And The Rains Came
This was impressive stuff from the courageous filly, in weather and on a racing surface better suited to ducks, as she registered a hat-trick of victories, including consecutive Gr3 wins.
This was impressive stuff from the courageous filly, in weather and on a racing surface better suited to ducks, as she registered a hat-trick of victories, including consecutive Gr3 wins.
The stallion market need not be that much of a lottery. With some savvy you can definitely load the odds in your favour, writes John Freeman
Both won 4 Gr1 races. Futura won 3 Equus Awards and Legislate won 4 Equus Awards – both were crowned Horse Of The Year and both broke track records
Sensational sire Dynasty won the Gr1 Cape Derby in 2003 and produced his third son in five years to win the great race when the genius of Piere Strydom prevailed to deliver the Justin Snaith-trained It’s My Turn in an extraordinary tale of fate and good fortune
An inability to speak his owner’s language proved a godsend for Summerveld trainer Frank Robinson when he purchased the classy Dynasty filly Olma at the 2013 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale
Stuart Randolph produced It Is Written down the inside as the son of Dynasty took the shortest route home from his favourable draw
With his name featuring in the pedigrees of the first three past the post in last Saturday’s colts’ classic, Sarah Whitelaw examines Sadler’s Wells’ Guineas legacy
The possible threat of losing his ‘crown jewels’ appeared to lift the performance of the handsome Heartland, who booked himself a berth in the Snaith Dynasty trio for the 2016 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate
Veteran Cape rider hangs up his boots after a lifetime in the saddle
A terrific tactical ride by the Avontuur-sponsored Anthony Delpech gave the Mike De Kock KZN team a deserved polytrack feature success at a festive Pinkdrive Greyville night meeting on Friday
Super sire Dynasty and his half-brother Thomas Crown dominated the finish of the R250 000 G3 Matchem Stakes at Durbanville on Saturday