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Remember Link Man?
Toreador stood for R20 000 last season, and has produced Gr1 winner Link Man, the brilliantly fast seven-time winner Lazer Star, Jackodore, Deliver The Power, She’s A Stunner, Rikitikitana and Hong Kong-based Misty Birnam, amongst others.
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History shows that three-year-olds have it all to do in this prestigious mile race, given that there have been only ten sophomore winners since its inception in 1861, two of which in the new millennium
Christmas day in a racing stable is largely business as usual. Horses have to be fed, watered and exercised
James McDonald closed a highly successful short-term stint in Hong Kong with a quartet at Sha Tin on Sunday
Beyond the pending investigations, things ended well enough for the Bass-Robinson yard when the improving Rainbow Lorikeet stamped her Paddock Stakes prospects with a gutsy victory under a top-notch ride by Aldo Domeyer
Cape Racing have announced that General Access tickets for the highly anticipated L’Ormarins King’s Plate are available for purchase
Two visitors in Lucky Lad (Sean Tarry) and recent Betway Summer Cup star Atticus Finch (Alec Laird) are amongst the final field of 13 for the L’Ormarins King’s Plate
The in-form Craig Zackey gets his first opportunity to ride Red Palace when he partners the daughter of Potala Palace in the R1 million Cartier Gr1 Paddock Stakes
