Trainer Brett Crawford enjoyed feature race success at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday when his charge G G’s Dynasty (49-20) won the Listed Michael Roberts Handicap (1750m) in fine style. A winner of two of his last three starts, G G’s Dynasty was dispatched favourite for Sunday’s R150 000 contest, with support also coming for luckless Christmas Handicap runner up Born[…]
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Twin Hill Stud’s Todman Slipper Trial winning sire Smart Missile had success in South Africa on Sunday, when his three-year-old daughter Explosive Beauty defied a tardy start to dead-heat for victory at Hollywoodbets Greyville. Trained by Paul Lafferty, Explosive Beauty was sent off 37-20 tote favourite for Sunday’s Sledgehammer Maiden Plate (1400m) but had to share the spoils in what[…]
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Nadeson Park Stud’s resident sire Time Thief received another notable update to his pedigree, when his close relative Personal scored at Flemington on Saturday. Second on debut, when beaten by the promising Fresh, the two-year-old daughter of Fastnet Rock made amends when winning smartly over the weekend. Ridden by Craig Williams, Personal was held up behind runners when looking to[…]
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Ridgemont Highlands’ young stallion Rafeef has been popular ever since he retired to that Robertson nursery back in 2017, and the former G1 Computaform Sprint winner’s popularity continued at Thursday’s Cape Premier Yearling Sale this week. Rafeef had seven yearlings from his first crop gross R3 725 000, making the Redoute’s Choice horse the sale’s seventh top stallion by aggregate.[…]
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Justin Vermaak’s Vermaak Equine struck successfully at Thursday’s Cape Premier Yearling Sale, with Vermaak Equine purchasing seven yearlings outright at the 2020 Premier Sale. In total, their tally for the sale stands at seven buys from R1 580 000, with Vermaak Equine ending the session as the tenth leading buyer overall. Vermaark Equine’s Premier Sale buys included: -a Rafeef (Lot[…]
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A son of four times South African champion sire Silvano proved the star attraction at Thursday’s Cape Premier Yearling Sale. The colt named I Want It All (Lot 99) was knocked down to prominent owner Nicholas Jonsson, in partnership with Bjorn Nielson, owner of, among others, outstanding stayer Stradivarius, for an even R3 000 000 to officially top the 2020[…]
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The Yvette Bremner-trained stalwart National Park has not been seen out this season, but is full of well-being and might well be seen in KZN again this year for the SA Champions Season. He has had one or two slight niggles but nothing serious. Bremner said, “He is so naughty and has been causing his own little injuries. If I[…]
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Green Street Bloodstock celebrated their 83rd individual winner on Wednesday, when their Judpot gelding Imperial Rage scored at Hollywoodbets Scottsville. Trained by Glen Kotzen, the three-year-old was sent off the 5-4 tote favourite for the Download The New tabGold Soccer Betting App Maiden Plate (1950m) and duly obliged. Under former champion jockey Anton Marcus, Imperial Rage stayed on smartly to[…]
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Arrowfield has ended the 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale with 63 (95%) of 66 lots sold across Books 1 & 2 for $16,520,000 to head the Vendor list by aggregate for the 4th time in the past five years. These figures and the draft average of $262,222 are all Magic Millions records for the Stud which also sells[…]
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Wilgerbosdrift bred champion Asylum Seeker, who has spent her stud career in Australia, had a smart looking winner at Kenilworth on Tuesday afternoon when her daughter Freedom Seeker scored over 1000 metres. Trained by Patrick Kruyer, the Tara Farm bred filly appeared to have her work cut out, as the front running Pippielangkous was well clear in the final 200m,[…]
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