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Descendants of Darshaan mare Alexandra Bi were to the fore on Betway Summer Cup when the mare’s grandson Atticus Finch (Master Of My Fate) won the Gr1 Betway Summer Cup while her great granddaughter World Of Alice won the Gr3 Betway Fillies Mile
The 2025 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale catalogue was published last week and is striking for the number of horses included with South African connections
Who knows, perhaps Royal Victory’s success in last year’s race emboldened fellow KZN trainers to make the trek to Gauteng?
The 2025 catalogue for the boutique sale that out performs its size – the Magic Millions Tasmanian Yearling Sale – is now online
Star mare gives birth overnight with positive signs for mum and son!
One World was the toast of Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday when the Equus Champion supplied three Vaughan Marshall-trained winners
Pipped on the post by his own sire in 2021/22 and third in 2022/23, only champion Gimmethegreenlight proved his superior last season
Ridgemont’s red hot sire Rafeef had a good day on Tuesday, producing three winners at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
The sale signalled the end of an era for South African racing and breeding as a large portion of the equine interests of the late Hassen Adams, who passed away in March this year, were liquidated
The Ridgemont Team look to have another classic prospect on their hands after the Rafeef filly Mon Petit Cherie followed in the golden hoofprints of the Robertson nursery’s past Cape Fillies Guineas winners Make It Snappy (2022) and Front And Centre (2018)
Black type updates for fillies and mares are an essential way to highlight the quality of their pedigree and Mon Petit Cherie’s breakthrough at stakes level yet again underlines the excellence of this power-packed family
Beyond the pending investigations, things ended well enough for the Bass-Robinson yard when the improving Rainbow Lorikeet stamped her Paddock Stakes prospects with a gutsy victory under a top-notch ride by Aldo Domeyer
