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A son of Roberto’s sire Hail To Reason and Broodmare Of The Year Cosmah, Halo was a top class racehorse with his victories including the Gr1 United Nations Handicap of 1974
31st August 2016
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A son of Roberto’s sire Hail To Reason and Broodmare Of The Year Cosmah, Halo was a top class racehorse with his victories including the Gr1 United Nations Handicap of 1974
If the PR damage of broken horses, fixed results and welfare issues don’t sink us, the way we treat our customers will because as a marketing guru told me recently, when all’s said and done, goods aren’t sold, they are bought and people simply will not spend money on something they do not trust.
Accomplished breeder Robin Bruss’ philosophy of breeding to racing class has borne great success
Drakenstein Stud’s resident sire Trippi enjoyed yet another massive weekend
Trippi celebrated his new champion sire status with the birth of a first foal to the former darling of the South African turf, Beach Beauty
A truly eclectic group of stallions will be represented by their first South African two-year-olds this season
2016 Equus Award winner for print media Charles Faull has his say on the Durban July, handicapping and why the R6 punter is the most important person in racing
The blue blooded Visionaire, who is from the same male line as current sire sensations Iffraaj, Wootton Bassett, Speightstown and Quality Road, will stand his first season at Lammerskraal this year for a stud fee of R40 000
Drakenstein Stud’s exceptional young sire Duke Of Marmalade was back in the headlines this weekend
The market proved strong and buoyant throughout two days of trading with a Silvano colt the top-seller
A man we are privileged to have known as a loyal friend of this great game and of the Sporting Post, a personal mate, and one of South African horseracing’s great characters, Shaheen Shaw, a husband, loving Dad and Grandad, passed away suddenly at the age of 55
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
