Meryl Wins Devon Air
The red-hot combination of trainer Dean Kannemeyer and Anthony Delpech opened the Greyville feature menu on Saturday
10th June 2017
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The red-hot combination of trainer Dean Kannemeyer and Anthony Delpech opened the Greyville feature menu on Saturday
While eyebrows were raised in some quarters when the R1 million HSH Princess Charlene Of Monaco Gr1 Empress Club Stakes was delayed a week to fit into the royal schedule, the climax of a thrilling sentimental win for South African horseracing’s own ‘royal families’ dominated matters on a big day
Craig Zackey has formed a special bond with the beautiful chestnut filly Nother Russia and his performance in the saddle could well qualify for a ride-of-the-season shortli
The R1 million Gr1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes produced the finish of the afternoon at Kenilworth on Saturday
A granddaughter of champion racemare Ilha Da Vitoria stamped herself as a filly with a bright future when scoring a facile win in the Listed Sea Cottage Stakes
Ilha Da Vitoria will not be forgotten soon by all who knew her. She was a true champion!
He was a pricy yearling and there will be hopes that the son of Silvano will now go on and realise his potential
The gutsy Tiger Ridge mare Jo Malone put on one of the best displays of the day at Fairview on Friday
The last few offspring of deceased stallion Tiger Ridge will be sold at the remaining bloodstock auctions of 2016
Wilgerbosdrift’s exciting young sire Flower Alley was represented by a new graded stakes winner in North America this past weekend
With a filly having won the only Gr1 race for 2yo males this term, the chase for champion status in that category remains wide open
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!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
