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SARAH WHITELAW takes a look at Oasis Dream’s sons; SA mares in the USA; KZN scoop a new stallion
18th September 2012
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SARAH WHITELAW takes a look at Oasis Dream’s sons; SA mares in the USA; KZN scoop a new stallion
SARAH WHITELAW marvels at Roberto, Danehill is he better north or south and Danzig’s dominance in G1 feature
ROBYN LOUW: Horses and people are what makes racing interesting. A gathering for a sale and stallion viewing in the winelands, how better can it get.
SARAH WHITELAW: Former top SA racemares are represented on the Keeneland September Sale; Main Aim moves to the Karoo and America’s Best!
SARAH WHITELAW: Frankel, whose value is said to be as high as 100 million pounds, is likely to retire after just one more start.
SARAH WHITELAW: The South African 2012-2013 racing season will see a number of well bred and well performed stallions represented by their first local runners. Here is a look at some of these young sires:
As usual, the Equus Awards provided some controversy over some of the awards given out last Wednesday.
Igugu is definitely a great racemare and fully deserving of the title “champion”. But did she do enough during the season
ROBYN LOUW: To our owners who keep the whole show on the road – thank you for your passion, dedication and commitment to the sport. Thank you for your wonderful horses and for sharing the fun and for giving us heroes to shout home.
SARAH WHITELAW: With the Equus Awards being held, it is a fitting time to look back at the career at one of the most remarkable achievements ever by a broodmare.
SARAH WHITELAW: Delago de Luxe to stand in Aus; Gimmethegreenlight to stud in SA and the most valuable filly in the world?
SARAH WHITELAW: The subject of racehorses who have achieved long winning streaks has been much in the media of late
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
