2010
Rainbow of flags at the Canon Gold Cup
Greyville racecourse was a field of colour at this years' Canon Gold Cup as fashionistas and punters alike took full advantage of the ideal Durban weather for the R1.2 million 3.2km horseracing marathon.

This year's theme "Flag Frenzy" had both established designers and self proclaimed fashionistas put their best foot forward as they tackled the task of creating a raceday ensemble with the immense passion.

2009
Mokaro leads Bridget Oppenheimer double at Canon Gold Cup
The first lady of horse racing, Mrs Bridget Oppenheimer, was on hand at Greyville yesterday to lead in her two home-bred horses Mokaro and Noblewood, who finished first and second respectively in the country’s greatest race for stayers, the R1,2 million Canon Gold Cup.

Both were trained by little heralded Cape trainer Stephen Page who was registering the first Grade 1 victory of his career and who only brought these two horses up for the three-month Champions Season.

Ivory Trail takes Champions Cup

The Joey Ramsden-trained Ivory Trail caused a huge upset under Raymond Danielson in the Champions Cup (Gr 1) run over 1 800m at Clairwood on Saturday when producing a blistering finish to narrowly deny Pocket Power what might have been a farewell victory to his many fans.

Pocket Power, whose illustrious record places him among the greats of the South African turf, was overtaken for the first time in his career as Ivory Trail came down the inside of horses to pip a wall of three other horses, including Pocket Power, who was on the very outside.

The Sean Tarry-trained Buy And Sell finished third ahead of Pocket Power’s stable companion from the Mike Bass yard, Blue Tiger.