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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’
The charge originated from comments made by Jockey van Niekerk during a post-race interview following the running of Race 2 at Hollywoodbets Durbanville Racecourse on Wednesday 26 March
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
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
