Irish Classic Winner’s Lasting Legacy
The Irish Oaks winner of 1941, Uvira II, has exerted tremendous influence on the stud book, with her descendants making their mark all over the globe
3rd April 2020
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The Irish Oaks winner of 1941, Uvira II, has exerted tremendous influence on the stud book, with her descendants making their mark all over the globe
Sometimes it works, and sometimes you get beat. That’s just what it is. You can’t be a hero all the time.
“As soon as he came out of the gate he was not the same,” Espinoza said of California Chrome. “By the five-eighths pole he was just empty.
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
