Champion Rafeef Reigns Supreme
There is no more closely watched contest among the stallion ranks than the annual race for first-crop sire
4th August 2021
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There is no more closely watched contest among the stallion ranks than the annual race for first-crop sire
Following hot on the heels of Ridgemont stallion Rafeef who broke the ice at Turffontein on Thursday, the Vogel Vlei Stud based Red Ray produced his maiden first crop winner when the Waterford Stud-bred Global Glory overcame a testing cornering effort
It’s that time of year when the new crop of two-year-olds are stepping out for the first time and all eyes will be on the progeny of young sires who will be represented by their first runners
The Joey Ramsden-trained Gr1 winning sprinter Red Ray will relocate from Klawervlei Stud to stand at the Birch Bros’ Vogel Vlei Stud this season
Pulled up well after Mercury and there won’t be any standout opposition next term
Our Vodacom Durban July winning trainer put the seal on a dream 2016 SA Champions Season when he saddled the high class stallion prospect Red Ray to win the Gr1 Mercury Sprint for Ingrid and Markus Jooste
My brother has a small pub in London called the Sydney Arms and runs a syndicate called Chelsea Thoroughbreds, in which the Sydney Arms has a small share
Officially the best three-year-old in the country when he bowed out 18 months ago, he may yet return to South Africa after his so far abortive overseas campaign
If it is true that when horses, or those who ride or train them, do rare things, they make the people who were present that day feel good, then Mike de Kock’s Abington Place yard in Newmarket is a centre for rare excellence.
“The horses travelled to Dubai too poorly this time and there is no point in trying to get them ready to race. We will give them a month off and then decide what we want to do with them.”
All eyes will be on 2012 Cape Premier Yearling Sale Graduate Red Ray when the four-year-old colt by Western Winter makes his Dubai debut
Horseracing in KwaZulu-Natal takes the next step to the dawn of a new era at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday 1 January 2025
History shows that three-year-olds have it all to do in this prestigious mile race, given that there have been only ten sophomore winners since its inception in 1861, two of which in the new millennium
