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In the same week that her good son Call To Unite won the 2024 renewal of the Listed Settler’s Trophy, South African horseracing bid a sad farewell to the outstanding Siren’s Call
Discovering a bit more about Usha Stud’s horseracing journey
A six-length debut winner over 1400m at Chester as a juvenile, Witness Stand was gelded after finishing sixth in the Gr2 Vintage Stakes on his second outing
Drakenstein Stud has announced that champion Charles Dickens has had his first two mares scanned in foal
Is it not curious that a particular sire line can fade into obscurity in many parts of the globe yet continues to thrive in another
Consigned by St George Sales a Nyquist filly sold for $375 000 at Tuesday’s Book 4 Session at the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale
There is a way to reduce the financial responsibilities for owners with horses considered good enough to race in the USA
Juvenile colt Nesthorn continues the fine streak of form for new Paardeberg recruit Expert Eye
‘Hopefully Isivunguvungu is the first of many’ – Mike de Kock
Robertson-based breeding operation Ridgemont head into the forthcoming breeding season with the ‘magnificent seven’, their most diverse and exciting stallion attack in the seven winters since the Kieswetter family acquired the historic champion nursery
Like Isivunguvungu, What A Winter won both the Gr1 Computaform Sprint and Gr1 Mercury Sprint, and was also victorious in two runnings of the Gr1 Cape Flying Championship
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!
There’s lots more to play for!
