Ziets’ Centurion Can Make It A Fairytale Milestone
The 8yo gelding takes a drop in class
1st November 2024
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The 8yo gelding takes a drop in class
Former SA Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu (20-1) enters the lion’s den of speed stars at Del Mar on Saturday when he bids to add to his Listed Da Hoss Stakes success on US soil
It’s been a long time between drinks, 20 years to be exact, since the last SA-bred, Super Brand, stepped out 2004 in the great global festival of racing
A top-class international field of 14 will line up for the 41st running of the $7 million Longines Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Classic
South African speed champion Isivunguvungu has drawn at gate 10 for the $1 million Prevagen Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar on Saturday
The 2024 Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint winner October Morn will be winging her way to Australia soon after having been purchased by John Messara of Arrowfield Stud
Over the years, the mighty Ballydoyle outfit has enjoyed spectacular success with certain female lines, one of which being that of the Gr2 winning Pivotal mare Beauty Is Truth
Son of Heart’s Cry becomes the seventh horse in JRA history to win Gr1 races for four consecutive years!
The 2024 Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) has received two supplementary entries for the 8 December flagship meeting at Sha Tin
Mike de Kock’s Buffalo Bill gelding Artist’s Model looks to be a progressive 3yo and he followed up on his course and distance Maiden victory at end September, when running out a facile winner
Maine Chance kingpin Vercingetorix proved to be the buyers’ darling yet again, with the son of Silvano’s 16 offspring fetching a gross R9,8 million at an average of R612 500
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!
