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If courage was to be the yardstick, the undisputed champion of the 1989/90 season would beyond a doubt be Olympic Duel. Lightly raced late at 2 in Natal, and a winner of 2 of her first four starts, Olympic Duel appeared to be a nicely above average (but not great) filly…
With the international season having drawn to a close and statistics being tallied up, we look at who topped the sires’ logs in 2015
The L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate is probably the best race in the country but the stake is just that little bit small for such a big event and quality field.
From 15 career starts, Louis won 7 times from 1400 – 2450m. He won the Summer Cup, finished second in the Queen’s Plate and with the loss of Horse Chestnut last year, is our only living Triple Crown winner. We see how he’s settling in at stud.
Declarations are due by 11h00 on Thursday, 14 January for Africa’s richest horserace ever
South Africa’s leading source of speed has three juvenile winners from just four runners
They say the unexamined life is not worth living and life’s rear view mirror occasionally shows up details that weren’t obvious at first glance, so before we launch headlong into 2016, I thought it would be fun to look back at the year that was.
While Highlands Farm is home to many top broodmares and Gr1 performers, there can be no doubt that the wonderful Our Table Mountain ranks among their finest matrons.
The 2010 Vodacom Durban July winner Bold Silvano opened the batting for this term’s first crop sires when his first ever runner stormed home to win the opening event at Fairview on Monday
The Scott Bros once again are offering 30 Two Year Olds, ready for training, for sale directly from the farm
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.
