N Kotzen Racing

05/12/2024

FATE DECREED 🏆🐎 Her work back home has been promising, her last few runs were progressing! To win from that position was all heart from Horse & Jockey Deryl Daniels 👏🏻 Thank you for all your hard work and heartfelt interview! Massive Congratulations to our Legend Soldier Uncle Ted Hughes for all your support! Well Done Trainer Dad Nathan Kotzen 🏆🐎👏🏻 Your unwavering faith and ability to bring a horse to its best deserves recognition! Well done team!!!

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20/11/2024

Our Champion ROYAL VICTORY having his gallop prep at Greyville today 🐎🏆 Thank you to Jockey Gavin Lerena for making the trip. Candiese Lenferna Photography Thank you so much for these beautiful pictures 🙏🏻❤️

13/11/2024

Thank you greatly to our amazing Owners Peter & Belinda Victor for our TOP CLASS Racing attire! We were complimented by many on course today ❤️🙏🏻🤗🐎🏆 Most Privileged and Proud to be representing our Champion ROYAL VICTORY 🐎🏆

27/10/2024

RAINBOW OF ROSES 🐎🌹
📸 Credit : A & A
Thank you Anita & Anneke ❤️

27/10/2024

Our Beautiful Big Girl RAINBOW OF ROSES broke her Maidens going away today at HollywoodBets Greyville Race 4!!! Incredible Ride from Jockey Kabelo MATSUNYANE 👏🏻 You gave it your all and she gave it right back! We dedicate this win to the Late Brandon Wiese 🪽 Thank you greatly to our Owners Vinod Namchunder, Fazel & Trainer Nathan Kotzen 🏆 Well Done to the Breeders WIlGERBOSDRIFT. Great work Team back home 🐎👏🏻🥳🎉

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12/09/2024

WARRIOR OF ROYALTY 🏆🐎 Bounces back to his best!!! It's been quite a journey for this boy, however he's shown his ability from the start! Thank you greatly to our incredible owners for your patience and support!! Mr Peter & Belinda Victor, Mr Graham & VJ Palmer and Trainer Nathan Kotzen 🥳🎉👏🏻🐎🏆 Well done to the Breeder Mr. WJ Engelbert (JNR) Thank you to our Jockey Muzi Yeni for always giving your All!! Excellent confident ride!!
Well done team!!!
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31/08/2024

Proud is an understatement for what we've achieved with a hope and a dream!! ROYAL VICTORY 🏆🐎🏆 CHAMPION MIDDLE DISTANCE HORSE ❤️ Beautiful Trophy 🙏🏻

31/08/2024

🏆🐎🏆 Our KZN CHAMPION ROYAL VICTORY!!!!

31/08/2024

KZN Durban Awards 🏆🐎 Greyville Racecourse
ROYAL VICTORY CHAMPION Middle Distance Horse 🏆👏🏻🐎❤️ Massive Congratulations to our Phenomenal Owners and all the winners last night! Well Done Team!!

24/08/2024

Happy Birthday to Our CHAMPION Trainer Nathan Kotzen 🥳🎉🎊🎈🎂 We as a Family & Team wish you a blessed day 🥂

08/07/2024

Nathan Kotzen We are all so PROUD of our CHAMPION ROYAL VICTORY!!! Despite not having running room when it mattered most, our CHAMPION ran on for 3rd in the Hollywoodbets Durban July 2024. TEAM WORK has made the DREAM WORK 🏆🐎 Thank you to all our groomsmen for all your hard work, we appreciate each and every one. We have the most Amazing Owners 🙏🏻🌹🥂 Peter & Belinda Leach Victor Natasha & Chris Sturdy and girls (Robyn & Pippa) Sandy & Eugene Arundel & Brandon Wiese. We enjoyed every moment had to offer!! It was an incredible experience to be a part of Surprising Peter & Belinda with their daughter Shannon to share the epic day with us ❤️ Our Jockey Muzi Yeni, We appreciate all your hard work and efforts🙏🏻 We'll be back again champ!! Thank you to our Farriers Dean & Damon from STRONG CHAPLIN & DURRANT You guys are incredible!! Natasha Thompson Equilibrium Treatments 🙏🏻 Thank you for all your loving work on our CHAMPION! Massive Shout Out 📣 to Carmen Hastie for your Personalised Epic Transportation, we are so privileged & grateful for you both🙏🏻 Thank you Kyle for everything!! Above all, Trainer Dad Nathan Kotzen 🏆🐎🙏🏻 Your very first July Contender did us all proud despite conditions!
Thank you to ALL the ROYAL VICTORY SUPPORTERS 🐎❤️ We love and appreciate your support 🙏🏻

03/07/2024

A picture I'll treasure forever 🙏🏻❤️🐎🏆🤗
Trainer Dad Nathan Kotzen, I cannot express in words what this journey has brought into our lives! A Trainer who picked a baby Pathfork C**t at a sale and took on his dreams. We as a Team & Family couldn't be more PROUD OF YOU REACHING THOSE DREAMS! Your very own first July Contender 🐎🏆💥 ROYAL VICTORY!!!!
We got a ticket....We got a chance! Privileged, Honoured & in Awe of how far we've come.
3 Days to go till we compete in the biggest race in Africa!

Nathan Kotzen and Natasha Culverwell pictured with number one draw for the Hollywoodbets Durban July, Royal Victory on Monday morning.

Image: Candiese Lenferna Photography

26/06/2024

FINAL FIELD 🐎🏆

HOLLYWOODBETS DURBAN JULY FINAL FIELD

Rachel Venniker, denied a first ride in the R5 million Gr1 Hollywoodbets Durban July last year with the last minute withdrawal of her intended mount, gets her chance this year when she partners Without Question for Justin Snaith and owner Nick Jonsson.
The final field was unveiled at a glittering function in Durban this afternoon. Twenty of the cream of the country’s middle distance horses will line up over 2200m at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday 6 July, the field headed by last year’s winner Wi******er Mansion and runner-up See It Again. The latter shoulders top weight of 60kg and will again be ridden by Piere Strydom for Michael Roberts.
The race holds special significance for both trainer and jockey. Roberts, a winner of the race aboard Super Quality back in 1997 for David Ferraris, will be attempting to win it as a trainer while Strydom has delayed his intended retirement to ride the Twice Over c**t and hopefully end his career on a high note with a fifth win in the big race. See It Again put in an eye-catching performance in the Gr1 Hollywoodbets Gold Challenge in his final preparation and is one of the big fancies in the betting. Roberts was hoping for a draw between 1 and 6 but drew 10.
It has been many years since a KZN-trained horse has won the July, the last being the Dennis Drier-trained Spanish Galliard ridden by Robbie Sham in 1992. Roberts came close last year with See It Again but joining him this year with an outstanding chance is Summerveld-based colleague Nathan Kotzen who saddles Royal Victory who drew pole position. A winner of both the Gr1 Betway Summer Cup and the Gr1 Champion’s Challenge at Turffontein, Kotzen has elected not to give his charge a warm-up race and it will be interesting to see what the plans will be for Royal Victory in the July gallops which take place on Thursday, June 27 where all the July runners will be on show in the compulsory lead-up to the big one.

26/06/2024

Hollywoodbets Durban July Draws 💥🐎🏆
Incredible pictures Candiese Lenferna Photography 🩷 Our CHAMPION ROYAL VICTORY Jumps from Draw 1