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Just one month out from the first Tuesday in November, the Victoria Racing Club has announced that 72 horses remain in contention for the 2024 A$8,56 million Lexus Gr1 Melbourne Cup
Two quality mares staked their Spring claims in an action packed 24 hours of racing at Moonee Valley and Rosehill Gardens
Coolmore has announced that 6-time Group 1 winner and dual Derby hero Auguste Rodin, will take up stud duties for the 2025 season at their base in Ireland
A new venue and a new partnership
It is eerie to think that there would have been no Siren’s Call, Sound Of Warning, or for that matter Call To Unite, had fate not decreed that Enchanted Cove follow her dam to South Africa, and that Peter de Beyer had the foresight to return Elusive Fort back home from the States as well!
Thunderstruck has already covered 40 mares and is proving a true professional in the lush paddocks of the magnificent Robertson farm
Mauritzfontein have reported on their social media that star unbeaten Gimmethegreenlight filly Gimme A Nother has arrived in France en route to the USA
When the Trippi filly Little Suzie broke her maiden at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday she became the first winner for her dam Oh Susanna
In the same week that her good son Call To Unite won the 2024 renewal of the Listed Settler’s Trophy, South African horseracing bid a sad farewell to the outstanding Siren’s Call
Discovering a bit more about Usha Stud’s horseracing journey
A six-length debut winner over 1400m at Chester as a juvenile, Witness Stand was gelded after finishing sixth in the Gr2 Vintage Stakes on his second outing
Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board
In our weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, including some slow-run Grade 1 contests at Turffontein
