Short Heads - our weekly news snippets feature
But most of all, there is bright new hope for bigger and better things in the sales ring and beyond in 2019.
Here are some of our random memories and a few of the stars likely to brighten our horizons in the new year.
Wishing you a great one!
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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
The evolving fairytale of a filly that couldn’t raise more than a R60 000 bid in the sales arena continued on Friday evening
There is no disputing that Jet Master continues to cast a long shadow over the South African racing industry
Trainer Gareth van Zyl capped a remarkable year-end purple patch for Hollywood Racing, when he saddled the 6yo Imilenzeyokududuma to a resounding victory
Hollywoodbets-sponsored trainer Garth Puller sends out Zalta Star under jockey Craig Zackey in the exotic opening leg
Mary’s Greenlight stamped her class and showed no ill effects after a 21 week break to win the R200 000 Listed Flamboyant Stakes at Hollywoodbets Greyville on the Day Of Goodwill
