Sadler’s Show Continues
Legendary stallion, Sadler’s Wells, once again dominated the Investec Derby and Oaks last week.
11th June 2014
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Legendary stallion, Sadler’s Wells, once again dominated the Investec Derby and Oaks last week.
Sometimes it works, and sometimes you get beat. That’s just what it is. You can’t be a hero all the time.
Betting for the two Epsom classics this week, the Investec Derby and the Oaks, is dominated by some of the bluest blooded thoroughbreds in the world.
“We may have the best quality horses at the best prices, but until we can create a demand from receiving countries and force sufficient compromise with regards to the current demands placed on us, nothing will change”
A reader wonders what’s the matter with the Merit Rating system
“There’s R2 million and Gr1 at stake – there’s no holding back,” says Woodruff. Our photography team paid the yard a visit to snap all the big guns.
Scottsville’s premier race day last Saturday was dominated by the descendants of two stallions – Var and Rock Of Gibraltar.
The Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas, which is set to be run at the Curragh this Saturday, is a race with a rich history. Sadler’s Wells the 1984 winner, and subsequently Champion sire in GB/Ire on 14 occasions, left his stamp on the race in no uncertain fashion.
Racing has the ability to generate almost instant and very strong spectator value
A soccer punt on a team he doesn’t even like helps Joey settle bills for the losing punt on all those handicapped second placed runners
Folk are booking tickets from all over the US, if not the world, to watch a horse race. Chrome did that. He seems to leave a little gloss on everything he touches and he’s given everyone a reason to feel good about racing at a time when we all need it most
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
