Summer Pudding – Premier’s Champions Challenge Doubt
‘It’s just a fortnight between the two Gr1’s, and she did have a hard race over the mile on Saturday’
19th April 2021
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‘It’s just a fortnight between the two Gr1’s, and she did have a hard race over the mile on Saturday’
The 3yo, who had social media and the chat forums buzzing after his shock withdrawal prior to the SA Derby last month, stamped himself a colt with a bright future
Mike de Kock has nominated all four of his top three-year-old colts in Soqrat, Hawwaam, Barahin and Alyaasaat, as well as Noble Secret and Cascapedia
The Gr1 feature has been re-rated after reflection
Ascot Stud-bred gelding gives longstanding owner Colin Bird a first Gr1 winner after over four decades
An injury enforced jockey change that sees S’manga Khumalo take over from regular pilot Anton Marcus will have thrown a seed of doubt into the equation for the Eagle supporters.
‘If we don’t have a ticket we don’t have a hope of glory – or even earning…’
Champion Miler and dual SA Horse Of The Year Legal Eagle returns to action on Champions Day 5 May and is out to set the record straight in the R4 million Gr1 Premier’s Champions Challenge
Champion Legal Eagle will get his chance to set the record straight in the R4 million Gr1 President’s Champions Challenge
On a Champions Day of mixed emotions for trainer Geoff Woodruff and SA’s leading owners Mayfair Speculators, 20 year old jockey Callan Murray owned the occasion with three superb Gr1 winners
South Africa’s top racehorse Legal Eagle is all set to register his seventh Gr1 success – and provide the anchor in the final leg of the bumper Pick 6
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
Rafeef is fast establishing a fine reputation as a stallion who has the ability to sire stakes winners across the speed and stamina spectrum
