24th November 2020
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Thoroughbred horse breeding news, views and opinions from South Africa and around the world. Our columnists and authors share their valuable insights on this fascinating aspect of horse racing.
In most major racing jurisdictions around the globe, if the trainer can prove that he took all reasonable precautions to prevent the positive finding, then a finding is not made against him
Travers Stakes winner Flower Alley, whose second South African crop are now three-year-olds, looks poised for a potentially big season in 2020-2021
There are plenty of quality horses to be found in this year’s Soetendal draft, and horses that have made great improvement through their preparation with more to come
Heading the draft of seven mares is the regally bred Listed placed Galileo mare Hibiscus, in foal to sire of the moment Siyouni
Winterbach Stud’s offerings are invariably pleasing on the eye
Altus Joubert’s Riethuiskraal Stud has produced a consistent flow of high-level runners for many years
Monique Schabort of up-and-coming Paarl Diamant Stud provides notes on the farm’s five two-year-old at CTS Ready To Run and Mixed Sale, 2020
Tune in to Tellytrack DStv channel 249 for live coverage from 09h00 of the second tranche of gallops for the 2020 CTS Ready To Run
Overshadowed by his remarkable paternal half-brother Galileo as a sire, there can no denying the fact that deceased Arc winner Montjeu was a truly exceptional stallion in his own right
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
