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Immediately after the last lot of the Ready To Run Sale catalogue has passed through the ring on Sunday 4 November, the first of 40 lots for the 2018 November Mixed Sale will be auctioned
The Ready To Run Gallops are done and dusted and now the build-up to 4 November begins in earnest
Sit back, relax and watch the gallops for a class catalogue – and there is plenty of talk about it being another vintage year!
A Chinese billionaire who can’t speak a word of English, but easily recognises dollar signs, concreter Abram Savage, bus driver Michael Waddington, council worker Brad Playford, electrician Damien Yates and cancer survivor Peter Piras…
Without skill and enjoyment, constant losses will put paid to any chance of securing longer term interest in racing
Each of these well-known organisations pledged an incredible R75 000 to help extend the equine rehabilitation centre’s staff accommodation
Those that’ve made the annual pilgrimage will know that the Ready To Run gallops at Summerhill had evolved into a national institution over the first three decades of their existence
Love Me True took her status to a new level this weekend, with a pair of sons responsible for group winners over the weekend, and another son landing the Godolphin Flying Start Zetland Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.
Former Horse Of The Year and four-time Gr1 winner Legislate has returned to his birthplace, the Cheveley Stud in Ceres, and he will be standing this season for a very reasonable fee of R5 000 live foal
How did Hazel actually get the job as Stud Book Keeper?
‘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
