Royal Ascot’s Finest
This great festival has been graced by many outstanding subsequent sires and broodmares
15th June 2016
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This great festival has been graced by many outstanding subsequent sires and broodmares
Joey Ramsden cannot also skip the fact that the three trainers – or for want of a better word, three Gold Circle “stooges” – invited to the meeting, are employed by Gold Circle!
Our ‘man on the mic’, Rouvaun Smit, tells us about his trip to the 2016 Investec Derby Festival
Gai Waterhouse, the ‘first lady’ of Australian training, discusses the importance of mentoring the next generation of horsemen and women
Anton Marcus was asked his opinion about the track after the first race at Greyville the other day and he once again expressed his dissatisfaction with it. I believe all future questions aimed at jockeys will not be around the condition of the tracks, as a result of certain presenters having received letters
The word is out that Equus Award winning veteran Dave Mollett’s on-course presenting days are sadly over
The pedigree link uniting the two 2016 Epsom Classic winners comes via the great broodmare and former Arc winner, Urban Sea (Miswaki) – dam of both Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) and Sea The Stars (Cape Cross)
Asked for their opinion on seeing Monty Roberts, audience members produced a unanimous verdict: “bucket list”.
His yearling sale results this year have largely been mid-range, which suggests that the market hasn’t yet fully priced the percentages being delivered by his first crop
My brother has a small pub in London called the Sydney Arms and runs a syndicate called Chelsea Thoroughbreds, in which the Sydney Arms has a small share
The point of the article was misunderstood in some quarters and well received in most – but that is what comes with writing an opinion piece
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
