That Vercingetorix has seamlessly taken over the mantle of his illustrious sire at Maine Chance is best illustrated by the fact that he currently leads the General Sires List, with his late sire in second place
Having been a Top 10 breeder for over twenty years, Maine Chance Farms has a proud heritage of standing Champion Sires in South Africa
One of South Africa’s top stud farms, Maine Chance Farms, will be strongly represented at the upcoming August Two Year Old Sale
The 2016 Emperors Palace Select Yearling Sale graduate Chefano, a recent winner of the Gr3 Memorial Cup Handicap, is one of just seven entries for Hong Kong’s final Gr1 of the season
The Maine Chance bred Silvano gelding Chefano, formerly in the care of Robbie Sage when named Vacquero, gave trainer John Moore a sixth win in the Gr3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup
The R350 000 Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes produced the thriller as anticipated at Turffontein on Saturday
Jockey Nooresh Juglall produced a beautifully judged ride from last into the home straight
Sunday’s thrilling Gr1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe victory for Galileo’s son Waldgeist may have been a deflationary moment for the romantics shouting the history hungry Enable home
We want to provide value in the market and, for people who support our stallions, to see a good return.
‘The foal crop dropped around 20 per cent between 2016 and 2018. If that goes on, you come to an isolated island industry which will not survive because the race regime is not sufficient to cover what’s needed to have a race for each horse.’
Geoff Woodruff and Mark Khan opened the Charity Mile Day feature programme at Turffontein on Saturday
‘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’
