Snaith’s Sentimental Suzie – A Cape Fillies Guineas Prospect
Daughter of Trippi gives Grant van Niekerk a ‘bomb’ feel as we remember a big win in the 2018 Met
21st September 2024
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Daughter of Trippi gives Grant van Niekerk a ‘bomb’ feel as we remember a big win in the 2018 Met
Over 40 horses were stepped out on Thursday on ground described as ‘perfect’ after the previous evening’s showers by veteran trainer Vaughan Marshall
Is it not curious that a particular sire line can fade into obscurity in many parts of the globe yet continues to thrive in another
Tristan Godden rode a confident race on the Stuart Ferrie-trained Hippocrates to round off a perfect afternoon at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday for a Durban-based gentleman
Two good friends and true characters of the local racing community, Frikkie Greyling and Deryl Daniels partnered to mark a milestone victory for the Blue Sky Thoroughbreds team
Purton boosted his Hong Kong career haul to 1749, leaving the Australian only 64 victories shy of 13-time champion Douglas Whyte’s record of 1813
Levey, who won the 1000 Guineas on Billesdon Brook in 2018 and this year’s Irish 2000 Guineas with Rosallion, said: “You’ll take any Classic, any Classic at this stage. Another one on my belt!”
The final race of the afternoon produced an interesting finish, with the Piet Botha pair of Rodicchio (Richard Fourie) and Das Gute (Devin Ashby) racing alone up the outside
‘Hopefully Isivunguvungu is the first of many’ – Mike de Kock
Ferraris delivered the majority of Newnham’s 31 wins in a fine debut season by the Australian handler and, with the success of My Wish on Sunday and Scotch Tycoon on Wednesday, the young South African has quickly reprised a successful trend
Robertson-based breeding operation Ridgemont head into the forthcoming breeding season with the ‘magnificent seven’, their most diverse and exciting stallion attack in the seven winters since the Kieswetter family acquired the historic champion nursery
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!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
