The Moon Shines Brightly Across The World
Victory Moon’s story is marked by much joy, triumph and a poignant ending—reflecting the bittersweet fate shared by many equine champions throughout history
11th November 2024
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Victory Moon’s story is marked by much joy, triumph and a poignant ending—reflecting the bittersweet fate shared by many equine champions throughout history
Isaac Shelby made his 3yo debut in a high-class running of the Gr3 Greenham – the race in which Night Of Thunder lost his unbeaten record to Kingman
Over the years, the mighty Ballydoyle outfit has enjoyed spectacular success with certain female lines, one of which being that of the Gr2 winning Pivotal mare Beauty Is Truth
A winner of the 2024 Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint and one of the most well-bred fillies around, the top-class October Morn has come up for sale by the Executor of the Estate of the late David Abery
The champagne corks were popping at the magnificent Owloon Horses in Paarl earlier this week when their 2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July winning broodmare Souk delivered a handsome and beautifully conformed Fire Away colt
Tragedy struck Suzette and Basie Viljoen’s fledgeling Wellington-based breeding operation Hopes And Dreams on Monday evening when the farm’s flagship mare and 2022 SA Horse Of The Year Captain’s Ransom reportedly died while giving birth
His four-year-old daughter Entrancement scored a career best in the Listed Beckford Stakes at Bath
The superstar mare renowned for her bold frontrunning style was crowned Australian Racehorse of the Year
The finish to Sunday’s Gr1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe was dominated by progeny of Camelot and Sea The Stars
It is eerie to think that there would have been no Siren’s Call, Sound Of Warning, or for that matter Call To Unite, had fate not decreed that Enchanted Cove follow her dam to South Africa, and that Peter de Beyer had the foresight to return Elusive Fort back home from the States as well!
Thunderstruck has already covered 40 mares and is proving a true professional in the lush paddocks of the magnificent Robertson farm
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
