Our thanks to Milnerton Veterinary Clinic and especially Drs Alistair Cameron and David Timpson for their swift action in saving the life of our hero Dynasty and for their constant and professional care in making sure that he has done as well as he has done thus far.
SARAH WHITELAW: In South Africa, the trend has been in recent times of champion sires becoming champion broodmare sires. The broodmare sire list has recently dominated by Northern Guest, who has been champion broodmare sire in this country nine times.
A dual Group race winner annihilates a Graduation field. Hardly the stuff to get excited about but the background to Gold Onyx’s dramatic return to
Thoroughbred Group’s eNews: An Equus award for Captain Al; Dynasty the 2yo sales topper; Two-Year-Old Sale refelcted a healthy market contrary to TBA comment
A filly and colt by Dynasty made top prices at the National 2yo sale where the average prices for colts and fillies were down, but median prices showed that the middle and lower end of the market recovered from last year’s drop.
Thoroughbred Group’s eNews: It’s a drive to the wire in the closing stages of the current season statistics for the Sire Championship. A few rands separates the SA bred giants Captain Al and Jet Master.
Underrated jockey Stuart Randolph showed the main guys a thing or three at Scottsville on 21 July. His power riding and great judgement was the highlight on a day when the top two guys- you know their names by now – had to be satisfied with just one cheque each.
The top ten riders on the national log make an absolute mockery of the contrived transformation in other sporting codes like cricket and rugby. One must wonder why this is not utilised to promote the game and sow the seeds of positivity?
Alan Greeff’s recent Eastern Cape ‘Triple Crown’ star My Best Shot and the Lucky Houdalakis galloper Musical Score, a 3yo son of Oratorio, and a winner of his last two starts, are the two newbies
It is no mean feat to win at feature level from 1400m to 2400m, but My Best Shot proved equal to the task and set himself up for East Cape Horse Of The Year honours – and maybe a Hollywoodbets Durban July supplementary entry?
