Vercingetorix, who traces directly back in female line to 1000 Guineas winner Problem, is the second son of Silvano to retire to stud in South Africa. He has settled in well at his new Maine Chance home and is all set for the 2015 breeding season
Ashburton trainer Duncan Howells breathed a sigh of relief at Scottsville on Wednesday after his Gr2 The Debutante winner Cosmic Light produced a workmanlike performance on her seasonal debut to maintain her unblemished record
Maine Chance Farms’ exceptional young resident sire Querari was represented by his ninth individual first crop winner when Priceless Querari scored at Fairview on Friday
Maine Chance Farms’ promising first crop sire Querari enchanced his burgeoning reputation when he produced his first stakes winner at Greyville on Saturday. The Duncan Howells trained Cosmic Light built on her fluent debut victory with a solid win to maintain her unbeaten record
Slade has sometimes been driven to distraction by trainers who have pushed progeny of Silvano too early and by others who have given up on them too soon
For some people, horses provide riches you can’t take to the bank, but just occasionally, if you’re very lucky, they give you both.
With the first three past the post all being sired by Silvano and bred by Maine Chance Farms, the 2015 Vodacom Durban July proved an exceptional day for South African breeding
Record-breaking Vodacom Durban July winning breeders Maine Chance Farms have enlisted the services of noted pedigree expert Mark Tarry to assist breeders in finding the most suitable mares for their stallion Black Minnaloushe
The party spoiling objection hoodoo threatened to cast a cloud over the bright sunshine of Africa’s greatest horseracing event for the second year running when the dreaded objection hooter sounded minutes after a titanic duel to the wire
Philippi trainer Stan Elley may have been training racehorses for over four decades, but few winners could have given him more satisfaction than Punta Arenas’ facile victory in Saturday’s R250 000 Gr3 Cup Trial
The Sunday stakes feature was a memorable one for leading Cape stud, Maine Chance, whose black and yellow silks were worn by the first two home. They also bred the runner-up, a smart daughter of Lateral, while the winner was bred by another Cape breeder in Digteby Stud
In contrast to heavyweights of the modern era in Galileo, Sea The Stars and Dubawi, who have stamped their authority in classic spheres with excellent support from leading breeders, bona fide breed shaper Acclamation rose from far humbler beginnings
A familiar voice for years whenever we telephoned Summerhill Stud, and a lady known as ‘Muhtafal’s Mom’ to many, Megan Romeyn currently finds herself with life-threatening medical challenges
Unbeaten Gqeberha-based flyer Direct Hit became the third East Cape raider to win the Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship this century
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
