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When it comes to welfare, we simply cannot afford to bury our heads in the sand as that merely leaves our rear ends exposed for someone to come along and take a swing.
12th April 2016
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When it comes to welfare, we simply cannot afford to bury our heads in the sand as that merely leaves our rear ends exposed for someone to come along and take a swing.
Named after the Rugby Springbok ‘Bakkies’ Botha, this youngster is a half-brother to Rabada by Await The Dawn,
I would think that owners would like to have their horses running as often as possible…
Highlights of the 2016 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale include a half brother to Winx that went under the hammer for AUD $2,3 million
Hugely versatile, Louis The King won six of his seven starts as a three year old, from 1400m to 2400m, including the illustrious Triple Crown
Angus Gold had the honour of purchasing the first progeny of Frankel at auction in Australia when he paid $610,000 for a chestnut filly out of Gr1-winning South African mare Chocolicious (Kahal)
Bezrin has returned to KZN and will be standing the 2016 breeding season at Yellow Star Stud
Drakenstein Stud’s hugely successful sire Duke Of Marmalade was back in the news this past weekend
Fillies by the deceased Horse Chestnut are in high demand and Gary and Jackie Jolliffe of Golden Touch Thoroughbreds have big hopes for young Gold Image
Racing, I feel, has the most wonderful way of shooting itself in the foot or kicking itself up the butt
While Australian bred thoroughbreds filled the second, third and fourth spots in the Gr1 SA Classic, it was North American bred and raced sires who well and truly made their presence felt
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.
