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The Ready-To-Run – the brainchild some 30 years ago of the Mooi River farm’s supremo Mick Goss and the late top bloodstock consultant Chris Smith – returns to its spiritual home on October 25
Flower Alley was represented by his fourth individual Gr1 winner when his son Bullards Alley landed the Pattison Canadian International at Woodbine on Sunday
Field Of Courage, a son of dual champion and Moutonshoek sire Marchfield, scored a 40-1 shock when downing some top-class sprinters in Sunday’s Gr2 Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine
Dreams of a South African runner ever lining up to compete for a R61 million first cheque still seem unimaginable on the eve of the inaugural running of the world’s richest race on turf at Royal Randwick on Saturday
The nominees for the KZN Breeders Awards to be held at the Fordoun Hotel & Spa in Nottingham Road have been announced
A round-up of Matchem Stakes day 2017, with hot pots, a special Gal and some great lads doing their bit for charity
Bloodstock South Africa announce commissions and sales costs reductions for 2018
The gallops for the 2017 Emperors Palace Summerhill Ready To Run Sale are now available for viewing online.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest racemares in Australian history, Winx, who has 14 Gr1 wins to her credit, is officially – somewhat controversially – rated as the world’s second top-rated racehorse
Owner Stanley Chan announced the three-time Horse of the Year’s retirement on Friday 13 September at trainer Francis Lui’s Sha Tin stable
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
