Thunder Over Cape Town!
Stud Manager Ross Fuller has settled in well at Ridgemont-Highlands, where he spent his first breeding season last year
16th January 2020
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Stud Manager Ross Fuller has settled in well at Ridgemont-Highlands, where he spent his first breeding season last year
The quest for champions begins at the Cape Town International Convention Centre today
The 159th renewal of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate had all the makings of a showstopper…
Horses, have no new “get out of jail solution” if resistance is encountered and we are having to revert to older families of drugs or a combination of deworming drugs to clear resistant parasites
‘Regulation requires transparency and openness. I would like to know who are the puppeteers and who are the marionettes?’
Leading horse behaviouralist Malan du Toit was at the much debated L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate start at Kenilworth on Saturday and has rejected conspiracy theories
A number of stallions and mares were responsible for notable feats at the 2020 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Festival
A colt by champion sire Redoute’s Choice topped the night as records tumbled with the Book One section of the 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale coming to a close
The all time record price for a yearling by star sire Exceed and Excel was set on Day Three of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale on Friday.
A colt by former champion Japanese sire Deep Impact swept to the head of the top sellers list at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale when he sold for A$1.9 million on Thursday
The South African bred former Equus Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu made a terrific winning debut on US soil for trainer Graham Motion and confirmed his Prevagen $1million Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint aspirations
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
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
