Alnwick – A Slice of Sprinting History
Some Cape Flying Championship history and a horse called Alnwick
23rd January 2014
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Some Cape Flying Championship history and a horse called Alnwick
The death of former leading first season sire, Tiger Ridge, is a setback to the South African breeding industry.
Capetown Noir, winner of Saturday’s Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, gave his late, great sire, Western Winter, a 4th win in the Queen’s Plate
The past weekend was one of those where you wish you were never born. It got worse with having to take horses out as no jockey was available
The Dubai racing season opened last Thursday with a 6 race card. Carded aboard Paschendale from the Al Muhairi yard, was Andrew Nienaber.
One of the greatest racehorses in North American history, Seattle Slew was one of just 11 horses in history to win the US Triple Crown
Ramsden on the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and some stick for the Greyville track
SA’s first Gr1 race of 2013 was the Maine Chance Farms Paddock Stakes. Beach Beauty was a warm favourite to prevail and duly did so.
I thought it worth a quick reminder that the NHA will be holding their 132nd Annual General Meeting at Turffontein on 13 January 2014.
There were highs, lows and some laughs along the way, but the Year of the Snake seems to have been a year of loss.
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
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
