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Waves of excitement as one of the best bred horses on earth sires his first winner right here at Turffontein
13th April 2014
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Waves of excitement as one of the best bred horses on earth sires his first winner right here at Turffontein
Summerhill Stud’s Storm Cat stallion Brave Tin Soldier sires first winner and expectations rise ahead of his six lots on the 2014 National Yearling Sale ..and he gets another winner at Clairwood on Wednesday this week!
The late Tiger Ridge has been enjoying a fine season with his runners in 2013-2014 and has been represented by no fewer than eight black type performers.
Gary Player’s exciting resident stallion, himself a champion racehorse, has ten lots on offer at the National Yearling Sale
Maine Chance Farms’ promising young first crop sire Lateral enjoyed a cracking double at Turffontein this past Saturday.
Six of these ten first crop sires were Grade/Group One winners.
The 2014 National Yearling Sale represents a rare opportunity for SA buyers to acquire a son of Danehill’s champion son, Tiger Hill.
Former Champion sire FORT WOOD has enjoyed a fine season in 2013-2014.
Var – the former sprint champion is well represented at the at Nationals with 29 exceptionally well bred lots
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!
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
