Potala Palace Colt For Winter Triple Crown
Piet Steyn’s exciting Potala Palace colt Katak will bid for the R200 000 Cape Winter Series bonus
21st July 2020
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Piet Steyn’s exciting Potala Palace colt Katak will bid for the R200 000 Cape Winter Series bonus
Welcome rain has fallen in Cape Town this week to accompany the start of the Highlands, part of Ridgemont, Cape Winter Series
Highlands enjoyed a champagne start to their Cape Winter Series sponsorship in 2017 when African Night Sky became the first horse since the mighty Pocket Power to win the Cape Triple Crown, are once again the big brand name behind the series this year
With the 2017 Cape Winter Derby being run this weekend and African Night Sky looking our best chance yet of seeing a successor to Pocket Power, we went in search of the origins of the Cape Winter Series
Western Cape racing has received a boost with the news that leading breeders Highlands, part of Ridgemont, will sponsor the prestigious Cape Winter Series
We have had a minor taste of things to come with wet and grey days in Cape Town this week, but there is some excellent heartwarming racing in the Cape in the months ahead, with the 2013 Winter Series offering prize money of R1 350 000 for the 3yo’s.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
