Munger Did Nothing Wrong
‘Rushing a horse impacts on their breathing and it’s best to make up ground gradually. It was a sweltering hot day – 34 degrees – and she had to travel over two hours’
15th February 2021
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‘Rushing a horse impacts on their breathing and it’s best to make up ground gradually. It was a sweltering hot day – 34 degrees – and she had to travel over two hours’
Despite rationalisation amongst the local training ranks, Milnerton will soon welcome a new trainer
The softly spoken 48 year old horseman and property developer only has 7 horses in training
Randjesfontein trainer Jurgen van Heerden ended a twenty year wait when celebrating the first graded stakes winner of his career
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!
