Archie’s Doing His Daddy Thing
His Potala Palace half-brother Majestic Palace makes his debut over 1200m at the Vaal today
28th September 2023
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His Potala Palace half-brother Majestic Palace makes his debut over 1200m at the Vaal today
While all their horses are thankfully safe, Natasha Barry of Riverton Stud in Robertson told us that the Breede River is rising and that all roads to Cape Town are closed
The man who brought champion Gimmethegreenlight to South Africa, said that he was not bitter and remained philosophical in the belief that the ‘perfect storm’ was an act of a higher power
That she has a long way to go to match the achievements of her dam and own sister goes without staying, nevertheless, should she continue in similar vein, her main objectives could well be the Gr1 SA Fillies Classic and the Gr2 SA Oaks
Advocate Altus Joubert was no doubt swayed by Flying The Flag’s spectacular female line and he made the move to Riethuiskraal in 2022
The Ridgemont sire came up with yet another eyecatching winner on Saturday
What Jet Dark brings to the table is an outstanding race record, a fine physique, and a grand international pedigree
The Bloomhill Stud-based former Gr 1 Premier’s Champion Stakes and Gr1 Daily News 2000 winner Rabada will be transported down to Summerveld on Saturday 16 September for a Stallion Day
Jet Master stallion Pomodoro, South Africa’s leading freshman sire of 2017/18, has left Klawervlei Stud to join the Riley family’s Heversham Park Farm in the Daleside Valley of South Gauteng
Maine Chance Farms’ resident Querari made headlines at Turffontein on Saturday; with sons Quantum Theory and Sheldon finishing first and second in the Listed Betway Spring Spree Stakes
‘Addabar is a horse that will be worth ‘Benjamins’ and that’s the language we will talk’ – MJ Odendaal
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
