We Are Ready To Run!
No one said this job was easy. However, it was great to see Act of War winning the Cape Classic in such good style
27th October 2014
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No one said this job was easy. However, it was great to see Act of War winning the Cape Classic in such good style
We start off with a couple of nice horses at Durbanville today and climax on the weekend with some smashing runners, horses we feel will be some of our nicer 3 year olds…
Jimmy saw so much colour and humour in everything, that life will always be a little brighter and cheerier for having had him in it. And therefore so will I.
Jimmy was an old-school gentleman, charming, witty and very much part of the fabric of racing for as long as I can remember
While Nureyev’s male line may be faltering, there is no danger of the great stallion disappearing from pedigrees anytime soon
To be a good turf writer, you have to keep your passion for the game. If you can do that, well, I always say I’ve never worked a day in my life. Racing is still the greatest game played outdoors.”
The race to see who can establish a successfully enduring male line is on between Rakeen through Jet Master and Fort Wood through Dynasty
Seven horses have won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe twice since its inception in 1920. Sarah Whitelaw takes a look at the stud legacy left by some of the dual winners.
Kenilworth Racing’s inaugural four day racing festival went with a bang.
Europe has moved ahead of North America as the world’s leading sources of the most sought after stallions
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
