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Top Cape breeders miss out on a fourth Oaks but strike with a good one in the Gerald Rosenberg
8th May 2017
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Top Cape breeders miss out on a fourth Oaks but strike with a good one in the Gerald Rosenberg
Top owner Markus Jooste has probably changed more than a few lives in South African horseracing
The recent Gr3 Pretty Polly Stakes winner Green Plains showed she is a filly with a bright future
Last year’s Vodacom Durban July runner-up Marinaresco is likely to have his price cut for the 2017 running after getting up in the final stride to grab a dramatic victory
The mastery of Piere Strydom dominated the Gr2 Daisy Guineas at Greyville on Sunday
Justin Snaith’s progressive Gimmethegreenlight filly Gimme Six maintained her unbeaten KZN record when she paralyzed her opposition to win the opening feature of the SA Champions Season
A bold move at the top of the home straight by Anthony Delpech rounded off an SA Oaks – SA Derby double for Maine Chance stallion Silvano
Drakenstein sire What A Winter has made a sizzling impact with his first crop
Mike de Kock and Callan Murray celebrated a rare family Gr1 double at Turffontein on Champions Saturday when two smashing Australian-bred full brothers won their respective Gr1 contests
On a Champions Day of mixed emotions for trainer Geoff Woodruff and SA’s leading owners Mayfair Speculators, 20 year old jockey Callan Murray owned the occasion with three superb Gr1 winners
With the new R4,5 million guaranteed Pick 6 climbing to an impressive R5 528 630, punters got off to a flying start when Avontuur jockey Callan Murray helped himself to the easiest Gr1 success of his short career
‘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
