It is not uncommon for excellence in a pedigree to lie dormant. It may skip a generation, but whether it’s a matter of the stars aligning, a confluence of genetic characteristics or a combination thereof, excellence has an uncanny knack of resurfacing!
‘I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but to get 80% of what we really wanted means the future looks bright! I must thank the breeders and owners who supported us. It was a fantastic happy sale with a good vibe’
Conceived in the UK, he is by champion racehorse Singspiel, a half-brother to Rahy and Rakeen
The undoubted fairytale horse of the SA racing season, Katak’s victory was as popular, and probably a lot more emotional for many, as fellow Capetonian Belgarion’s superb score in the Vodacom Durban July twenty four hours earlier
The unfolding Katak fairytale highlighted a superb afternoon of racing at Kenilworth on Tuesday
Such was the tight nature of the tussle between the top two, commentator Alistair Cohen put his proverbial on the line by calling a dead-heat
After 40 years the veteran trainer bemoans the state of the game
Trainer Tobie Spies celebrated a cracking start to his SA Champions Season campaign at Greyville on Friday evening
A first stakes winner for Ridgemont Highlands based Gr1 winner Potala Palace, Palace Of Dreams turned on the jets at the 200m
Tobie Spies’ Basilius caught the eye at the Vaal on Thursday when he stayed on powerfully to register his second win from six starts to win an MR72 Handicap over 1200m
