Premier Season For Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein
The Breeders championship has been wrapped up by the Mary Slack and Jessica Gell-owned Wilgerbosdrift and Mauritzfontein Stud breeding operation
15th July 2019
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The Breeders championship has been wrapped up by the Mary Slack and Jessica Gell-owned Wilgerbosdrift and Mauritzfontein Stud breeding operation
The superbly bred and well performed Danon Platina will become the first son of legendary racehorse and sire Deep Impact to take up stud duties in South Africa when he retires to Mauritzfontein for 2019
Jockey Anton Marcus won his third Met and set a South African record for stakes earned on one afternoon when he produced a polished performance to get the Ideal World gelding Rainbow Bridge home
After winning his first two starts with authority, Mike de Kock’s exciting Silvano colt Hawwaam was called on for the first time to show some fight
The Silvano colt Hawwaam staked his Cape Guineas claims in just over 97 seconds at Turffontein on Saturday
Candice Bass-Robinson broke the Snaith stranglehold on the R150 000 Listed Woolavington Handicap when she saddled the first three home
Former SA Champion jockey Gavin Lerena will ride for the Mauritzfontein team as retained jockey
A Syndicate of stud farms has purchased Fire Away (USA), to stand at Wilgerbosdrift Stud next season
Smart Call gained a respected international profile by winning the J & B Met three weeks after taking the Group 1 Paddock Stakes, which offered her an entry to the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita Park
Summerveld trainer Kumaran Naidoo was one of only two visiting trainers to take on the locals on Flamingo Park’s flagship raceday
Richard Fourie gave an illuminating demonstration of how to knock the stuffing out of the Cape Crawl
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
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
