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The countdown has begun to one of the crown jewels on the South African racing calendar
17th January 2024
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Breeding news from South Africa. Stallions, Mares Stud Farms and other essential information and news relating to thoroughbred horse breeding in South Africa.
The countdown has begun to one of the crown jewels on the South African racing calendar
Julia Pilbeam’s Soetendal Estate has been an industry leader in the Ready To Run sales domain for over seventeen years and will be represented for the first time at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale next week
Star 4yo Charles Dickens has been retired and will take up stud duties at his place of birth, Drakenstein Stud from the 2024 season
Owned by Sidney Leung Kwun Wa, Super Commander has now won five times in Hong Kong
Continues to race for Drakenstein Stud for the rest of this season
The festive season is over, a new year has commenced, and John Everett of Narrow Creek Stud and Hendrik Winterbach Stud chat about the upcoming sale
When Charles Dickens won the 163rd renewal of the L’Ormarins Gr1 King’s Plate on Saturday it was the 187th Stakes Win and 23rd Gr1 win for Drakenstein’s famous Champion Foundation Sire Trippi (USA)
When Charles Dickens romped home to win Saturday’s L’Ormarins Gr1 King’s Plate, he continued the tremendous run of form enjoyed by his sire Trippi
Should Beach Bomb prove up to the task on Saturday she will add yet another chapter to this important race’s rich history as only the second Paddock Stakes winner produced by a former winner
Drakenstein Stud’s exciting young stallion One World cemented his status as South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire of 2023-2024
When Nile The Boss won at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday, she became the 21st winner to have emerged from her sire Potala Palace’s current crop of three-year-olds
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
