
More Magic Miracles!
It goes without saying that this particular female family has shown a clear affinity with Sadler’s Wells. That looks set to continue as Desert Miracle is by his excellent grandson Dynasty
It goes without saying that this particular female family has shown a clear affinity with Sadler’s Wells. That looks set to continue as Desert Miracle is by his excellent grandson Dynasty
The quality sprint feature sees the return to action of Champion Stakes winner Jackson, who is en route to a date with destiny in the 2014 J&B Met.
Welwitschia gets a long overdue opportunity to get back to winning ways when she runs from a good draw at Turffontein tonight
Mike De Kock’s Welwitschia looks to have the Listed Umngeni Handicap at her mercy. That is if…
One of our great sprinters of the past two decades bows out in grand style at Clairwood on Saturday
Mike De Kock sends out the rose amongst the Gr2 Post Merchants thorns at Greyville tonight!
Equus Champion Princess Victoria is out to settle a score or two in Saturday’s Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint
Champion three year old filly Princess Victoria sets out to redeem her worldbeater reputation when she runs in the Gr2 Tibouchina at Clairwood
Glen Kotzen’s champion filly Princess Victoria is the new generation successor to many great horses to campaign in the famed red,white and black Jaffee silks
Even world champion trainers are not perfect. Mike De Kock conceded on Saturday at Turffontein that he surprised himself at times with his stubborness. He was referring to Welwitschia, who won the Gr2 Camelia Stakes in brilliant fashion.
South African horseracing falls under the Asian Racing Federation and the Graded status of races is decided by the Asian Pattern Committee (APC)
Explained – the circumstances behind the decision by the connections of the dual Grade 1- winning sophomore One Stripe to ‘bypass’ the R1,5 million SplashOut Gr1 Cape Derby on 22 February in favour of a likely final run on South African soil in the non-black type Big Cap
With the Aga Khan’s breeding and racing programme very much geared towards the classics, it can be argued that South Africa, where speed, rather than stamina is the hallmark of its racing programme, has failed to capitalise on the excellence of especially its female families
Rob Haswell tells that he has had horses trained by Nathan Kotzen for more than twenty years and pulls us up for our Umthombothi Stakes ‘flop’