Champion Rafeef Reigns Supreme
There is no more closely watched contest among the stallion ranks than the annual race for first-crop sire
There is no more closely watched contest among the stallion ranks than the annual race for first-crop sire
Following hot on the heels of Ridgemont stallion Rafeef who broke the ice at Turffontein on Thursday, the Vogel Vlei Stud based Red Ray produced his maiden first crop winner when the Waterford Stud-bred Global Glory overcame a testing cornering effort
It’s that time of year when the new crop of two-year-olds are stepping out for the first time and all eyes will be on the progeny of young sires who will be represented by their first runners
The Joey Ramsden-trained Gr1 winning sprinter Red Ray will relocate from Klawervlei Stud to stand at the Birch Bros’ Vogel Vlei Stud this season
Pulled up well after Mercury and there won’t be any standout opposition next term
Our Vodacom Durban July winning trainer put the seal on a dream 2016 SA Champions Season when he saddled the high class stallion prospect Red Ray to win the Gr1 Mercury Sprint for Ingrid and Markus Jooste
My brother has a small pub in London called the Sydney Arms and runs a syndicate called Chelsea Thoroughbreds, in which the Sydney Arms has a small share
Officially the best three-year-old in the country when he bowed out 18 months ago, he may yet return to South Africa after his so far abortive overseas campaign
If it is true that when horses, or those who ride or train them, do rare things, they make the people who were present that day feel good, then Mike de Kock’s Abington Place yard in Newmarket is a centre for rare excellence.
“The horses travelled to Dubai too poorly this time and there is no point in trying to get them ready to race. We will give them a month off and then decide what we want to do with them.”
All eyes will be on 2012 Cape Premier Yearling Sale Graduate Red Ray when the four-year-old colt by Western Winter makes his Dubai debut
The Hollywood Syndicate celebrated a milestone 600th winner on African soil when the Danon Platina gelding Luhamba Phambili stormed to victory to win the R200 000 non black-type Need For Speed Sprint
Selwyn Elk writes that he was at Clairwood on a wet Saturday afternoon in the 70’s…