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The 2016 Breeders’ Cup World Championships are set to be held at Santa Anita this Friday and Saturday
2nd November 2016
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The 2016 Breeders’ Cup World Championships are set to be held at Santa Anita this Friday and Saturday
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Tom Thornbury, Keeneland’s Associate Director of Sales, recently completed a 2 week yearling sale inspection tour of South Africa. He shares his thoughts and impressions.
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An association has been mooted for those breeders in all provinces, excluding Kwazulu-Natal and the Cape
Duke Of Marmalade’s daughter Sound Of Freedom opened her Gr1 account with a courageous win to score in the Premio Lydia Tesio at Capannelle in Italy
The sad reality is that no matter who did what wrong, the Peter saga has been a scar on the SA horseracing landscape for far too long and besides the old favourite of justice delayed, it has lingered lengths ahead of KZN star Royal Victory’s big win in the 2023 renewal of the Highveld showpiece
Time has flown by and it’s been thirty years since the first issue of the Sporting Post hit the shelves in October 1994
The champagne corks were popping at the magnificent Owloon Horses in Paarl earlier this week when their 2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July winning broodmare Souk delivered a handsome and beautifully conformed Fire Away colt
Tragedy struck Suzette and Basie Viljoen’s fledgeling Wellington-based breeding operation Hopes And Dreams on Monday evening when the farm’s flagship mare and 2022 SA Horse Of The Year Captain’s Ransom reportedly died while giving birth
