The Apache: Equinome Testing
The Apache has been tested by Equinome, indicating that he is top class, with “Best Racing and Breeding genes” amongst the best in the world.
8th August 2016
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An insight into horse racing pedigrees. The genealogical breeding aspect that makes top class race horses.
The Apache has been tested by Equinome, indicating that he is top class, with “Best Racing and Breeding genes” amongst the best in the world.
On ratings this season’s 2yo fillies appear to be a vintage crop, well ahead of the male counterparts.
Juvenile filly Majmu retained her unbeaten record with a spectacular 8-length victory in the Gr2 SA Nursery
South Africa’s overseas campaigners feature prominently in Timeform’s Racehorses Of 2013
Times were tough, early in 1991. Hassen Adams’ breeding operation was far cry from his equine empire of today, cash-flow always an issue. And then along came Young Polly.
Gr1 SA Fillies Classic winner Athina flew up late to deny first leg winner Arcetri Pink
Gr2 Gauteng Fillies Guineas winner Arcetri Pink – first stakes winner for cross of world class sires
For Louis The King the second leg of the Triple Crown (Gr1 SA Classic over 1800m) must now be well in his sights after a 5-length victory in the Gr1 Gauteng Guineas
Breeders who race the majority of the horses which they breed can find that the youngsters which they sell are shunned by the marketplace
Kingmambo stallion Soar With Eagles has made a very good start to his stud career in Zimbabwe. At the same time his better-known brother Archipenko is getting himself established in England at one of the world’s premier studs (Lanwades).
The famous foundation mare Allegretta – ancestress of no less than nine winners of eighteen Gr1’s headed by six classics, two Prix de l’Arc de Triomphes, one King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. King’s Apostle’s pedigree represents the Allegretta x Sadler’s Wells cross that produced Galileo.
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
