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Kavanagh is a deadly 1400m performer on his day and he confirmed it by winning the Hawaii Stakes over that distance on the standside course at Turffontein on Saturday.
Kavanagh is a deadly 1400m performer on his day and he confirmed it by winning the Hawaii Stakes over that distance on the standside course at Turffontein on Saturday.
Irish-bred Europa Point has continued to improve all season and emerged from a three month lay-off on Saturday to record her first Stakes success when she won the Acacia Handicap.
The Chairman’s Cup run over 3200m at Kenilworth on Saturday makes another strong case for the urgency of introducing sectional timing after In Writing appeared to catch his 11 rivals all napping and ran out a wide margin winner of the summer’s last Graded event in Cape Town
It all nearly went pear-shaped for Igugu in the J&B Met. Overcoming an 18 hour road trip from Gauteng Igugu still managed to avoid piling onto the rocks like an equine Costa Concordia and snatched a heart-stopping victory in Kenilworth’s showcase.
Jackson may be the best 3yo in South Africa after he lived up to a ton of pre-race hype and ran out the fluent winner of the Investec Cape Derby
Ebony Flyer confirmed that she remains a filly of true class when running out the fluent winner of the Klawervlei Majorca Stakes.
Blake is turning into a seriously good long-distance runner and the ultra-consistent five-year-old registered his third Stakes win in succession when capturing the J&B Reserve Stayers
Three-year-olds are a rare sight in the l’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, but that could be set to change in seasons to come that age group dominated the finish to Saturday’s prestigious WFA contest
The members of 3yo, 2008 foal crop won both Gr1 events at Kenilworth on Saturday. The splendidly bred Thunder Dance did her bit to uphold her generation’s honour when winning the TBA Paddock Stakes.
Smanjemanje is making a habit of winning races named after equine heroes of the past. Successful in the Victory Moon S. last November, the 5yo added the London News S. to his collection of scalps.
Polar Bound’s racing career has already had its share of ups and downs, but the gelding put his name up in lights when recording a 1st Stakes success in the Peninsula Handicap.
This amendment places South Africa’s African Horse Sickness (AHS) free zone back on the Annex IV list as an authorised zone within South Africa from which registered equines are authorised for direct entry into the EU following the required in-country pre-export quarantine period
Buyers better look sharp at Master Of My Fate’s 24-strong draft destined for next month’s National Yearling Sale