Farewell To Champion Mare
Outstanding SA-Bred sprinter National Colour, a brilliant racemare and producer who was crowned Horse of the Year for the 2005-06 season,
29th October 2018
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Outstanding SA-Bred sprinter National Colour, a brilliant racemare and producer who was crowned Horse of the Year for the 2005-06 season,
‘The buyers’ criteria have become as strict as ever, which caused a number of horses to fall through the cracks’
To be able to pick them on the ‘run’ as it were, opens a window of insight to the buyer which was hitherto denied
Surely they cannot just carry on as usual and ignore us? Or can they? Or is everything in racing/breeding just fine?
It’s about making sure racing is left in good hands and has a good future.
Whilst the sheer idiocity and lunacy of such is clearly apparent, it begs the question as to what is being hidden under the track covers, especially after the recent farce of the state of the Vaal tracks?
A survey of racing success as a factor of how much money you spend was recently undertaken in Australia – and read more how the original Ready To Run has spawned close on 40 millionaires
Avontuur star is current SA National Sires Log leader as well as topping the current 3yo Sire’s table
Over 60 members of the Pony Club came racing at Durbanville last Saturday – and had a blast !
Not for the first time, the descendants of the great broodmare and 1993 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Urban Sea dominated a major race day over the weekend
It is not often that we have a well-performed sister taking on her progressive younger full-brother in a feature field of just nine runners
‘We want to deliver the best quality racing on a consistent basis. That’s what we are striving for. We do not want to host the most racemeetings for the sake of it’
Just hours after the Springboks beat the All Blacks in Cape Town to lift the 2024 Freedom Cup, an equine speed merchant that first saw the light of day just 130km away from the DHL Stadium was announcing his arrival on the US racing scene
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
