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Top Cape breeders miss out on a fourth Oaks but strike with a good one in the Gerald Rosenberg
8th May 2017
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Top Cape breeders miss out on a fourth Oaks but strike with a good one in the Gerald Rosenberg
The Piere Strydom genius has been the catalyst to getting the talented Judpot filly Polyphonic back into the winner’s enclosure
Alec Laird is to train the unnamed Frankel filly that made R4 million at last month’s Cape Premier Yearling Sale
Bezanova may well have forgotten where the winner’s enclosure was after his long drought but came back to his best in style at Turffontein on Sunday
In a statement made via Facebook, Alec Laird Racing has announced the end of the road for Smart Call’s 2016 Breeders Cup campaign
Alec Laird has confirmed that Smart Call has received the all clear to resume work and is back on track for the 2016 Breeders’ Cup
SA’s 2016 Met darling, Smart Call will join a field of 9 for Saturday’s Gr1 Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket
Smart Call’s connections share their thoughts ahead of the Gr1 Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket
We catch up with Alec Laird and Breeders’ Cup hopeful, Smart Call in Newmarket
Smart Call is likely to have a run in the UK before flying out to the USA
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!
