Secret Potion Is The Tonic
The Takingthepeace 2018 SA Triple Tiara dream gave us all a great ride while it lasted, but sadly came undone at the final hurdle at Turffontein on Saturday.
5th May 2018
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The Takingthepeace 2018 SA Triple Tiara dream gave us all a great ride while it lasted, but sadly came undone at the final hurdle at Turffontein on Saturday.
Top owner Markus Jooste has probably changed more than a few lives in South African horseracing
With the Wilgerbosdrift SA Triple Tiara safely locked away in a cabinet this season, the fairer sex series has been overshadowed somewhat by the colts’ equivalent
Ilha Bela, banked her biggest career cheque when winning the Gr2 SA Oaks
The balance of power shifted further in favour of Mike De Kock after a memorable Champions Day at Turffontein this afternoon. Five Group winners on an afternoon is brilliant stuff in anybody’s language!
Stamina doubts lie at the heart of unravelling the Gr2 SA Oaks puzzle. Only 4 of the thirteen 3yo fillies have tried the 2450m trip previously and then only with mixed success.
Princess Of Light found only Igugu too good for her when runner-up in the Gr2 SA Oaks back in April, and took full advantage of her old nemesis’ absence to go one better in the Gold Circle Oaks over 2400m at Clairwood on Sunday
Sensational six winners at the Vaal on Thursday for former SA Champion!
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
The Ndoro Stud-bred son of Wilgerbosdrift’s War Front stallion Fire Away, Alec Laird-trained Fire Attack dominated the 2025 Highveld Feature Season Awards
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf
