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Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area is a 52-hectare (130-acre) nature reserve, situated in the centre of Kenilworth Racecourse, in Cape Town, South Africa. Due to its location, it has been left undisturbed for more than 100 years, making it now the best preserved patch of “ Cape Flats Sand Fynbos ” in the world.
The Cape Metropolitan Stakes, currently named the Sun Met (and previously known as the J&B Met), is a Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race run on the turf at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town, South Africa. [1] It is run over 2000m. It was first run in 1883 as the Metropolitan Mile. [2]
The Kenilworth Racecourse is a large part of the economy of the suburb, not only drawing in large crowds during the Sun Met and smaller crowds during the more common races but it is also the site of a commercial park that hosts numerous businesses including the headquarters of Pick 'n Pay Stores Limited.
The King's Plate (known as the Queen's Plate during the reigns of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II) is an annual Grade I horse race at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town, South Africa that has been run since 1861, and is one of South Africa's premier horse races. [1]
Ellerslie Racecourse, New Zealand, 1908. This is a list of currently active horse racing venues, both Thoroughbred racing and harness racing , sorted by country. In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses".
The Cape Guineas, run over 1600 metres (0.99 mi) on a turf track at Kenilworth Racecourse is considered an alternate first leg. [102] South African Triple Crown winners are: [103] Horse Chestnut – 1999; Louis the King – 2014; Abashiri – 2016; Malmoos – 2021; The South African Filly Triple Crown consists of: [92]
At Greyville Racecourse, he won the country's premier race, the Rothmans July Handicap three times, and the Gold Cup a record-equaling seven times. Coetzee is also a five-time winner of the J&B Metropolitan Stakes at Kenilworth Racecourse. In 1992, he accepted an offer to ride in Hong Kong for trainer Brian Kan Ping-chee.
He raced at Arlington racecourse 26 times, Fairview racecourse 35 times and Kenilworth racecourse 3 times. He won the East Cape Sprint Cup, a Listed race, three times in 2007, 2009 and 2010. He also won the Speedsters Stakes and the Cradock Place Stakes in three consecutive years from 2007 to 2009.