Scottsville Not Being Fully Utilised?
It seems something has changed at Scottsville? In my opinion we’ve had meetings with yielding, soft, even heavy going at times…
18th February 2019
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It seems something has changed at Scottsville? In my opinion we’ve had meetings with yielding, soft, even heavy going at times…
Celebrations for Mike de Kock as he trained sire and dam of the smart winner
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Entries are now open for the Southern Hemisphere’s number one thoroughbred breeding stock auction
The Highlands bred gelding is out of the one-time winning Tapit mare Gin Rummy, who produced the Snaith-trained one-time winner from five starts to date, Ladder Man
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Given the multitude of uncertainties and unknowns – not to mention outright luck – we are left corralling our personal theories, or the observed patterns that give us comfort when making purchase decisions.
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Three-time South African Champion jockey Anthony Delpech who retired from the saddle just over a week ago, celebrated his birthday on Sunday
The Council of the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of SA, is very pleased to announce that Vaughan Koster and Craig Kieswetter have been co-opted as additional members of Council
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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
