Another Feature For Silvano
No pace to speak of but a fair race in the end as Astro News gets the better of Gold Onyx to win the Umthombothi Stakes at a wet Scottsville
23rd February 2014
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No pace to speak of but a fair race in the end as Astro News gets the better of Gold Onyx to win the Umthombothi Stakes at a wet Scottsville
Dylan’s Promise is runaway winner of the R250 000 Gr2 Betting World Oaks
Good enough to crack the July field? Astro News wins the R250 000 Gr3 Cup Trial and puts his hand up
An exciting nine race programme at Clairwood on Sunday is headed by an intriguing 2yo double feature
Charles Laird enjoyed a great day at Clairwood on Sunday, including the feature winner Dylan’s Promise who now goes for the SA Fillies Classic
The former Charles Laird-trained Solskjaer gelding Ice Axe made a winning debut on the beautiful Indian Ocean Island of Mauritius, when he downed the odds-on favourite IL Saggiatore to win the Gr1 Le Trophee Du Bicentenaire Du MTC on Saturday.
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!
