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SA Triple Crown bridesmaid Surcharge has got to be the most deserving Gr1 winner all season
2nd June 2018
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SA Triple Crown bridesmaid Surcharge has got to be the most deserving Gr1 winner all season
Justin Snaith’s Cape Summer Season dual Gr1 winner Snowdance found one too good for her on an action-packed Friday evening at Greyville
Veteran Varsfontein Stud manager Carl de Vos told anybody who would listen that Captain America’s brother Redeemer was a horse to pencil in for better things
Defying top weight and given plenty to do in the straight, the Gimmethegreenlight colt Surcharge marked himself a Gauteng classic candidate of serious standing
She turned out to be the kick start this new generation needed, bringing everyone together and rousing a new excitement around the farm’s breeding operation
The Varsfontein Stud-bred Gimmethegreenlight colt Surcharge was the talking horse at Saturday’s day-night Turffontein meeting
Dual Gr1 winner Captain America’s full-brother Redeemer caught the eye with a good win at his fifth start at Kenilworth on Wednesday
The Varsfontein bred Queen Forever added to Gimmethegreenlight’s growing stakes roll when she put her best hoof forward to produce an eyecatching victory
Geoff Woodruf’s smart Mogok gelding Pagoda stamped himself a genuine SA Champions Season prospect
The combination of Alan Greeff and jockey Andrew Fortune maintained their superb winning run with a hat-trick at Fairview on Friday
Bela-Bela is the only filly to take on the boys in Saturday’s Gr1 Sun Met. We chat to the connections behind the ‘Pink Horse’
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
