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Power Rift Healed?
The cause of the rift between Magnier and Sheikh Mohammed has never been publicly revealed, though any number of theories have circulated since September 2005
The cause of the rift between Magnier and Sheikh Mohammed has never been publicly revealed, though any number of theories have circulated since September 2005
The downsizing, which has been the talk of the bloodstock industry in recent months but has not hitherto been acknowledged, began in Australia earlier this year
Industry launches International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR) because “Promoting equine welfare both during and after a horse’s racing career is vital in ensuring the public’s confidence in the sport”
Such civil procedures are not open to jockeys in Britain but have previously been used successfully in France to delay and even overturn bans imposed by France Galop
With the 2016 Dubai World Cup Carnival starting next Thursday, the blue of Godolphin makes a return to Meydan on Friday with Charlie Appleby saddling two runners at the New Year’s Day matinee fixture
“In 2002 at the end of the winter season at Summerveld with Charles Laird I said I was keen to go to work in Dubai. After a few phone calls to Mickey Goss the job at Godolphin was mine…”
It makes sense for the racing and breeding operations to merge. One is sourcing the other, and a well-planned, common strategy can only strengthen both
Over the next six months, however, the relationship between Godolphin and De Sousa must have gone wrong. By year’s end, he had lost the job, replaced by young bucks William Buick and James Doyle as part of an offensive by Sheikh Mohammed
Godolphin move to restore international reputation after doping allegation scandal
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million