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?
A victorious trainer Paul Lafferty speaks to Andrew Bon in the aftermath of Harry’s Son’s victory in the Betting World Gr2 Gauteng Guineas
“We are not supposed to be the number one sales company in Australia but we are,” says Gerry Harvey, who’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale kicks off on Wednesday.
A classic to sort the national needle out for once and for all. The R1 million Grand Parade Gr1 Cape Guineas at Kenilworth today has all the ingredients of a sellout. Local champion Act Of War squares up to KZN’s jet-setting Aussie, Harry’s Son and Trippi’s wealthy undefeated Zambezi River, from Gauteng
“I have great respect for the other horses in the Guineas, especially Joey Ramsden’s Act Of War who I think is a superstar, but we are not going to shirk the challenge. We’ve got to get down there and take them on.”
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
Equus champion Harry’s Son contests the R250 000 Gr3 Graham Beck Stakes at Turffontein today and stands out as the only Gr1 winner in the field. But how ready is he and will he hold De Kock’s Jayyed at the weights?
Lafferty has been preaching the merits of Harry’s Son for some months and after running on in three consecutive feature race thirds, the 2yo colt by Coolmore stallion Haradasun looked to be emigrating to Excuseville…
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