Winners & Wines
The superb blend of winning wines and fast horses continues to lift the Avontuur brand to new heights.
12th June 2012
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The superb blend of winning wines and fast horses continues to lift the Avontuur brand to new heights.
LANCE BENSON: We have enough stodgy, starched fakes in action. Bring on the real people like Andrew Fortune and the public ratings can only go in the right direction.
What’s the difference between a Var baby and Twitter? You can keep up with Twitter!
The South African racing public has warmed to the achievements of Australian equine heroine Black Caviar. And ironically it was a South African jockey that
LANCE BENSON: When Joey Ramsden showered the Cape Premier Yearling Sale Guineas winner’s podium on Saturday afternoon with the liquid lava spurting from a jeroboam of Moet, the fantasy fountain signified new beginnings and milestones in a few lives.
Variety Club established himself as the top 3yo miler in South Africa with a scintillating victory in the R1 million Gr1 Cape Guineas at Kenilworth on 17 December. After juggling with his supporters’ emotions…
Another great day for Avontuur. The top breeders bred the Kenilworth feature winner and also celebrated yet another Var winner. The most impressive performance on the day was reserved for a grey stayer though. Born To Be Wild looks a really progressive type in a category that is not overpopulated with stars.
ROBYN LOUW: It was another beautiful summer’s day in Cape Town and there was no mistaking that Avontuur had come to Kenilworth
Brilliant racehorses and the very best of their respective generations.The multiple Gr1 and Equus Award winners Princess Victoria and Val De Ra are likely to
Avontuur stallion Var was the toast of Durbanville on Saturday with four superb winners. On the flip side of the coin Jockey Andrew Fortune, after a momentary lapse of good attention,was public enemy number one.
The breaking news of the birth this morning at Avontuur Stud of speed sensation Val De Ra’s full brother was all the talk at Durbanville on 24 August. This little guy has so much pressure on him, it’s quite frightening! In a few years time, you’ll no doubt remember that you saw him first on the Sporting Post…
Charl Pretorius writes in his Off The Record column on the 4Racing website that owners, trainers and racing fans are gravely concerned about the state of our industry
There has been a precipitous decline of betting on the Totalisator which gives cause for concern for the horseracing industry
