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
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!
