The Armitage Impact
The Armitage family name was very much in the headlines this Cape Summer Season. Sarah Whitelaw looks at some of the stars of the show
19th February 2014
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The Armitage family name was very much in the headlines this Cape Summer Season. Sarah Whitelaw looks at some of the stars of the show
For the first time in my week’s stay here in the Emirates, the sun is shining and it really is the most beautiful day. All set for Variety Club to step out in Dubai on Thursday evening
The 2014 J&B race meeting was a triumph for locally bred stallions. All three of the day’s Gr1 winners were sired by SA bred stallions.
Highlands have announced the death of one of South Africa’s most successful and influential sires of the past two decades, National Assembly
The death of former leading first season sire, Tiger Ridge, is a setback to the South African breeding industry.
Capetown Noir, winner of Saturday’s Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, gave his late, great sire, Western Winter, a 4th win in the Queen’s Plate
Advocate Brett Maselle is something of a stickler for detail and seems to know the NHA rules and Constitution backwards
One of the greatest racehorses in North American history, Seattle Slew was one of just 11 horses in history to win the US Triple Crown
SA’s first Gr1 race of 2013 was the Maine Chance Farms Paddock Stakes. Beach Beauty was a warm favourite to prevail and duly did so.
There were highs, lows and some laughs along the way, but the Year of the Snake seems to have been a year of loss.
Australia’s Northern Meteor was recently added to the list of young stallions that have made their exceptional mark, but died young.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
