Speed And Stamina – Rafeef Rules!
Ridgemont’s super sire Rafeef, a champion, by a champion, out of a champion, continues to grow with every passing major raceday
3rd April 2025
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Ridgemont’s super sire Rafeef, a champion, by a champion, out of a champion, continues to grow with every passing major raceday
In this business, none of us should overestimate our powers of prediction and our best tools are experience and context, couched in all the humility we can muster
Like the tide, the fortunes of many thoroughbred female families tend to ebb and flow
The best view we have of stallions’ success (or not) is when they are deep into their stud careers. Breeders and buyers are making crucial decisions in advance of having full knowledge
Cartier Horse Of The Year in 2000, Giant’s Causeway was Champion Sire in North America three times with his 196 stakes winners
Claiborne Farm’s top-class stallion War Front had a big day on Saturday 1 March when he celebrated a pair of graded stakes winners
The champagne corks were popping down in the beautiful Robertson valley on Friday with the Ridgemont team celebrating another sparkling performance by their stallions in two provinces
Fiery Pegasus joins Cape Derby hero Linebacker as the second top level winner sired by champion sprinter Captain Of All and hails from a female family which had its origins at the famed Zandvliet Stud
Blood once again rules the land and Rafeef’s potent power-packed pedigree, coupled with the Horse Of The Season’s racing record as a Grade 1 winner of 6 races have equipped his offspring of both sexes with superior ammunition
A stallion described as a kind and gentle soul, and a leading international Grade 1 winner producing sire, Avontuur’s Danehill son Oratorio has sadly moved on to his forever paddock in the sky
The Cape Breeders Club will honour their stars of the 2023/24 season at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday
Currently offered at 25-1 in the ante-post market, Dean Kannemeyer’s lightly raced 4yo The Real Prince is happy and healthy and on track for a run in the big one
In contrast to heavyweights of the modern era in Galileo, Sea The Stars and Dubawi, who have stamped their authority in classic spheres with excellent support from leading breeders, bona fide breed shaper Acclamation rose from far humbler beginnings
A familiar voice for years whenever we telephoned Summerhill Stud, and a lady known as ‘Muhtafal’s Mom’ to many, Megan Romeyn currently finds herself with life-threatening medical challenges
