Munger Did Nothing Wrong
‘Rushing a horse impacts on their breathing and it’s best to make up ground gradually. It was a sweltering hot day – 34 degrees – and she had to travel over two hours’
15th February 2021
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‘Rushing a horse impacts on their breathing and it’s best to make up ground gradually. It was a sweltering hot day – 34 degrees – and she had to travel over two hours’
Despite rationalisation amongst the local training ranks, Milnerton will soon welcome a new trainer
The softly spoken 48 year old horseman and property developer only has 7 horses in training
Randjesfontein trainer Jurgen van Heerden ended a twenty year wait when celebrating the first graded stakes winner of his career
‘Fortune favours the bold, so kudos to Peter de Beyer for retaining Sylvie, a moderate race filly many breeders would have shunned as a broodmare’
A race steeped in history, previous winners include champion sires Jet Master and Gimmethegreenlight, as well as multiple Equus award winning champions Pocket Power, Do It Again, Jet Dark and Charles Dickens
There was a unique South African connection in the background as the Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking charged to victory under Rossa Ryan to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday
