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There will be more than some arm’s length interest for South African racing fans in next Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup
29th October 2015
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There will be more than some arm’s length interest for South African racing fans in next Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup
The former Mike de Kock-trained runner Almoonqith, owned by Sheikh Hamdan of Dubai, scored an impressive win in Wednesday’s Gr3 Geelong Cup over 2400m at Geelong Racecourse outside of Melbourne
The 2810m turf feature is the official prep for the Dubai World Cup day Dubai Gold Cup and in winning Almoonqith stamped himself as a possible candidate, Hanagan saying that, “it would be discussed with Sheikh Hamdan.”
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
The son of Twice Over has been gelded and will be aimed at the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the WSB Cape Town Met
