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Horse Chestnut

A Summer In The Woods

While the 2018 Gr1 Summer Cup was a feather in the cap of deceased Triple Crown winner Horse Chestnut, the R2 000 000 Turffontein feature race also highlighted the ongoing influence of former champion sire Fort Wood

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Pure Guineas Gold

When Tap O’ Noth landed Saturday’s Gr1 Cape Guineas, he ensured his late sire Captain Al joined an elite group of stallions

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Double For Soma’s Fort Wood Mare

Fortissima rounded off Sunday’s Summer Cup feature programme at Turffontein when she registered her second consecutive success in the Listed Racing Association Handicap

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Horse Chestnut wins the 1998 Dingaans

The Tallest Trees…

There can be no doubt that the late Horse Chestnut was one of the greatest thoroughbreds ever produced in South Africa

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Four For Bling

Backed into 6-1 and with a R2 870 277 Pick 6 dividend riding on her back, there was a fair amount of pressure on jockey S’manga Khumalo

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Fort Wood

SA’s Top Broodmare Sires

While a small handful of sires dominated the South African General Sires List, the broodmare sires list features a number of outstanding sires, who either stand or stood at stud in South Africa

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Good Newsbreak: Direct Exports From SA To EU Approved!

This amendment places South Africa’s African Horse Sickness (AHS) free zone back on the Annex IV list as an authorised zone within South Africa from which registered equines are authorised for direct entry into the EU following the required in-country pre-export quarantine period

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