Sun Sets On Dippin’ Blu
Hedley McGrath joined Phumelela GM Luciano Passerini on a final walkabout of the immaculate and ghostly silent Dippin’ Blue barns at Fairview earlier today
22nd September 2020
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Hedley McGrath joined Phumelela GM Luciano Passerini on a final walkabout of the immaculate and ghostly silent Dippin’ Blue barns at Fairview earlier today
It’s another very sad turn in the road to nowhere when Thursday 17 September is simply fobbed off as a ‘private labour dispute’.
Clocking The Gallop host Hedley McGrath and Mike De Haast are two of the driving forces behind the now defunct Yvette Bremner stable
There are currently many false stories being spread, and I am not sure what the purpose of this cover up is
The simmering discontent and strike action by sectors of the Fairview Grooms has elicited the attention of Phumelela and the Department of Labour
‘This is an extremely disheartening and disappointing state of affairs. We are being held to a ransom of violence and initimidation in a country with the greatest constitution on earth’ – top owner
Braam van Huyssteen talks us through his first Gr1, BMT and the privilege of owning L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate hattrick winner, Legal Eagle
Ashaawes continues to produce the winners as Scented Ash registers her maiden black type at Fairview
With the weather playing havoc at Fairview, the jockeys soldiered on and poor light stopped play with two races to run. It is a pleasure to give credit where it is due and it was a brave and commendable display in testing conditions with even the starting stalls and rails falling victim to raging wind.
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
