A look at stallions and their progeny impact horse racing industry.
The superbly bred and well performed Danon Platina will become the first son of legendary racehorse and sire Deep Impact to take up stud duties in South Africa when he retires to Mauritzfontein for 2019
Celebrations for Mike de Kock as he trained sire and dam of the smart winner
Horizon has officially been retired and will stand at the Hemel ‘N Aarde Stud just outside Hermanus
The Joey Ramsden-trained Gr1 winning sprinter Red Ray will relocate from Klawervlei Stud to stand at the Birch Bros’ Vogel Vlei Stud this season
With Scott Bros winding down their breeding operation, The Apache is being relocated to Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud
Leading sire Mambo in Seattle (USA) has arrived in KZN, on transfer from Moutonshoek in the Cape
Crusade held his own at the recent Nationals, averaging R280 000 in Session 1 and R150 000 in Session 2, for a combined total of 12 yearlings sold
Bush Hill stallion Redoute’s Promise celebrated his first winner at Fairview on Monday when the Piemonte Stud bred 2yo Aldo won readily
Erupt (IRE) will join the Maine Chance Farm stallion roster this season, to stand alongside premier stallions Silvano and Querari
The first son of Uncle Mo at Stud in South Africa will make an appearance before races at Durbanville on Wednesday 27 June at 11h00
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
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
