A National Legacy
Highlands have announced the death of one of South Africa’s most successful and influential sires of the past two decades, National Assembly
29th January 2014
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Highlands have announced the death of one of South Africa’s most successful and influential sires of the past two decades, National Assembly
Joey Ramsden has caught the Met Fever too and he rates his charge to run a big race
Some Cape Flying Championship history and a horse called Alnwick
The death of former leading first season sire, Tiger Ridge, is a setback to the South African breeding industry.
Capetown Noir, winner of Saturday’s Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, gave his late, great sire, Western Winter, a 4th win in the Queen’s Plate
Advocate Brett Maselle is something of a stickler for detail and seems to know the NHA rules and Constitution backwards
The past weekend was one of those where you wish you were never born. It got worse with having to take horses out as no jockey was available
One of the greatest racehorses in North American history, Seattle Slew was one of just 11 horses in history to win the US Triple Crown
Ramsden on the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and some stick for the Greyville track
A personal loss, and then some bad riding and more ineptitude on the part of the National Racing Bureau
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
The son of Twice Over has been gelded and will be aimed at the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the WSB Cape Town Met
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
The Ridgemont’s Kieswetter and Drakenstein’s Rupert families are major players in our horseracing and the Monmouth Park feature thus held more than a passing interest for many of us
