Met Glory – Local Is Lekker!
Not for the first time, locally bred stallions came good on a major race day in South Africa,
3rd February 2020
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Not for the first time, locally bred stallions came good on a major race day in South Africa,
The once beaten Shamardal, the very best sire son of multiple US champion sire, Giant’s Causeway, has had an extraordinary year in 2019, and his success continued unabated at ParisLongchamp on Sunday
Giant’s Causeway was represented as damsire of two impressive graded stakes winners this past Saturday
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of “The Iron Horse” Giant’s Causeway, who passed away last night aged 21
Blushing Groom sire Rahy, a half-brother to former South African sire Rakeen and champion Singspiel, made his mark as a broodmare sire
A triple Champion sire in North America, Giant’s Causeway is the best racehorse (and sire) sired by former champion sire, Storm Cat
Which foreign-bred sire’s offspring have proved most successful in South Africa? And which top class overseas stallion has had the best strike rate in this country? Sarah Whitelaw takes a look.
A top-class display of pacesetting race-riding by Weichong Marwing would have given Alec Laird’s Argentinian-bred BoucletteTop a major confidence booster for the Highveld Season as he went all the way in first-time blinkers
A small field and a walking pace turns the Gr3 Chairman’s Cup into a mockery of a staying contest – yet, amazingly, the 18 to 10 favourite still somehow manages to come out on top
Eightfold Path, a son of triple champion US sire Giant’s Causeway and champion racemare Divine Proportions is one of the best bred young sires standing in South Africa.
When Noble Causeway produced unbeaten Samraat, he became the 6th son of Giant’s Causeway to produce an important graded stakes winner.
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
