Young SA Sires In The News
None were more in the limelight than Bush Hill Stud’s beautifully bred young horse, Flying The Flag
12th October 2016
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None were more in the limelight than Bush Hill Stud’s beautifully bred young horse, Flying The Flag
I am not too disappointed with The Conglomerate and won’t be jumping off a bridge quite yet!
If you want something done properly, employ the best person for the job. Lammerskraal has done just that with their first Ready To Run draft, proudly produced with a little help from an old friend
‘You may phone me when Gold Circle pays my rent’, was the quip from one PE-based trainer
The world’s premier sire, Galileo, continued his complete domination of the world’s top races, when his progeny, Found, Highland Reel and Order Of St George ran 1-2-3 in Sunday’s Gr1 Qatar Prix de l’arc de Triomphe
We chat to Eric Sands about the development of the Amahashe saddle pad and how it can help your horse
In order to help promote and celebrate the breed, some rather lovely folks from the South African Eventing fraternity organised two special trophies for the highest placed Thoroughbreds at SA Eventing Champs. Being superstars, Thoroughbreds won both classes.
One of the nicest and most friendly people around Singapore is our very own Barend Vorster and he celebrated a magnificent milestone on Friday evening
A triple Champion sire in North America, Giant’s Causeway is the best racehorse (and sire) sired by former champion sire, Storm Cat
“A racehorse is an athlete and it takes a team of people to make him as perfect as possible”. Meet Beth Shaw and her BSET Academy students
Every year sees new stallions making their debut with their first runners. While the majority of these fail, due to either lack of opportunity or lack of ability, a few will become top class sires
After dedicating herself fully to the role for four challenging years, the increasing demands on her time and personal life have led her to reassess her career direction
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
