Will This Be Vercingetorix’ Year?
Pipped on the post by his own sire in 2021/22 and third in 2022/23, only champion Gimmethegreenlight proved his superior last season
20th November 2024
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Pipped on the post by his own sire in 2021/22 and third in 2022/23, only champion Gimmethegreenlight proved his superior last season
Ridgemont’s red hot sire Rafeef had a good day on Tuesday, producing three winners at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
The sale signalled the end of an era for South African racing and breeding as a large portion of the equine interests of the late Hassen Adams, who passed away in March this year, were liquidated
The Ridgemont Team look to have another classic prospect on their hands after the Rafeef filly Mon Petit Cherie followed in the golden hoofprints of the Robertson nursery’s past Cape Fillies Guineas winners Make It Snappy (2022) and Front And Centre (2018)
Black type updates for fillies and mares are an essential way to highlight the quality of their pedigree and Mon Petit Cherie’s breakthrough at stakes level yet again underlines the excellence of this power-packed family
Vercingetorix, who has five sons nominated for the Gr1 Betway Summer Cup, is currently leading the South African General Sires premiership
The star studded catalogue of yearlings for the 2025 Gold Coast Yearling Sale includes progeny of 127 individual sires
Victory Moon’s story is marked by much joy, triumph and a poignant ending—reflecting the bittersweet fate shared by many equine champions throughout history
Isaac Shelby made his 3yo debut in a high-class running of the Gr3 Greenham – the race in which Night Of Thunder lost his unbeaten record to Kingman
All kudos to Willem Ackerman for investing in foreign stock at a time when South African buyers at British & Irish sales have become as rare as hens’ teeth
Cape Racing Sales have announced the forthcoming Thoroughbred Stud Mixed Sale, featuring the Nadeson Park Stud dispersal
A bruised and battered Louis told the Sporting Post on Tuesday that he was in pain in various parts of his body, but was feeling ‘okay’
