She’s Off The Mark!
Sean Tarry has enjoyed a winning association with leading Cape breeders Avontuur and he looks to have another very decent sort on his hands
29th February 2016
No Comments
Sean Tarry has enjoyed a winning association with leading Cape breeders Avontuur and he looks to have another very decent sort on his hands
Mike Azzie has formed a winning combination with Adriaan and Rika Van Vuuren and he would have been thrilled to saddle their 99th winner together when the beautiful grey Kissimmee ran on powerfully to win the Allez France Stakes
Gathering Fame registered a unique winning double in the Listed Jamaica Handicap at Kenilworth on Saturday, when Aldo Domeyer piloted the Lammerskraal Stud-bred to a smooth victory.
The glorious – and ‘surreal’ in Woodruff’s own words – celebration of watching his pair taking on and beating the top-class French Navy in the final 200m was soured by the pit-in-the-stomach dread of an objection
A concerted team effort has seen Dr Marianne Thomson’s Ambiance Stud receive a half sister to globe-trotting sprint star, J J The Jet Plane
Saturday’s Gr1 Mercury Sprint winner Captain Of All has been accorded a merit rating of 126 following his scintillating farewell performance when scoring his third career Gr1 victory.
Danzig has shown dominance in the Darley July Cup and Sadler’s Wells has stamped the Epsom Derby – Sarah Whitelaw examines other sires that have dominated important Gr1 contests
A superbly judged front-running ride by SA champion jockey S’manga Khumalo opened the Vodacom Durban July day feature programme at Greyville on Saturday
After the disappointing news about the injury of Triple Crown star Louis The King, trainer Geoff Woodruff had plenty to smile about when his magnificent grey Jet Master filly Touch The Sky came back to best to clinch the honours in sensational style
Paarl-based trainer Glen Kotzen made it two feature winners on the afternoon when the versatile Jet Master mare Jet Belle registered a second R150 000 Gr3 Poinsettia Stakes victory in a row when scoring an easy win at Scottsville on Sunday
It’s hard to place too much belief in the sire producing family theory – Mr Prospector and Northern Dancer both had a number of full brothers best described as ordinary!
A former Bloemfontein champion trainer, Michael McLachlan was a popular character in the halcyon days of horseracing and now finds himself in dire need
