Weekend Milestones Aplenty
A number of prominent racehorses and sires enjoyed memorable milestones this past weekend
18th May 2016
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A number of prominent racehorses and sires enjoyed memorable milestones this past weekend
The late, great Nureyev is one of history’s finest sires. Despite his stud career being restricted by fertility issues, the son of Northern Dancer left behind 135 stakes winners
The first two British classics of 2016, the Qipco 2000 Guineas and 1000 Guineas, are run at Newmarket this weekend
Plenty was expected of the Derby/Arc winning champion when Sea The Stars first retired to stud –and they were reinforced in no mean terms when a first crop weanling by the sire fetched €850 000 at the 2011 Goffs November Foal Sale
It is interesting to note the trends of various sire lines, represented by the new stallions with their first local crops on the upcoming yearling sales
While Australian bred thoroughbreds filled the second, third and fourth spots in the Gr1 SA Classic, it was North American bred and raced sires who well and truly made their presence felt
Throughout history, there have been a number of extremely promising sires who died after leaving just a couple of foal crops behind
He left behind an astonishing 330 stakes winners and his offspring won all the English classic races as well as many of the world’s other top features,
Truly, this is a phenomenal record for any mare, and Plucky Liege’s influence today can still be felt through the deeds of the numerous high class performers to have emerged from the Fappiano male line.
In the 14 years since his death, the great Seattle Slew has continued to make his presence felt on the stud book
Eclipse Champion Turf Female of 2015, Tepin, who made a winning reappearance on Saturday when successful in the Gr3 Endeavour Stakes, is a daughter of one of Storm Cat’s most underrated and best bred sire sons
In this second of a new weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
