Jallad – Versatility Personified!
One of the relatively unheralded stars of 2017-2018 was former Highlands stallion Jallad
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One of the relatively unheralded stars of 2017-2018 was former Highlands stallion Jallad
‘We want to get the best American Pharoahs we can, put them in Ballydoyle, and try to make him a new Northern Dancer’
Having her first run as a 7yo, the daughter of Street Cry’s 26th victory in a row and her 19th Gr1 win came amid cheers and applause from an adoring crowd
The 2018 Emperors Palace National Two Year Old Sale ended on a positive note on Friday evening, with a high clearance rate and median increase among the notable results
The curtain came down on the 2018 National 2yo Sale at Germiston on Friday after two days of buoyant trading and improved results shown all round on last year
The NHA applied an in-house formula usually reserved for early 2yo races, where the form is scant and the majority of the field are unknown quantities
There was always little doubt that Dean Kannemeyer’s 2016 Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint winner Real Princess would be an exciting broodmare prospect
Buying the closer to finished 2yo product has the advantage of meaning you can probably get racing quicker. There has to be less guesswork involved too…
Pathfork daughter Scented Garden falls to the bid of Cape trainer Brett Crawford for R1,2 million.
The 3yo son of Sea The Stars charged to victory under Oisin Murphy in the Gr2 Prix Guillaume D’Ornano Haras Du Logis Saint-Germain at Deauville on Wednesday
The Equus Awards were held on Tuesday evening at Emperors Palace with the pride of South Africa’s racing and breeding being honoured – congratulations to all the winners but it was a long, long evening!
‘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