
Who’ll Stop The Rain?
Former Cape Champion trainer Joey Ramsden enjoys the honour of saddling the first South African runner by Newsells Park seven time Gr1 winning sire Nathaniel
Former Cape Champion trainer Joey Ramsden enjoys the honour of saddling the first South African runner by Newsells Park seven time Gr1 winning sire Nathaniel
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf