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.

Pathfork Is Up And Running!

Highlands stallion Pathfork provided a rare but notable highlight on a low-key Durbanville programme on Saturday when producing his first winner

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Tiger Dance (Storm Cat - Mariah's Storm by Rahy)

Tiger Dance Dies Aged 14

Druk My Niet’s resident sire, Tiger Dance, has died aged 14. Tiger Dance was a son of Storm Cat and a full brother to Giant’s Causeway and You’resothrilling

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Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew

The Year Of Slew

In the 14 years since his death, the great Seattle Slew has continued to make his presence felt on the stud book

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Call To Combat

Into Combat

The St John Gray bred, trained and raced Call To Combat got his stud career off to a great start with a winner last Friday

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Zenyatta

A To Zenyatta

Zenyatta collected people, she brought them together and she connected people. That was her magic. And incredibly, after her racing career was over, her fans have kept that connection going. What I’d forgotten is that those connections run both ways.

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Traffic Guard

One Way Traffic

Summerhill Stud’s exciting stallion Traffic Guard came out of the blocks flying when he broke the ice with his first raced runner at Greyville on Sunday. He has 7 lots on offer on Tuesday’s Summer Ready To Run Sale!

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Spalato

Winning Returns

The son of Elusive City , although very well handicapped, had it all to do and after some scintillating trackwork and a very professional recent trial the stage was set for a positive return

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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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