Living Up To His Name
In terms of individual winners, More Than Ready has 1849, and counting, and is a mile in front of any other stallion in history, with Danehill next best on 1623.
26th November 2019
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In terms of individual winners, More Than Ready has 1849, and counting, and is a mile in front of any other stallion in history, with Danehill next best on 1623.
The Southern Halo son’s progeny have now won seven Breeders’ Cup races with his son Roy H capturing two Sprints on two occasions
Avontuur-sponsored Callan Murray has matured as a rider with the benefit of his recent Australian expedition
Senior rider Wayne Agrella rode a finely judged race over the turf mile on the multiple stakes winning former Snaith galloper
Australian-bred horses make it a feature whitewash at Kenilworth on Saturday
Justin Snaith pulled a dashing rabbit out the hat when the goodlooking Ready To Attack swept down the inside rail to win the Langerman in good style
Captain Al well and truly dominated Saturday’s Scottsville meeting, with a pair of Grade One winners and a pair of Gr1 seconds
The daughter of More Than Ready showed that her solitary defeat in four runs – at the hands of Speedy Suzy in the Pretty Polly Stakes – was all wrong, and she looks to have a very bright future ahead of her
Which foreign-bred sire’s offspring have proved most successful in South Africa? And which top class overseas stallion has had the best strike rate in this country? Sarah Whitelaw takes a look.
World leading sire More Than Ready’s statistics do make for interesting reading. In SA he has been represented by 8 runners to date – of which six have won, and four are stakes winners.
Climax of De Kock winning streak as impressive Banaadeer shows that he has a terrifically bright future ahead of him with emphatic Storm Bird Stakes win
The South African bred former Equus Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu made a terrific winning debut on US soil for trainer Graham Motion and confirmed his Prevagen $1million Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint aspirations
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
