Quality Road dominates US sires
The stakes are far higher in America than in South Africa, but one can certainly see that the leading sires cost a lot more
21st June 2019
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The stakes are far higher in America than in South Africa, but one can certainly see that the leading sires cost a lot more
Claiborne Farm’s prominent stallion War Front made headlines on Saturday when his son War Of Will landed the Gr1 Preakness Stakes
Phipps-bred Gr3 winner Fire Away (War Front) is headed to stud in the Cape sometime in the future
Links between thoroughbreds and endangered species are rare but one exists with Collingwood Stud’s Sognatrice and a Cape Mountain Zebra foal
It is time to look at the leading sires and promising, up and coming sires whose progeny should be worth watching in 2014.
SARAH WHITELAW: Everyone has a different idea as to who the world’s very best stallions are. Here are my choices.
Royal Ascot meeting, on day one was dominated by descendants of one of history’s greatest stallions – Danzig
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf
The businessman was served with an interim suspension of his Assistant Trainer licence on Friday afternoon and has spoken out about what appears to be mostly a misunderstanding based on a potential lack of communication and bureaucratic red-tape challenges
