maine chance farms

Farewell To Lateral

The Maine Chance Farms’ stallion, who had been standing at the Southford Stud the past few seasons, suffered a broken leg

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Cometh The Hour…Cometh The Tarry!

SA champion trainer Sean Tarry once again delivered the big race goods when his longshot Liege stayed on resolutely to score a first Gr1 success in the rain delayed Sansui Summer Cup

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Tarry Top Two In The Wet

Sean Tarry’s lightly raced Querari 3yo Wonderwall utilised a dramatic Turffontein backdrop of thunderstorms and rain to announce his arrival in the big time

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Dr Andreas Jacobs (photo: hamishNIVENPhotography)

The Jacobs Factor

As Tesio taught us, the Thoroughbred exists because of a piece of wood at the end of a mile and a half race at Epsom. Charles Faull dissects the 2017 Vodacom Durban July result

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No Jokes This

Trainer Gavin Smith pulled the proverbial joker out of the pack when his Querari filly Joking took full advantage of her weight pull

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Good For You, Chad!

The extraordinary story of Chad Little’s comeback to race riding at the age of 40 in November last year after teetering on the brink of the abyss of a nearly wasted life, received a Netflix-type boost at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday

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Drakenstein’s Female Dynasties Flourish

Oh Susanna and her stakes winning paddock pals are not only continuing to add to the burgeoning Drakenstein trophy cabinet through their progeny, they are also establishing powerful female dynasties which should serve the stud well in years to come

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