SplashOut Cape Derby – ‘Quality Over Quantity’ A Reality

Reducing foal crops and a focus on breeding sprinter-milers doesn’t help the situation of assembling decent sized fields for 3yo’s over ground

Met Winner Heads SplashOut Cape Derby Field

Justin Snaith’s WSB Cape Town Met winner Eight On Eighteen heads a quintet of runners from the champion yard in a field of just seven runners

De Kock Debut Winner Looks Smart

Two sons of the late Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie) enjoyed success at Turffontein on Saturday

Hollie And Tom Open Their Accounts At Sha Tin

Hollie Doyle and Tom Marquand, who are in Hong Kong on a short stint to cover injured colleagues Zac Purton, Vincent Ho, Angus Chung and Keith Yeung, both posted their first wins at Sha Tin

Patient Puller Enjoys An African Skyline

The veteran horseman wouldn’t have stuck it out this long if he didn’t believe that there was something in the pipeline, and it’s worth noting that the Bruce Le Roux-bred son of Mogok has earned at 73% of his 30 starts over 5 seasons

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