28th September 2018
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The Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes was established at Newbury in 1972, shortly after the great Mill Reef had to be retired following a career- ending injury
When making a list of outstanding stallions, it is easy to focus on a few big horses, rather than an individual stallion’s overall stud record.
There have been too many top-class racehorses and sires, smaller than average – for size to be an overruling factor in determining racing ability. However, this seems unlikely to change the current commercial trend of buyers preferring large to little in the sales ring.
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
The son of Master Of My Fate will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial into the big one on 5 July
Outstanding colt Nepotism (Brutal) scored one of the most remarkable Gr1 wins by a 2YO on an Australian racetrack in recent memory
