Met Glory – Local Is Lekker!
Not for the first time, locally bred stallions came good on a major race day in South Africa,
3rd February 2020
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Not for the first time, locally bred stallions came good on a major race day in South Africa,
There were a number of notable performances seen during this year’s Breeders’ Cup meeting at Del Mar over the weekend, writes Sarah Whitelaw. The increasingly
Capri’s win in Saturday’s Gr1 William Hill St Leger at Doncaster completed a clean-sweep of the 2017 English and Irish classics for male line descendants of Sadler’s Wells
Between them, Galileo and Sea The Stars were responsible for four group race winners at last week’s Glorious Goodwood festival
Currently leading the South African general sires list, Maine Chance Farms sire Silvano dominated the Vodacom Durban July
Champion 2yo colt in Europe, Champion 3yo in Europe, rated Timeform 130 – no doubt Zafonic (Gone West) was among the best
The death of former leading first season sire, Tiger Ridge, is a setback to the South African breeding industry.
Capetown Noir, winner of Saturday’s Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, gave his late, great sire, Western Winter, a 4th win in the Queen’s Plate
Few would deny that Mr Prospector was one of the greatest, and most influential, stallions in history.
Earlier in the week, it was announced that outstanding US stallion Storm Cat had died of old age. He was 30 at the time of his death
An investigation into betting patterns, both locally and internationally, has been launched by the National Horseracing Authority
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
Cape lightweight Morne Winnaar has come a long way since being plucked from near ignominy by former Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden over twenty years ago
The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas
