Hollywoodbets Durban July – Fairer Sex Again?
On Saturday Bless My Stars, Time Flies, Silver Darling and Rain In Holland are the proverbial roses amongst the thorns
30th June 2023
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On Saturday Bless My Stars, Time Flies, Silver Darling and Rain In Holland are the proverbial roses amongst the thorns
He’s never been tried over further and who knows, the staying influence of both Doowaley and Saumarez may well come to the fore
Recent Gr3 Track And Ball Derby winner Runaway Song (Legislate), a fancied runner in Saturday’s Gr3 Dstv Gold Vase, is yet another feather in the cap of his broodmare sire Spectrum
‘He was the type of horse that took charge, led the pack and caught the eye of every astute horseman…’
Capetown Noir (SAF) has joined Jackson (SAF) and Moofeed (AUS) as a resident stallion at Advocate Nigel and wife Kat Riley’s Heversham Park
Grey Angel was imported with her dam, the Seattle Slew mare Seattle Sway, by one of the more colourful characters of that era, Dr Hilda Podlas
A catch-up with a top sprinter who has adjusted with aplomb to her second phase career as a broodmare
It was the best of times…these words famously open Charles Dickens’ historical novel A Tale Of Two Cities and more than define the success enjoyed this season by Drakenstein Stud
Gimmethegreenlight registered his 55th stakes winner on Saturday when his son won the Listed The Sharks Gatecrasher Stakes
The handsome bay colt boasts a pedigree that equals his good looks and race record,
South Africa’s highest-rated sprinter at his peak, the 2022 Gr1 Computaform Sprint winner Master Archie becomes the first son of Ridgemont’s boom Redoute’s Choice stallion Rafeef at stud
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
