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Fort Wood Proudly Wears The Crown
This is not the first time that Fort Wood has had a major impact on either the South African Triple Crown or Triple Tiara
This is not the first time that Fort Wood has had a major impact on either the South African Triple Crown or Triple Tiara
Feature victories in four racing centres over eight days must be something of a unique record
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
When Tap O’ Noth landed Saturday’s Gr1 Cape Guineas, he ensured his late sire Captain Al joined an elite group of stallions
Fortissima rounded off Sunday’s Summer Cup feature programme at Turffontein when she registered her second consecutive success in the Listed Racing Association Handicap
There can be no doubt that the late Horse Chestnut was one of the greatest thoroughbreds ever produced in South Africa
The fairer sex held centre stage at the TBA Sales Complex in Germiston with a beautifully bred Captain Al filly topping the session charts at R1,8 million
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
None were more in the limelight than Bush Hill Stud’s beautifully bred young horse, Flying The Flag
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
Those that did their homework may have found a gem in the Flamingo Park dust on Saturday…
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million