Secret Potion Is The Tonic
The Takingthepeace 2018 SA Triple Tiara dream gave us all a great ride while it lasted, but sadly came undone at the final hurdle at Turffontein on Saturday.
5th May 2018
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The Takingthepeace 2018 SA Triple Tiara dream gave us all a great ride while it lasted, but sadly came undone at the final hurdle at Turffontein on Saturday.
Top owner Markus Jooste has probably changed more than a few lives in South African horseracing
With the Wilgerbosdrift SA Triple Tiara safely locked away in a cabinet this season, the fairer sex series has been overshadowed somewhat by the colts’ equivalent
Ilha Bela, banked her biggest career cheque when winning the Gr2 SA Oaks
The balance of power shifted further in favour of Mike De Kock after a memorable Champions Day at Turffontein this afternoon. Five Group winners on an afternoon is brilliant stuff in anybody’s language!
Stamina doubts lie at the heart of unravelling the Gr2 SA Oaks puzzle. Only 4 of the thirteen 3yo fillies have tried the 2450m trip previously and then only with mixed success.
Princess Of Light found only Igugu too good for her when runner-up in the Gr2 SA Oaks back in April, and took full advantage of her old nemesis’ absence to go one better in the Gold Circle Oaks over 2400m at Clairwood on Sunday
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
