South Africa’s Finest
After Aldo Domeyer’s second set of 6 wins on a card, we had some fun with numbers to see which of our other jockeys have done it
13th June 2017
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After Aldo Domeyer’s second set of 6 wins on a card, we had some fun with numbers to see which of our other jockeys have done it
Drakenstein Stud’s leading young sire What A Winter was represented by a seventh first crop winner on Thursday
Galileo is well established as one of the greatest sires in history and recently responsible for a Guineas double, at Newmarket and the Curragh, the son of Sadler’s Wells continues to make and break new records
Highlands, Part Of Ridgemont, will play host on the Youth Day public holiday next weekend to a star-studded line-up for the CTS Mares, Weanlings & Fillies For Stud Select Sale
Silver Wolf, an Australian bred daughter of Avontuur sire Oratorio, landed the feature spoils in Seoul on Sunday
The outstanding Highveld Horse Of The Season is a new addition to the illustrious Highlands, Part Of Ridgemont, stallion roster
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With past graduates of the ilk of Gr1 winners Louis The King, Happy Valentine, Seal and Same Jurisdiction, to mention a few, the KZN Yearling Sale is one of the most popular auctions on South Africa’s equine calendar
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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
