Ideal World, who entered stud in 2010 as a Gr2-placed, dual French stakes winner, has to date sired 26 stakes winners and in true Mauritzfontein tradition, the blue-blooded sire has made his mark as a classic stallion
Eric Sands’ 2019 Sun Met winner Rainbow Bridge ran the perfect prep for his assault on the Vodacom Durban July in just over three weeks time
Fresh off a feature success at Fairview on Friday, promising jockey Sandile Mbhele rode a grandstand finish to win the R150 000 Listed Kenilworth Cup
Craig Zackey kept a cool head to register a 23rd stakes winner for Mauritzfontein’s Kingmambo sire Ideal World on the Gary Alexander-trained Mount Laurel
The magic repeated itself for three days but never got monotonous as Glen Kotzen and Morne Winnaar rode the wave
The gutsy Ideal World filly Helen’s Ideal set up a Cape Winter ‘Triple Tiara’ showdown in the Listed Winter Oaks on 29 June
Milnerton trainer Paul Reeves doesn’t have the most powerful string in town
The Ideal World mare Onesie hadn’t seen the winner’s enclosure since New Year’s Day of 2017
The shock withdrawal of boom 3yo Hawwaam cast a dark cloud over Derby Day at Turffontein on Saturday
A somewhat controversial Vodacom Durban July inclusion last season, the very capable Dark Moon Rising finally put it all together
The regally bred French Guineas winning son of Mr Prospector and Miesque was to the fore at Kenilworth on Saturday with his son Ideal World – who is from one of the most powerful families of recent years – responsible for Gr1 Sun Met winner Rainbow Bridge
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
A Transkei-born horseman who started as a Groom, the groundbreaking Lunga learnt the ropes from top men like Mitch Wiese, Glen Kotzen and Kumaran Naidoo
