The Australian-bred South African champion 2yo Delago Deluxe will stand in Australia in 2013. More
The Australian-bred South African champion 2yo Delago Deluxe will stand in Australia in 2013. More
Avontuur stallion Oratorio currently tops two of the three European sires logs after another three stakes winners last weekend. More
A graded stakes winner on turf and Polytrack, Marchfield’s biggest success came as a 4 and 5yo, earning Champion Canadian older horse honours in both seasons More
Gr1 Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux-Dalicia, by Acatenango) has been rated the world’s best entire. More
Avontuur’s new stallion Oratorio is making waves internationally. More
Here are the 2013 National Yearling Sale prices. View the sales prices online or download a pdf. More
Oratorio plays on! The Avontuur Stud stallion’s son Miltary Attack wins Gr1 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup More
Leading sire and Grade 1 winner Storm Cat was euthanized on Wednesday at the Young family’s Overbrook Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, at the age of 30 due to complications from infirmities of old age. More
Something in the order of 130 of the 537 yearlings catalogued for the weekend’s National Yearling Sale are unnamed. If classic names are your thing, rather buy one of those as we believe that changing a horse’s existing name is bad luck. More
Tuesday, 16 April 2013 dawned grey and chilly and would herald the end of an era, not only for Varsfontein, but also for the South African racing and breeding fraternity. More

SARAH WHITELAW: South Africa’s most successful “nick”. French 2000 Guineas Latest Star Descendant Of Legendary Mare; More
ROBYN LOUW: Gitano Hernando first flashed across the radar before the 2011 Dubai World Cup, when he famously changed hands to the Chechen President. More
SARAH WHITELAW: Bold Ruler was a truly great and remarkably dominant stallion, who became a potent sire of sires, and highly successful broodmare sire. More
Earlier in the week, it was announced that outstanding US stallion Storm Cat had died of old age. He was 30 at the time of his death More
Regions of the Cape horse racing industry are to be placed under one controlling body… The British Jockey Club is considering the introduction of random dope testing for jockeys… Frankie Dettori is cautioned by British police for possessing a small amount of cocaine… Michael Roberts survives an objection to win the Irish 2000 Guineas… More
Grand National – cock-up beyond the realm of farce… How the Jockey Club copes with crime… Empress Club opens 5/2 July favourite… 7yo Senor Santa wins another Cup… Mark Khan relocates north… More
Natal raceclubs re-introduce breakfast racing… Empress’ earnings pass the R3 million… Natal Tote reduces the Pick Six betting unit from 50 to 10 cent… Selwyn Lipschitz brings off a clever gamble… Computaform launches Computab… More
Michael Roberts officially accepts an offer from Sheikh Mohammed to ride the Arab ruler’s horses in Europe… The Natal Tote introduces the Quartet bet…. Cape media react indignantly to the overturning of a penalty for excessive whipping…. SA champion jockey Jeff Lloyd rides winners of six of the ten races at Clairwood…. More