Stars at Santa Anita
Despite its fascinating festival of upsets, this year’s Breeders’ Cup confirmed the “star” status of a couple horses and potential stardom for a few others.
5th November 2012
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Despite its fascinating festival of upsets, this year’s Breeders’ Cup confirmed the “star” status of a couple horses and potential stardom for a few others.
The L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner of 2012 and in subsequent years could possibly receive an automatic entry into the lucrative Breeder’s Cup Mile in the same year of its running.
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf
The businessman was served with an interim suspension of his Assistant Trainer licence on Friday afternoon and has spoken out about what appears to be mostly a misunderstanding based on a potential lack of communication and bureaucratic red-tape challenges
