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‘It’s been a rough week for South African horseracing. This is one for the small man in the game…’
16th December 2017
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‘It’s been a rough week for South African horseracing. This is one for the small man in the game…’
The Maine Chance Farms’ stallion, who had been standing at the Southford Stud the past few seasons, suffered a broken leg
A gallant front-running effort by the Sean Tarry trained Stonehenge unravelled in dramatic fashion in the closing stages of the Gr2 Colorado King Stakes
While the Dubai World Cup to be run on Saturday for a purse of $10 000 000, is a relatively new race –it was first run in 1996 –it is a race whose winners already include some breed shaping stallions
The diminutive Dorrie Sham-trained Lateral filly Arabica produced a previously unseen turn of foot to score a shock 40-1 win in the Fairview feature – not bad for a filly with skew legs, a parrot mouth and who changes legs every second stride like a dressage horse
The Dingaans winner was rumoured to be heading for foreign shores but he commences his Highveld feature season campaign in earnest here and should be watched in the months ahead
Standing a new stallion at stud is a bit like taking on the All Blacks rugby team at Eden Park- the odds are stacked against you, suggests a prominent Breeder
Sprinters have made their mark all over the world, and include some of the hottest stallions in the world.
The least fancied runner in the field of fourteen was still some way back at the 300m marker and looked to have no chance of getting to the leaders. But in an emotional race for the Marwing brothers, Weichong started asking Bilateral for an effort and she responded like a missile, taking off down the inside rail to catch the favourite Alboran Sea in the final strides
Maine Chance Farms’ promising young first crop sire Lateral enjoyed a cracking double at Turffontein this past Saturday.
Snaith star runs in a a capacity nationally representative field for the 129th renewal of the R5 million Hollywoodbets Gr1 Durban July!
Patience rewarded for the blue and white powerhouse while Team Valor’s Quid Pro Quo is on her way to Jerome Reynier in France
In perfect weather conditions, an enthusiastic record crowd – probably larger than that seen at many local racemeetings – turned out to enjoy coffee and pastries and watch their big race fancies going through their paces
SplashOut-sponsored Apprentice Savanna Valjalo broke the ice at Hollywoodbets Greyville at her 11th ride under rules on Wednesday
