Kissing The Blarney Stone
They say that every family in Ireland still has at least one member who is involved with horses in some way. It is horse country through and through!
13th December 2012
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They say that every family in Ireland still has at least one member who is involved with horses in some way. It is horse country through and through!
SARAH WHITELAW: A look at the fillies guineas success down the years
Dean Kannemeyer’s smart Royal Academy colt Cape Royal was the sole acceptor for a R62 000 1000m Graduation Plate programmed for Kenilworth this Saturday.
ROBYN LOUW: The 2012 Sansui Summer Cup will go down in racing history as one of our most popular and heart-warming results.
The 2012 season saw a number of exceptionally well bred, and well performed sires retire to stud.
LANCE BENSON: There is no evidence to suggest that smaller fields translate into smaller multi-leg exotic pools. In fact there appears evidence to suggest the opposite!
ROBYN LOUW: What a year it’s been for racing. We need to salute the champions of racing and their achievements.
SARAH WHITELAW: What has happened to the great classic sirelines and why do they seem to be fading into history?
Jockey musical chairs and some great performances on the track skew the Gr2 Selangor Cup picture
ROBYN LOUW: This weekend is a big one in the EC racing calendar. On Friday, Fairview hosts the RA Stakes and generously allows the energetic Dorrie Sham and her team to use the rest of the day to raise funds for the EC Horse Care Unit.
LANCE BENSON: The International Jockeys’ Challenge has attracted so much attention from so many with so many fingers being pointed at so few but we have got to learn, laugh and move on now.
Frank Robinson and his staunch patron Sid Moodley look to have booked themselves a Hollywoodbets Durban July berth with Madison Valley
Reigning SA Horse Of The Year Dave The King became the third back-to-back winner this century of South Africa’s highest-rated Gr1 contest, the Hollywoodbets Gr1 Gold Challenge
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
