Cape Breeders Stars 2017/18 – All The Nominees
The Cape Racing & Breeding Awards for the 2017/18 season will be held at the Vineyard Hotel on Wednesday 8 August
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The Cape Racing & Breeding Awards for the 2017/18 season will be held at the Vineyard Hotel on Wednesday 8 August
The only European G1 winner by Dubawi to come to South Africa, will touch down in Johannesburg on Sunday, 29 July
With the 2018 South African breeding season just around the corner, many farms have finalised mating plans for some of their top broodmares
South Africa’s Champion Trainer Elect Justin Snaith was the major buyer at the Central Route Trading Mixed & Horses-In-Training Sale held at Durbanville on Thursday
Both of his runners stay well and Frikkie is the stable elect – if only for his draw. He cautions that punters should not take the form at face value as both have had excuses
South African Equine Health and Protocols (SAEHP), led by Adrian Todd, was charged with spearheading the equine industries efforts to implement long term sustainable export protocols in 2017
On Saturday at Greyville, the red and yellow silks of the CHC will be carried by Dagmar in the Gr1 Thekwini Stakes
William Milkovitch has done his homework and provides his expert view of the card – he is going with the field in the Gold Cup and hoping Humpty Dumpty comes rolling home!
Primary funders hold the Power to alter the current disastrous path that racing is taking
The sale moves from a weekend schedule to be in closer proximity to the Sun Met race day, which is to be held on Saturday 26 January
Bush Hill stallion Flying The Flag’s full-sister Magical made all the running in the Gr2 Kilboy Estate Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday
‘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