Summer Heats Ups
Cape racing is often seen as the flat tyre on the South African horseracing tricycle
11th October 2018
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Cape racing is often seen as the flat tyre on the South African horseracing tricycle
A brother to ante-post Classic favourite Too Darn Hot became the most expensive yearling sold at auction this year
World’s Highest Yearling Price in 2018 on Opening Day of Tattersalls October Book 1
There will be an opportunity to purchase thoroughbreds ready for the track from proven up-and-coming sires Duke of Marmalade, Gimmethegreenlight, Oratorio, Pomodoro, Querari, Twice Over and What a Winter
I think it’s time the racing industry was taken in hand by people who know what they are doing
The Joey Ramsden-trained Gr1 winning sprinter Red Ray will relocate from Klawervlei Stud to stand at the Birch Bros’ Vogel Vlei Stud this season
The 2018 Arqana Arc Sale saw a final total of 27 horses walk through the ring, of which 24 (65%) changed hands for a cumulated €4,318,000 and an average price of €179,917.
On the same day the career of Chautauqua has been celebrated with a farewell at Flemington, Coolmore Stud has announced the death of the sprinter’s sire Encosta De Lago
Congratulations to all our farriers who excelled at their recent Worshipful Company of Farriers exams
The Sporting Post doesn’t take stick often for standing up for the racing operators
In Return, a daughter of South African champion and Triple Crown winner Horse Chestnut, joined an elite group of mares to have been represented by two Gr1 winners in a year
‘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
