A Golden Legacy
Despite sub-fertility issues stallion Goldkeeper has done exceptionally well.
21st November 2012
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Despite sub-fertility issues stallion Goldkeeper has done exceptionally well.
There are several sides to every story. I’ve refrained from saying anything in my columns that might affect the international jockeys challenge. However, as Mr Wainstein has seen fit to make some fairly bold statements on national television no less, I have decided that he warrants a public response.
How often does it happen? An ostensible ‘no-hoper’, the rank-outsider, wins at 50-1.
With the year 2012 fast drawing to an end, it is a good time to take a look back at some of racing’s stars, who tend to be overlooked – the broodmares.
We don’t wish to criticise what is a thankless decision to make. But if one looks at where the contact occurred and the distance from the line, then it could just as well have gone the other way.
SARAH WHITELAW: looking at the new sires at the Ready To Run sale; Breeders Cup notes and Rock of Gibraltar’s presence in South Africa.
ROBYN LOUW: Teaching, or rather inspiring, is a responsibility and a rare skill which often goes unappreciated in this electronic day and age. It is a frustration that the most talented people are often unable to articulate and pass on the techniques that make them successful.
There are no two ways about it – Mick Goss, the face and the force behind the mighty Summerhill Stud – has the gift of the gab.
Recent overseas results proved again that there are few better judges of horseflesh in this game than former champion jockey Basil Marcus.
SARAH WHITELAW: So who are the young generation of stallions who could yet turn the tide for a weakened band of US sires?
Tom Callaghan explains why the prestigious fillies Gr1 Paddock Stakes is no longer sponsored by Bloodstock SA
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
