The Wonders Of Winter
‘He is in fantastic shape and is a picture of health. He has started the covering season full of energy and enthusiasm’
16th September 2021
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‘He is in fantastic shape and is a picture of health. He has started the covering season full of energy and enthusiasm’
A R650 000 National Yearling Sale buy, Armando was bred by Lammerskraal and is a son of Equus champion What A Winter – he chases a gross stake of R4,7 million on a quiet Sunday
Descendants of deceased top stallion Gone West have been excelling all over the world
The Milnerton trainer sends out feature runners in three different provinces – all progeny of the stable’s former champion, What A Winter
The passing of longstanding breeder and owner Robin Hamilton last week has left another gaping void in the ranks of the old school hierarchy of the South African racing and breeding ranks
Not for the first time, locally bred stallions came good on a major race day in South Africa,
A gelding with a fairytale back story and a turn of foot to launch rockets, Candice Bass-Robinson’s 2019 Cape Merchants winner Russet Air overshadowed the big guns
At one time the highest rated 3yo in the country, Paul Peter’s Sarah (119) has dropped behind Cape Guineas winner Kilindini and smart Dingaans victor Shango these days
Milnerton-based Candice Bass-Robinson led a plunder by the Cape raiders on the final East Cape feature of 2019
Drakenstein Stud’s four time Gr1 winning stallion What A Winter has made a blistering start to the 2019/20 season
Fayd’herbe chooses safer rail route as What A Winter colt finishes well
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
Cape lightweight Morne Winnaar has come a long way since being plucked from near ignominy by former Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden over twenty years ago
The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas
A Transkei-born horseman who started as a Groom, the groundbreaking Lunga learnt the ropes from top men like Mitch Wiese, Glen Kotzen and Kumaran Naidoo
