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Futura and Legislate – both sons of Dynasty – are now stallion ‘buddies’ at Drakenstein Stud. But the term ‘buddies’ might be a little off the mark…
24th May 2016
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Futura and Legislate – both sons of Dynasty – are now stallion ‘buddies’ at Drakenstein Stud. But the term ‘buddies’ might be a little off the mark…
The current leading sire in South Africa, Trippi, will be standing at a fee of R250 000 and will likely have another full book this year
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
Events that occurred at both the 2015 July and the 2016 Queen’s Plate have left me asking questions about the various rules that govern the sport which have a negative effect on punters
A lot has changed since 1861 and the race has grown in stature to become South Africa’s premier weight-for-age contest over 1600m
The 2015 Met winner and current SA Horse Of The Year Futura heads the first log for the R2,5 million Gr1 J&B Met to be run at Kenilworth on 30 January.
They say the unexamined life is not worth living and life’s rear view mirror occasionally shows up details that weren’t obvious at first glance, so before we launch headlong into 2016, I thought it would be fun to look back at the year that was.
The R400 000 Gr2 Green Point Stakes is an often used first leg of a popular three pronged route into the J&B Met, which includes the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate
Futura and fellow stable star Legislate are building up for their five-year-old campaigns but there is no indication yet whether either or both will take on Act Of War in the Green Point Stakes
Cape breeders and owners turned out in droves to view Drakenstein Stud’s impressive stallion line up on a glorious day last Friday
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
