Breeding

Thoroughbred horse breeding news, views and opinions from South Africa and around the world. Our columnists and authors share their valuable insights on this fascinating aspect of horse racing.

Flower Alley Blooms

Wilgerbosdrift’s exciting young sire Flower Alley was represented by a new graded stakes winner in North America this past weekend

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Beware The Pied Piper

What I soon discovered is that if you did not move to the Piper’s beat or even dared listened to any other tune, he would make things very tough for you

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War And Peace

As perfect a May day as it was destined to be, it also celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the arrival at the farm of a former star of their stallion assembly, National Emblem

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George Orwell

Champions Day

Robyn Louw revisits some of the events of Champions Day and ponders why the halls of power remain so silent

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Man To Man

Futura and Legislate – both sons of Dynasty – are now stallion ‘buddies’ at Drakenstein Stud. But the term ‘buddies’ might be a little off the mark…

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Model Man – A Legend Of The Turf

Sunday’s  Hollywoodbets Greyville feature, the non black-type Model Man Mile, won by Mike de Kock’s Artist’s Model, paid tribute to one of South Africa’s greatest turf legends of the 20th century.

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