Donald McDonald’s hard-fought victory in the Listed Michaelmas Handicap at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday put an exclamation mark on a remarkable weekend for breeders Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein
Wilgerbosdrift, one of South Africa’s top thoroughbred farms, will be offering a top-class draft of yearlings
Mike de Kock’s exported Silvano colt Hawwaam was crowned Horse Of The Year, in addition to picking up the Champion Older Male and Champion Middle Distance awards
The drama of a rein dropped late in running failed to unhinge the SA Triple Tiara dream for the high-riding combination of Warren Kennedy and Paul Peter
Craig Zackey kept a cool head to register a 23rd stakes winner for Mauritzfontein’s Kingmambo sire Ideal World on the Gary Alexander-trained Mount Laurel
Trainer Paul Peter and SA log-leading jockey Warren Kennedy maintained their dream run as 2019 draws to a close
Trainer Paul Peter hero worshipped veteran Ormond Ferraris as a youngster and the Turffontein conditioner celebrated an emotional victory
The Breeders championship has been wrapped up by the Mary Slack and Jessica Gell-owned Wilgerbosdrift and Mauritzfontein Stud breeding operation
The Highlands bred gelding is out of the one-time winning Tapit mare Gin Rummy, who produced the Snaith-trained one-time winner from five starts to date, Ladder Man
Jockey Anton Marcus won his third Met and set a South African record for stakes earned on one afternoon when he produced a polished performance to get the Ideal World gelding Rainbow Bridge home
Future Wilgerbosdrift sire’s immediate future will be discussed with shareholders
‘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
