Not too many studs can boast a Met win to their credit. Zandvliet has five. As well as a trophy from just about every other feature race in South Africa. On hearing the recent news that the farm is being sold, we caught up with Dan de Wet and had a look at the history of this illustrious stud.
More Met fever and the story of how fate and the weather conspired with the SA Turf Club to make the 1986 J&B Metropolitan Stakes one of the most successful meetings ever.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
