Considering that the SA racing programme is heavily weighted towards speed and precocity, and there are far less opportunities for late maturing types, Silvano’s achievements as a classic stallion were truly phenomenal!
The four-year-old lined up with nine victories over a mile to his credit and matched the achievement of his sire, Sea The Stars, as he landed the feature Group One when tackling 10 furlongs for the first-time in his career
Hong Kong Jockey Club World Pools will be in operation on the first three days of the four-day Yorkshire Ebor Festival
It is a trend that the three-year-old crop consistently outperform their older rivals in benchmark handicaps
One stallion who has more than impressed with his first crop is the blue-blooded France-based Zarak (Dubawi)
The Highveld Feature Race Season program will be published shortly with total stakes of R83,2 million for a seven-month period of exciting racing
It’s early days, but the big Paul Peter job will have a major influence on the outcome, with Richard Fourie also taking over from Greg Cheyne in the Eastern Cape
Four weeks after triumphing in an 1800-metre Derby, Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) has taken a big step down in distance and conquered some of Kranji’s swiftest sprinters!
Vaughan Marshall’s two-year-old colt Street Outlaw is at the top of the first log, having been given a merit rating of 96 by the handicapper
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Mxothwa had a full book of rides with a couple of decent winning chances, but due to flight complications he will only take up his last four engagements
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
The son of Twice Over has been gelded and will be aimed at the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the WSB Cape Town Met
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
The Ridgemont’s Kieswetter and Drakenstein’s Rupert families are major players in our horseracing and the Monmouth Park feature thus held more than a passing interest for many of us
