Around The Studs
Sporting Post’s resident breeding correspondent Sarah Whitelaw takes a brief look at news from a selection of stud farms and finds some exciting developments
10th February 2016
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Sporting Post’s resident breeding correspondent Sarah Whitelaw takes a brief look at news from a selection of stud farms and finds some exciting developments
The win of Smart Call in Saturday’s Gr1 J&B Met provided the recently deceased sire Kingmambo with yet another cornerstone in his career
Red hot sire Trippi, whose son, Illuminator, won Saturday’s CTS Million Dollar and whose daughters, Inara and Lanner Falcon, ran 1-3 in the Gr1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes on the same day, is a stallion with a potent pedigree
The year saw no dominant champion emerge in the Northern Hemisphere, but a number of runners put up memorable performances both locally and overseas
While Nureyev’s male line may be faltering, there is no danger of the great stallion disappearing from pedigrees anytime soon
Seven horses have won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe twice since its inception in 1920. Sarah Whitelaw takes a look at the stud legacy left by some of the dual winners.
Europe has moved ahead of North America as the world’s leading sources of the most sought after stallions
To date, Jet Master has been represented by an impressive 44 Gr1 performers and judging by some of the more promising performers in his final crop, this tally could yet grow further.
First, and even second, crop success does not ensure long term quality for a stallion, but many great stallions have made an immediate impression with their first crops. Sarah Whitelaw takes a look.
First run in 1776, the St Leger used to rate as one of the premier racing events in the world and continues to provide an interesting spectacle.
Forty Niner retired to Claiborne Farm with many feeling that he was the heir apparent to his own sire, Mr Prospector.
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
