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Global View’s four winners won from distances of 1000 metres to 2600 metres, with the beautifully-bred stallion producing winners on both turf and polytrack, and at all of Turffontein, Hollywoodbets Greyville and Fairview in this spell
Sally Bowles, a daughter of London News, featured as the dam of Lady Radner, a facile winner of the Gr3 Dogwood Stakes at Churchill Downs last weekend
His Potala Palace half-brother Majestic Palace makes his debut over 1200m at the Vaal today
While all their horses are thankfully safe, Natasha Barry of Riverton Stud in Robertson told us that the Breede River is rising and that all roads to Cape Town are closed
The man who brought champion Gimmethegreenlight to South Africa, said that he was not bitter and remained philosophical in the belief that the ‘perfect storm’ was an act of a higher power
That she has a long way to go to match the achievements of her dam and own sister goes without staying, nevertheless, should she continue in similar vein, her main objectives could well be the Gr1 SA Fillies Classic and the Gr2 SA Oaks
I noted with some alarm the comments made by Mr. Bortz about the discrepancies in the due diligence performed on the ROA, and request him to make these discrepancies public
When his son Continuous claimed Saturday’s Gr1 Betfred St Leger, the late Heart’s Cry became the second son of the legendary Sunday Silence to supply a British classic winner this year
Advocate Altus Joubert was no doubt swayed by Flying The Flag’s spectacular female line and he made the move to Riethuiskraal in 2022
‘This is not purely due to the Springboks’ exploits on the rugby fields. I call it the Greg Bortz Effect. He has undoubtedly generated positive energy all around!’
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
