Salesgate and the St Leger
First run in 1776, the St Leger used to rate as one of the premier racing events in the world and continues to provide an interesting spectacle.
10th September 2014
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First run in 1776, the St Leger used to rate as one of the premier racing events in the world and continues to provide an interesting spectacle.
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.
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When Silvano became South Africa’s champion sire, he became the first Nijinsky II male line horse to win a general sires title since Royal Academy headed the sires list in Brazil
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
