Tracing Sire Trails
SARAH WHITELAW: Tracing back to Nijinsky II; Northern Dancer overwhelms in SA Gr1 features; New Approach VS Galileo; the Allegretta tribe
7th August 2013
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SARAH WHITELAW: Tracing back to Nijinsky II; Northern Dancer overwhelms in SA Gr1 features; New Approach VS Galileo; the Allegretta tribe
SARAH WHITELAW: One of North America’s top stallions, Unbridled’s Song, was euthanized last Thursday at the age of 20
SARAH WHITELAW: Judpot is an exceptional young sire – with exceptional bloodlines to match.
SARAH WHITELAW: With the season drawing to a close, the question of who the leading sires are comes into question.
Saturday’s Vodacom Durban July winner Heavy Metal put his name firmly into the hat of possible names considered for the title of Horse of the Year.
SARAH WHITELAW: The most potent of the various crosses between the top South African sires, current and past…
Royal Ascot meeting, on day one was dominated by descendants of one of history’s greatest stallions – Danzig
SARAH WHITELAW: River Jetez, one of the toughest and gamest globetrotters of her generation, is enjoying her new life at Avontuur
SARAH WHITELAW: Which of Danehill’s grandsons are showing promise of maintaining their grandsire’s tremendous influence?
SARAH WHITELAW: The winners of these contests shared a Germanic background and South Africa’s leading sire this season is the German bred Silvano.
SARAH WHITELAW: When Farhh won Saturday’s Gp1 JLT Lockinge Stakes, he became the third offspring of outstanding British sire Pivotal to triumph in this top-level 1600m contest
Wathnan Racing’s Hit Show foiled Forever Young’s attempt at completing the valuable Saudi Cup/Dubai World Cup double
Demand appears to outstrip supply, not surprising given that many smaller breeders – and some of the old stalwarts – have disappeared
The charge originated from comments made by Jockey van Niekerk during a post-race interview following the running of Race 2 at Hollywoodbets Durbanville Racecourse on Wednesday 26 March
American Gr1 winner Raging Torrent provided trainer Doug O’Neill a second consecutive running of the Godolphin Mile and third overall
