8 winners in South Africa in May, including our 100th winner of the season! IL ETAIT TEMPS recorded his fourth Gr1 victory with a big win at Punchestown in Ireland. Learn more about the winners below, and the latest news to happen during the month.
MAY 2024 HIGHLIGHTS
May 2024 – WINNERS
24/05 – JADE’S CABERNEIGH
24/05 – CATCH YOUR BREATH
23/05 – KHETHIWE’S DESTINY
15/05 – ZINIKELE
14/05 – JADE’S CABERNEIGH
11/05 – HITHEMHARDSUNSHINE
05/05 – VOORLOOPERTJIE
04/05 – ICY ELEANOR
02/05 – IL ETAIT TEMPS (Gr1 at Punchestown)
May 24th, 2024
100 WINNERS FOR THE SEASON – A massive well done the Hollywood Syndicate on notching up a century of winners for the 2023/24 Racing Season! Congratulations to the winning connections who landed the milestone and each won themselves the respective incentives:
🏇🏻 Horse – Jade’s Caberneigh
🏇🏻 Trainer – Gavin Smith – R10,000
🏇🏻 Jockey – Craig Zackey – R10,000
🏇🏻 Groom – Sandisele “No Man” Mpumlwana – R2,000
🎙️Commentator Oncourse – Naqeeb Munshi – R2,500
🎙️Commentator TV – Nico Kritsiotis – R2,500
A big thank you to all our trainers, jockeys, grooms and their respective teams for helping us reach this milestone! A big thank you to all the commentators that have called them all home! And well done to Anthony Delpech and his Hollywood Syndicate team for all their hard work in assembling these winning connections! 🌟🙏💜
The next goal is to now beat our season record of 124 winners! 2 months and 1 week to go!
May 24th, 2024
548 – JADE’S CABERNEIGH brings up the Hollywood Syndicate’s 100th winner of the 2023/2024 season. She was ridden to victory from start to finish by Craig Zackey and is now a three-time winner. The daughter of Gimmethegreenlight is trained by Hollywoodbets-sponsored Gavin Smith and is bred by Cheveley Stud. Well Done Team. Race Replay and Interview.
May 24th, 2024
547 – CATCH YOUR BREATH wins Race 2 over 1200m at Fairview this afternoon and she brings up the Syndicate’s 99th winner for the 2023/2024 season. The daughter of Canford Cliffs was ridden to victory by Winning Form-sponsored Jockey Richard Fourie. She is trained by Alan Greeff and is bred by Ridgemont. Race Replay and Interview.
May 23rd, 2024
546 – KHETHIWE’S DESTINY brings up the Syndicate’s 98th winner for the 2023/2024 season. She showed a good turn of foot to win Race 3 over 1200m at Turffontein this afternoon. The daughter of Buffalo Bill Cody was ridden to perfection by Winning Form-sponsored Jockey Raymond Danielson. She is trained by Mike de Kock and is bred by Narrow Creek Stud. Name Meaning: Khethiwe is isiZulu for “The Chosen One”. So basically “The chosen one’s destiny.”
May 15th, 2024
NEWS – The Hollywoodbets Life After Racing programme featured in an article in the Weekend Witness newspaper and website this past week. Kayla Shaw interviews talks to our stable manager Nicole Wille, and how the programme works, as well as about our new facilities at Ashburton. Read more here.
May 15th, 2024
545 – ZINIKELE brings up the Syndicate’s 97th winner for the 2023/2024 season. She finished strongly over 1400m on the Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack under Gavin Lerena. The daughter of Gimmethegreenlight is now a five-time winner and is trained by Hollywoodbets-sponsored Gareth van Zyl. She is bred by Lammerskraal Stud. Race Replay / Interview.
May 14th, 2024
544 – JADE’S CABERNEIGH showed good guts and determination to win Race 6 over 1000m on the Fairview polytrack this afternoon. The daughter of Gimmethegreenlight was ridden to victory by Craig Zackey and is now a two-time winner. She is trained by Hollywoodbets-sponsored Gavin Smith and is bred by Cheveley Stud. Race Replay and Interview.
May 11th, 2024
543 – HITHEMHARDSUNSHINE finished strongly to win Race 9 over 1000m on the Hollywoodbets Greyville turf track. He was given a perfect ride by Rachel Venniker and is now a four-time winner. The son of What A Winter is trained by Hollywoodbets-sponsored Alyson Wright and is bred by Wilgerbosdrift and Mauritzfontein. Race Replay.
May 5th, 2024
542 – VOORLOOPERTJIE wins Race 8 over 1800m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth this afternoon. Turning for home he was settled just behind the favourite Allez Moris, and when he was asked to quicken, the response was instant. He was ridden to victory by Craig Zackey and is now a two-time winner. The son of Vercingetorix is trained by Eric Sands and is bred by Maine Chance Farms. Race Replay / Interview.
May 4th, 2024
541 – It is a special victory for Hollywoodbets family as ICY ELEANOR wins first time out over 1000m at Hollywoodbets Greyville this afternoon. The daughter of What A Winter was given a well-timed ride by Sporting Post-sponsored Jockey Tristan Godden. She is trained by Hollywoodbets-sponsored Peter Muscutt and is bred by Wilgerbosdrift and Mauritzfontein. Race Replay / Interview.
May 2nd, 2024
INT – IL ETAIT TEMPS upstages stable companion Gaelic Warrior to land a third Grade 1 of the season winning the Barberstown Castle Novice Chase victory at Punchestown Racecourse. This horse has so much courage and so much heart. Going into the last hurdle it could have been any of the three Mullins horses. But he went eye-ball to eye-ball with Gaelic Warrior and threw down the hammer when it mattered most. It’s a privilege being a part of this horse’s career. wins the Grade 1 Barberstown Castle Novice Chase at Punchestown. Race Replay.
