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Explore all about Janse van Vuuren Racing Stables – the trainer, the team, the yard, and the achievements.

The Yard has celebrated +500 winners in its lifetime and still winning.
Here we look back at a string of the truly memorable champions.

28 October 2023
ALLIED STEELRODE - ONAMISSION
CHARITY MILE (Grade 2)
Puerto Manzano (ARG)

Exciting victory! Puerto Manzano, under the skilled hands of Gavin Lerena, galloped to glory in the Allied Steelrode Onamission Charity Mile Grade 2, supporting SARDA Centre, an organization that provides therapeutic horse riding programs for individuals with disabilities. 🥇🏁

11 June 2023
Jubilee Stakes (Grade 3)
Puerto Manzano (ARG)
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PUERTO MANZANO shows he's spot on, when running out an easy winner ahead of The Hollywoodbets Durban July 2023!
29 April 2023
WSB Premier’s Champions
Challenge (Grade 1)
Puerto Manzano (ARG)
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Puerto Manzano pulls off a HUGE Highveld Grade 1 double, following up his Betway Summer Cup win with victory by a nose in the R2 million World Sports Betting Premier’s Champions Challenge. Sensational from Keagan De Melo for Johan Janse van Vuuren and owner Laurence Wernars. 🔥🐎
2 January 2023
LONDON NEWS STAKES (Grade 3)
Puerto Manzano (ARG)

Johan Janse van Vuuren capped a happy 41st birthday celebration of note at Turffontein, when he saddled three winners, including our Argentinian hero Puerto Manzano who made it a double for the stable when winning the R250 000 Gr3 London News Stakes.

26 November 2022
BETWAY SUMMER CUP (Grade 1)
Puerto Manzano (ARG)

Bouncing back from a below par effort in the 2022 Hollywoodbets Durban July, Puerto Manzano capped a fine training performance after two promising prep runs, to give trainer Johan Janse van Vuuren and the well invested Wernars family a first (Gr 1) winner in the Highveld flagship.

29 October 2022
ALLIED STEELRODE - ONAMISSION
CHARITY MILE (Grade 2)
Bingwa

The Epworth Children’s Home joined the Bingwa supporters as an elated beneficiary charity as the Stonebridge family celebrated a successful title defence in 2022's R800 000 Allied Steelrode-Onamission Gr2 Charity Mile at Turffontein.