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SARAH WHITELAW: A view of interesting performing sire lines and mares around the world.
27th June 2012
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SARAH WHITELAW: A view of interesting performing sire lines and mares around the world.
SARAH WHITELAW: So how many other mares in history have produced as many as eight stakes winners? The small number of famous broodmares to produce as many as five stakes winners really puts into perspective the remarkable achievement
SARAH WHITELAW: Ill-fated sire’s lasting legacy. There is a well accepted “fact” that when a sire dies, his progeny take off.
ROBYN LOUW: How to describe this Aussie phenomenon? The words that spring to mind are those exclamations by F1 commentator Murray Walker at the start of a Grand Prix – and it’s GO GO GO!
Barbara has enjoyed a superb season, and hopefully it can only improve with better things to come from some of her star performers!
SARAH WHITELAW: Last Saturday’s Champions Day was one of the best race meetings in recent times. A card jam packed with quality racing, the on course entertainment was superb– even if not all punters enjoyed the overall results.
ROBYN LOUW: No compromise on quality at the National Yearling Sale
SARAH WHITELAW:Views around breeding – is Secretariat a great sire or a dud at stud; the late champion sire Jet Master flies the flag at the National Sales… and more views
SARAH WHITELAW: South African bred broodmares are building up a respectable record at stud overseas – past records of 2yo champ fillies
SARAH WHITELAW: With the European flat season having just got under way for the 2012 racing season, it is a good time to look at sires who are likely to make their presence felt this year. It is a look at some of the potentially prominent stallions in the Northern Hemisphere for the racing year.
An investigation into betting patterns, both locally and internationally, has been launched by the National Horseracing Authority
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
Cape lightweight Morne Winnaar has come a long way since being plucked from near ignominy by former Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden over twenty years ago
The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas
