The Real Slim Shady
“There aren’t any races long enough for Shady World so he may have to sit it out for the 2018 Gold Cup,” said an elated breeder Syd Birch
28th July 2017
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“There aren’t any races long enough for Shady World so he may have to sit it out for the 2018 Gold Cup,” said an elated breeder Syd Birch
Gimmethegreenlight 3yo Beataboutthebush handed her rivals a galloping lesson
While it was the Justin-Snaith and Bernard Fayd’herbe partnership who topped the charts winning four of the eight races on the Kenilworth Saturday programme, the feature honours and last double on the card belonged to Glen Kotzen and Richard Fourie
Sean Tarry raised the bar from last term and set a new record for winners in a season
Affectionately labelled a ‘freak’ by one of his owners, and registering his second consecutive Gr1 win from just ten starts, the Toreador gelding Bull Valley played himself into serious contention for the Equus Champion Sprinter title
Sean Tarry’s versatile Tiger Ridge mare Trophy Wife booked her Gold Cup berth with an emphatic victory
Mauritzfontein stallion Ideal World maintained his good stakes run when his son Kimberley Star stamped himself as a leading Eastern Cape 2yo
Justin Snaith’s 2017 Durban July dreams may not have panned out exactly as he had hoped, but the hotly competitive Cape trainer finished the big day with a flourish
The second of two July Day races to be run on the Greyville polytrack produced a smart win for the well-related Bishop’s Bounty
Brett Crawford has enjoyed a glorious SA Champions Season but had to settle for just one of the July Day features
Trainer Sean Tarry delivered a joker in the pack and a snappy Gr2 double when the Var colt Purple Diamond held on in a desperately close finish
‘We want to deliver the best quality racing on a consistent basis. That’s what we are striving for. We do not want to host the most racemeetings for the sake of it’
Just hours after the Springboks beat the All Blacks in Cape Town to lift the 2024 Freedom Cup, an equine speed merchant that first saw the light of day just 130km away from the DHL Stadium was announcing his arrival on the US racing scene
The South African bred former Equus Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu made a terrific winning debut on US soil for trainer Graham Motion and confirmed his Prevagen $1million Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint aspirations
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
