273526 Attend Royal Ascot Over Five Days
Coolmore, O’Brien & Moore retain leading owner, trainer and jockey titles in a splash of high-class racing
24th June 2024
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Coolmore, O’Brien & Moore retain leading owner, trainer and jockey titles in a splash of high-class racing
Vaughan Marshall and Brett Crawford have each had over 60 horses tested over a period of weeks prior to Saturday, and all cleared the hurdle. Now on one day, they suddenly have 5 positives between them
Khaadem etched his name further into the history books at Royal Ascot on Saturday in the Gr1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, becoming the first eight-year-old to triumph
Drakenstein Stud celebrated a new record of 21 stakes winners in a season when the clearly progressive Lancaster Bomber colt Eight On Eighteen stormed home to win the Gr3 Langerman
The Cape Town based star will be considering it a winning day after he pulled off an Houdini like escape act to avoid a fall and possible injury in the first race on the card
The Moutonshoek-bred Sugar Mountain bounced back to winning form when staying on powerfully in the kind underfoot conditions to win the non black-type Winter Mile
‘He is the complete package and puts it all in, in every way – he is so committed, so straight, so loyal, so dedicated, such an athlete. And every year, he improves. He’s only 40 now…’
‘Future Pearl is by Futura, who never won beyond 2000m, yet is quietly adding his name to the list of stallions capable of siring horses with a touch of stamina’
Jockey Calvin Habib takes the ride on Crimson Cloud for the Tony Peter stable in Race 1 at Vaal today
‘He is a Gr1 winner at two, he won four Gr1’s last year, and people are always very quick to knock horses. As soon as they get beat, they want to have a go at you. Every time you send them away, they have a pop at that as well’ – Ryan Moore
A total of 28 entries remain in the mix with final declarations due by 11h00 on Monday 24 June
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
It’s time for our racing regulators to accept and understand that they are part of the game, and not outside of it, above it, or bigger than it
