The Cat Roars
Storm Cat is ancestor of both the 2018 US Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy) and Saturday’s Gr1 Ubet Stradbroke Handicap hero Santa Ana Lane
11th June 2018
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Storm Cat is ancestor of both the 2018 US Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy) and Saturday’s Gr1 Ubet Stradbroke Handicap hero Santa Ana Lane
Records have fallen as the curtain came down on what officials have declared as a “phenomenal” 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Sale.
Durbanville has edged up the world’s best racehorse rankings.Well, let’s pretend so anyway
Past Vodacom Durban July entry Like A Panther is one of 34 Mayfair Speculators owned or part-owned horses catalogued
When Masar won Saturday’s Gr1 Investec Derby, he became the third generation to land the Epsom classic
After an Investec Derby Festival Gr1 near miss on Friday, the Highlands-Ridgemont team are geared up for a big first season for their five-time Gr1 winner Canford Cliffs
Every year, the mixed Arqana Summer Sale produces top quality winners on the flat and over jumps
The Sadler’s Wells male line continues to dominate major features in Europe through the likes of Galileo and his legion of sons
The Cape Breeders Club annual auction of stallion services was held prior to the Cape Mare & Weanling Sale
With the first lot to sell being the aptly named Rainy Day, the icy winter weather failed to prevent a large crowd from attending
There will be fingers crossed that the positivity generated by the successful recent National Yearling Sale will gain further momentum and spill over into the arena at the Mistico Equestrian Centre
‘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
