The Battle’s Won!
Trainer Paul Peter made it two from two features on Classic Day as the Sporting Post best bet War Room maintained his unbeaten record
7th March 2020
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Trainer Paul Peter made it two from two features on Classic Day as the Sporting Post best bet War Room maintained his unbeaten record
Judpot, the sire with the ‘incomparable pedigree’, will be moving from Varsfontein Stud
When the rains came and forced a move of the meeting to the twilight zone on a sleepy Turffontein Sunday, the Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap lived up to the expectations of a curved ball result
Robbie Sage’s Judpot gelding Coral Fever crowned a purple patch for the Eastern Cape-based Ascot Stud when he stormed home in a thriller to win
Champion racehorse Buckpasser left behind a slew of outstanding broodmare daughters – despite dying relatively young at the age of 15
Summerveld trainer pulls a feature ace out of the hat for the SA Champions Season host province
The Judpot gelding Coral Fever was crowned Horse Of The Season at the Highveld Feature Season Awards
Ascot Stud-bred gelding gives longstanding owner Colin Bird a first Gr1 winner after over four decades
The Judpot gelding Coral Fever produced the peak run of his career at Turffontein on Saturday
Doubts over the talented Coral Fever’s suitability to the short Greyville straight may see Sunday’s Gr3 Jubilee Handicap winner’s connections giving the Vodacom Durban July supplementary route a miss
Top Cape breeders miss out on a fourth Oaks but strike with a good one in the Gerald Rosenberg
The sad reality is that no matter who did what wrong, the Peter saga has been a scar on the SA horseracing landscape for far too long and besides the old favourite of justice delayed, it has lingered lengths ahead of KZN star Royal Victory’s big win in the 2023 renewal of the Highveld showpiece
Time has flown by and it’s been thirty years since the first issue of the Sporting Post hit the shelves in October 1994
The champagne corks were popping at the magnificent Owloon Horses in Paarl earlier this week when their 2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July winning broodmare Souk delivered a handsome and beautifully conformed Fire Away colt
Tragedy struck Suzette and Basie Viljoen’s fledgeling Wellington-based breeding operation Hopes And Dreams on Monday evening when the farm’s flagship mare and 2022 SA Horse Of The Year Captain’s Ransom reportedly died while giving birth
