Tracing Sire Trails
SARAH WHITELAW: Tracing back to Nijinsky II; Northern Dancer overwhelms in SA Gr1 features; New Approach VS Galileo; the Allegretta tribe
7th August 2013
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SARAH WHITELAW: Tracing back to Nijinsky II; Northern Dancer overwhelms in SA Gr1 features; New Approach VS Galileo; the Allegretta tribe
SARAH WHITELAW: One of North America’s top stallions, Unbridled’s Song, was euthanized last Thursday at the age of 20
SARAH WHITELAW: Judpot is an exceptional young sire – with exceptional bloodlines to match.
SARAH WHITELAW: With the season drawing to a close, the question of who the leading sires are comes into question.
Saturday’s Vodacom Durban July winner Heavy Metal put his name firmly into the hat of possible names considered for the title of Horse of the Year.
SARAH WHITELAW: The most potent of the various crosses between the top South African sires, current and past…
Royal Ascot meeting, on day one was dominated by descendants of one of history’s greatest stallions – Danzig
SARAH WHITELAW: River Jetez, one of the toughest and gamest globetrotters of her generation, is enjoying her new life at Avontuur
SARAH WHITELAW: Which of Danehill’s grandsons are showing promise of maintaining their grandsire’s tremendous influence?
SARAH WHITELAW: The winners of these contests shared a Germanic background and South Africa’s leading sire this season is the German bred Silvano.
SARAH WHITELAW: When Farhh won Saturday’s Gp1 JLT Lockinge Stakes, he became the third offspring of outstanding British sire Pivotal to triumph in this top-level 1600m contest
It is no mean feat to win at feature level from 1400m to 2400m, but My Best Shot proved equal to the task and set himself up for East Cape Horse Of The Year honours – and maybe a Hollywoodbets Durban July supplementary entry?
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
