The legacy of the outstanding racemare and producer, Miesque, continues to be felt, with her numerous high-class descendants continuing to excel at the highest level around the world
Love Me True took her status to a new level this weekend, with a pair of sons responsible for group winners over the weekend, and another son landing the Godolphin Flying Start Zetland Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.
Just last weekend he sired his third Gr1 winner – Hong Kong Cup hero Time Warp (GB)
The win of Smart Call in Saturday’s Gr1 J&B Met provided the recently deceased sire Kingmambo with yet another cornerstone in his career
A number of the world’s prominent stallions have reached the 100 stakes winners milestone this year, writes Sarah Whitelaw
Sarah Whitelaw examines the influence of Kingmambo on the international race tracks and breeding ranks
Regions of the Cape horse racing industry are to be placed under one controlling body… The British Jockey Club is considering the introduction of random dope testing for jockeys… Frankie Dettori is cautioned by British police for possessing a small amount of cocaine… Michael Roberts survives an objection to win the Irish 2000 Guineas…
Unraced American-bred Atso and a son of Kingmambo has his first crop of 2yo’s racing this season
A man we are privileged to have known as a loyal friend of this great game and of the Sporting Post, a personal mate, and one of South African horseracing’s great characters, Shaheen Shaw, a husband, loving Dad and Grandad, passed away suddenly at the age of 55
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
