The Student Prince
Gold Circle’s Andrew Harrison reflects on scholarly punting days forty years back
21st September 2017
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Gold Circle’s Andrew Harrison reflects on scholarly punting days forty years back
KZN trainer James Goodman used to travel down to Durbanville for the winter
Dorrie Sham and Duncan Howells are the only out of province trainers, with Classify and Secret Captain respectively representing the away challenge
Capri’s win in Saturday’s Gr1 William Hill St Leger at Doncaster completed a clean-sweep of the 2017 English and Irish classics for male line descendants of Sadler’s Wells
Quasillo is the first son of Sea The Stars to stand at stud in South Africa
In the market for a new helmet? You are in luck. 16/17 September is International Helmet Awareness weekend with hundreds of participating retailers offering headgear at reduced rates.
Blushing Groom sire Rahy, a half-brother to former South African sire Rakeen and champion Singspiel, made his mark as a broodmare sire
‘You – and Justin Snaith – are not doing your part for safety in the equine industry’
While aeroplanes have always been his first passion, Netherlands born Fred Brons has set course and is flying full throttle into breeding winning racehorses. We need more positive people like him in this game!
“It’s a lot of money for a horse, but he’s by a hot sire everybody wants.”
History has a habit of repeating itself, and in staging the Ready To Run Sale back in the KZN Midlands, the organisers are saluting a national institution and the feats of a further 18 major race-winners in 2016/17 alone
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
