A Plate Fit For A King
Despite a world of expectation – and public opinion – on his shoulders, Legal Eagle took his third L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate on Saturday, 6 January 2018
9th January 2018
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Despite a world of expectation – and public opinion – on his shoulders, Legal Eagle took his third L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate on Saturday, 6 January 2018
Highlands four-times Equus Champion sire Dynasty underlined his superb versatility and extraordinary ability to strike at the top-level again at Kenilworth on Saturday
The Kenilworth eighth race quartet dividend, which closed a successful L’Ormarins Queen’s Festival of Racing opening day, may have had Saftote punters scratching their heads
Varsfontein Stud’s young stallion Master Of My Fate broke the ice just weeks after his first runner
What A Winter colt Dutch Philip continues to top the log for the two CTS US$500 000 races to be run on Sun Met day
‘Well, you’ve never really cared for racing – you feel it’s your duty to go to Ascot but I’ve never seen you place a bet – so, tell me more, I’m intrigued…’
It’s a good challenge, a big challenge, but we try to always give people more than they expect
Klawervlei Stud’s Pomodoro was represented by his first winner when his two-year-old son Lethal Weapon made a winning debut
Exciting stallion Canford Cliffs produced a timely reminder for local breeders
Duke Of Marmalade celebrated yet another international stakes winner when his daughter Al Muraqabah (IRE) won the $100 000 Gr3 Qatar Oaks
The five Sales spanning from 2011 to 2015 have produced no fewer than 125 stakes winners
SA champion jockey stepped out under the Ridgemont flag for the first time at Hollywoodbets Durbanville today
‘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
