Lady Fallon – The Proof Is In The Pudding
It was a terrific effort by Soldier’s Eye who made up good ground and had to be switched in late by Wesley Marwing
15th November 2024
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It was a terrific effort by Soldier’s Eye who made up good ground and had to be switched in late by Wesley Marwing
Kelly Mitchley’s Passchendaele took on some big-hitters at Fairview on Friday but never looked like getting beaten
Black type updates for fillies and mares are an essential way to highlight the quality of their pedigree and Mon Petit Cherie’s breakthrough at stakes level yet again underlines the excellence of this power-packed family
M and M de Kock will operate from both Randjesfontein in Johannesburg and Summerveld in Durban for a powerful collaboration on home turf
Vercingetorix, who has five sons nominated for the Gr1 Betway Summer Cup, is currently leading the South African General Sires premiership
Entries are in for the Gr2 Cape Punters Cup, previously the Concorde Cup and prior to that the Selangor Cup, which last produced a Cape Guineas winner a decade ago when Joey Ramsden’s Act Of War achieved the feature double
Alec Laird’s Greeting My Master underscored an inspired bit of big race placement and planning with a courageous victory in Monday’s Betway Gr3 Victory Moon Stakes at Turffontein
Breeders of champions in South Africa for over two decades, internationally acclaimed Robertson nursery Maine Chance Farms have announced that they will sponsor the 2025 R1 million Gr1 Majorca Stakes
Trainer Brett Crawford and the Ridgemont team set the stage for a serious bid for classic glory on 7 December in the World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas when Mon Petite Cherie showed her mettle
The Listed Laisserfaire Stakes produced a grandstand finish with two game mares going hammer and tongs over the final 200m
Justin Snaith made it a year-on-year Woolavington Stakes double at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday when Joshwin Solomons went gun-to-tape on the progressive Daimyo
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
