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This season alone, Trippi’s daughters have been responsible for 11 black-type performers, amongst which five stakes winners, which equals that of log leader Captain Al, and is bettered only by second-placed Silvano on seven
An unbroken Hawwaam 2yo half-sister to recent R1 million Maine Chance Farms Gr1 Majorca Stakes winner Rascova is bound to attract plenty of interest when offered by Cheveley Stud
It was a weekend of winners for Coolmore’s Champion National Hunt sire Walk In The Park
Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale 2025 catalogue looks impressive
Parisian Walkway, the winner of Saturday’s TAB Gauteng Guineas, is not the first son of Ideal World to win a leg of the South African Triple Crown
The progeny of Ridgemont-based SA Triple Crown winning sire Malmoos look ready to set the sales rings alight after a flying start at the CRS Summer Sale
Should the racing gods decree, Turffontein racegoers could witness a bit of history, with no less than three offspring of the Danehill Dancer mare Elegantes scheduled to be in action
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Zeitz is proof that a female family can thrive and survive off just a single line of descent
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
Wilgerbosdrift’s young stallion Hawwaam got off the mark as a sire when his first-crop son Read All About It made a winning debut at Turffontein on Sunday
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
