Not too many studs can boast a Met win to their credit. Zandvliet has five. As well as a trophy from just about every other feature race in South Africa. On hearing the recent news that the farm is being sold, we caught up with Dan de Wet and had a look at the history of this illustrious stud.
The name De Wet is synonymous, in South Africa, with good wine and top racehorses.
SARAH WHITELAW: Pocket Power stole the show, and he clearly has taken to show jumping like a duck to water.
A man we are privileged to have known as a loyal friend of this great game and of the Sporting Post, a personal mate, and one of South African horseracing’s great characters, Shaheen Shaw, a husband, loving Dad and Grandad, passed away suddenly at the age of 55
The sad reality is that no matter who did what wrong, the Peter saga has been a scar on the SA horseracing landscape for far too long and besides the old favourite of justice delayed, it has lingered lengths ahead of KZN star Royal Victory’s big win in the 2023 renewal of the Highveld showpiece
