Ideal World, who entered stud in 2010 as a Gr2-placed, dual French stakes winner, has to date sired 26 stakes winners and in true Mauritzfontein tradition, the blue-blooded sire has made his mark as a classic stallion
Eric Sands’ 2019 Sun Met winner Rainbow Bridge ran the perfect prep for his assault on the Vodacom Durban July in just over three weeks time
Fresh off a feature success at Fairview on Friday, promising jockey Sandile Mbhele rode a grandstand finish to win the R150 000 Listed Kenilworth Cup
Craig Zackey kept a cool head to register a 23rd stakes winner for Mauritzfontein’s Kingmambo sire Ideal World on the Gary Alexander-trained Mount Laurel
The magic repeated itself for three days but never got monotonous as Glen Kotzen and Morne Winnaar rode the wave
The gutsy Ideal World filly Helen’s Ideal set up a Cape Winter ‘Triple Tiara’ showdown in the Listed Winter Oaks on 29 June
Milnerton trainer Paul Reeves doesn’t have the most powerful string in town
The Ideal World mare Onesie hadn’t seen the winner’s enclosure since New Year’s Day of 2017
The shock withdrawal of boom 3yo Hawwaam cast a dark cloud over Derby Day at Turffontein on Saturday
A somewhat controversial Vodacom Durban July inclusion last season, the very capable Dark Moon Rising finally put it all together
The regally bred French Guineas winning son of Mr Prospector and Miesque was to the fore at Kenilworth on Saturday with his son Ideal World – who is from one of the most powerful families of recent years – responsible for Gr1 Sun Met winner Rainbow Bridge
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
Rafeef is fast establishing a fine reputation as a stallion who has the ability to sire stakes winners across the speed and stamina spectrum
