Breeding With Love
There were loud cheers from the Eastern Cape when Monks Hood won the 2017 Dingaans. Benmarne Stud’s Arne Botha tells us more.
8th December 2017
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There were loud cheers from the Eastern Cape when Monks Hood won the 2017 Dingaans. Benmarne Stud’s Arne Botha tells us more.
Luke Ferraris had his first two rides under rules on Sunday, 3 December 2017 and with his parents, David and Pam travelling from Hong Kong
Saturday sees the running of the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas – a breeding ground of great families
If betting drives turnover and turnover keeps racing in business, it is in all our interests to enable our customers to the best of our ability. Therefore barrier trials deserve our full support.
Is the environment for small trainers in South Africa becoming increasingly inhospitable?
The Appeal Board should fix what is wrong, or at the very least, try to move towards what is more correct
‘I generally find public spats quite juvenile and leave them to waste away in the recycle bin of life’
Easy To Please went and did the unexpected, something that dreams are made of. He stamped his name in that book of the best horse racing stories that we all carry around in our head.
The recent unsuccesful appeal by trainer Mike de Kock for a higher merit rating for debut winner Pietro Mascagni has evoked some puzzlement amongst the connections
If you are not an invited guest sitting in one of the air conditioned rooms , then it is tough to really enjoy the day as an Average Joe
Argentinian import Hat Puntano left his connections scratching their heads after his South African debut. But a little luck a little out of the box thinking has got him back on track
Two South African star performers in Dean Kannemeyer’s Gimme A Prince and the Vaughan Marshall champion 3yo One Stripe, who runs in Sunday’s HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap, feature in the first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
