JR Grabs The Million
While the Vodacom Durban July draw may not have gone according to plan, the top trainer enjoyed a welcome change of fortune with his well-travelled Morning Catch
29th June 2019
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While the Vodacom Durban July draw may not have gone according to plan, the top trainer enjoyed a welcome change of fortune with his well-travelled Morning Catch
Comeback Kid Mark Khan defied fitness doubts and the generous betting odds to grab his fourth SA Derby winner
It takes a good horse to turn an ordinary day on its head and SA champion trainer Sean Tarry got what he was looking for when saddling the progressive Big Bear
The news of his first winner at Kenilworth on Tuesday would have been received with a mix of joy and sadness by Mick Goss and his team
A truly eclectic group of stallions will be represented by their first South African two-year-olds this season
There are no fewer than nine stallions with their first NYS yearlings on offer at the Germiston sale
The discerning will know that the first progeny of the world class Await The Dawn, by far his father’s best product of the 2013 season, make their debut today at the CTS Emperors Palace sale in Johannesburg
It is interesting to note the trends of various sire lines, represented by the new stallions with their first local crops on the upcoming yearling sales
Named after the Rugby Springbok ‘Bakkies’ Botha, this youngster is a half-brother to Rabada by Await The Dawn,
While covering a mare on Sunday, Summerhill’s second-season sire Await The Dawn succumbed to a freak accident which cost him his life
Nothing gets the heart pumping on a stud farm like the arrival of a new stallion and when its Await The Dawn you can count on a huge turnout
There was a unique South African connection in the background as the Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking charged to victory under Rossa Ryan to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday
