Past winners include champions such as Northern Dancer, Seattle Slew and Sunday Silence, as well as the highly successful sires Count Fleet Pleasant Colony and Unbridled, but is the Kentucky Derby a reliable pointer for success at stud?
Champion jockey Piere Strydom’s old-fashioned loyalty may have cost him at times in his illustrious career in the saddle, but Saturday was not to be one of those days!
Harry’s Son was to be Haradasun’s first Gr1 winner when clinching the Premier’s Champion Stakes last season
The tracking of the talented Tarry horse was probably a well considered tactical move by Strydom but things got really tight in the final 300m as Harry’s Son climbed all over them with nowhere to go
Snaith star runs in a a capacity nationally representative field for the 129th renewal of the R5 million Hollywoodbets Gr1 Durban July!
Patience rewarded for the blue and white powerhouse while Team Valor’s Quid Pro Quo is on her way to Jerome Reynier in France
In perfect weather conditions, an enthusiastic record crowd – probably larger than that seen at many local racemeetings – turned out to enjoy coffee and pastries and watch their big race fancies going through their paces
SplashOut-sponsored Apprentice Savanna Valjalo broke the ice at Hollywoodbets Greyville at her 11th ride under rules on Wednesday
