Heirs to the Throne
Few would deny that Mr Prospector was one of the greatest, and most influential, stallions in history.
9th October 2013
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Few would deny that Mr Prospector was one of the greatest, and most influential, stallions in history.
A number of really good SA broodmares have achieved plenty with their offspring but were never named Broodmare of the Year.
Are there any modern day leading sires who never won a feature race?
The death of leading sire Western Winter bought to a close a remarkable era in South Africa racing.
SARAH WHITELAW: Moutonshoek’s exciting young stallion Marchfield traces back to one of the greatest broodmares in the stud book – Alablue
SARAH WHITELAW: Few stallions in recent years deserve the title of “rags to riches success” more than Danehill Dancer.
SARAH WHITELAW: Legendary Mares and striking first foals for well performed young sires, and more…
ROBYN LOUW: People and horses, in no particular order ! Meet one of our top stud’s pillars of strength…
SARAH WHITELAW: Everyone has a different idea as to who the world’s very best stallions are. Here are my choices.
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
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
